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Injury Update: Day 9 of "Mandatory Rest" I aint good at this shiet, so I go around making random things black, anybody know where this goes?
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Reminds me of this Sport Truck article I read when I was in the middle of rebuilding my first truck. It definitely influenced some of the decisions I made on that project.
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Nobody: hey what's it like trying to do an EV Conversion in California?
Me: it sucks so I ordered this three way rocker switch, up (green) will be for Drive and down (red) will be for charge, yes this will be done manually during the first phase of the project, well, AMAZON shipped the switch but refuses to ship it's housing as it may cause California in the state of Cancer! |
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ship it to me NJ has no cancer fear the Jersey Pike and all.... at least that's what they tell us :).... and ill ship it to you
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meanwhile at Gimpy's Auto Body...
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wait I know he has a bad knee and all, but didn't he just install a simple skirt thingie, he probably just laid it down on the frame horns and it ain't even bolted down, so what's the big deal?
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perhaps a gentle reminder is in order...
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Nice job on the truck, well done! Hope the knee is all better so you can drive it. Thanks for the entertaining build.
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tell me there are no UFOs, so how do you explain these ???
What are they? [wrong answers only] ha ha |
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Rear splash shields. Go behind the rear tires on the bed sides... Sorry, I don't know any wrong answers... :) LockDoc |
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Here's a thumbs up for gimpy....:metal: nice work!
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All that running could contribute to the knee being unhappy. I switched to more weights, less running and a different diet to help my joints. It seems to be working for me.
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Alien's use thos to scrape the empty brain cavities of elected officials.
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doin' noffin' is hard work
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Charging for the first time using a first gen Chevy Volt onboard charger, for now it's a manual process where I have to use the laptop to close the contactors and start the charger, but that soon will be automated
I have no idea how long it will take to fully charge yet, but I will be finding out soon. the charger is water cooled and also charges the regular car battery so this is what the simple Charger Menu looks like, I just wanted to show it to you guys, it is so easy to use: Electric 71 Chevy Truck Charging For The First Time |
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Guy who appears to have successfully used the iBooster on a few different cars including a 67-72 C10: https://nastyz28.com/threads/ibooster-retrofit.343058/ and I think started a business selling the conversion as a kit: https://www.retrofitsolutions.net/pr...n-ibooster-kit Congrats on charging the truck! Keep pressing on! :metal: |
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Just thinking of you. :metal:
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a bunch of Science went down tonight
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pointing to a thin orange wire to make myself look smart
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I like your test light. ;)
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You need some blue sparks jumping around like in the old science fiction movies. And your dungeon looks a little too nice. Your assignment is to go watch Young Frankenstein again.
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1971 stock Chevy C10 wire harness going back in, slightly thinned out mind you, I ditched the starter wire, the alternator wire, this was a factory AC truck so I deleted the AC (won't put an electric back in cause this is a Hot Rod and I'm dumb) also deleted the heater, I may put an electric one in possibly out of a Volt some day
the goal was simply to have brake lights, but for that these trucks need the headlight switch, and that needed the fuse block, and of course the brake pedal sensor switch, so the dominos started falling |
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somehow went from not being able to find one ignition switch to tripping over three !!!
yup found this tool, my buddy loaned me, right after I tapped her in with a dull screw driver |
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and that headlight switch, yes for tail lights and brakes, I don't make this stuff up
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no more manual toggle switch, now we have an ignition switch (think key starts will really take off some day)
Electric Chevy Truck Gets Its OEM Wire Harness Back video available |
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Ok, my question is "How long did you had your buddy's ignition bezel tool". I take it "Long enough to forget you had it". LOL |
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maybe some of you will find this wiring visual helpful when considering wiring up a "classic" car EV conversion
the nice thing about this design is that it does not bastardize the OEM fuse block in any way, it simply uses it's expansion slots as intended I plan on revising this when I add the water cooled Charger, it adds a tad of complexity and clutter so I intentionally omitted it in Part I |
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UNO. My favorite candy bar! All the other terminology is way above my head! :lol:
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installed the ambient temp controls, basically just to fill the hole now
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so here is how I plan to wire my first gen Chevy Volt onboard battery charger so that I can charge in the ACC (turn key to the left) position
I like this method because it has some built in fail safe features: 1. It is physically impossible to turn the key to the left (charge) and to the right (drive) simultaneously so in theory I can't power on the Charger and the Inverter at the same time 2a. the software running on the VCU will check for the presence of the Charger ID "0x212" on CAN.1 if present it will set the ChargeMode=True flag in addition the software will look for ACVoltage>100 from the wall socket in order to turn on the Charger 2b. the software running on the VCU will check for the presence of the DC-DC Converter ID "0x1D4" on CAN.1 if present it will set the DriveMode=True flag keep in mind I am not currently using a J771 charge port and plug, that will be implemented in later versions |
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I am pleased to report that this ELECTOP Fuse Block appears to be of very good quality, it feels hefty and not flimsy for starters
the reason I got this one is because of the dual isolated power inputs (the two studs on the bottom) the left side can be operated independently of the right side |
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