My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

not this is some serious stuff here, this is where 360 volts and bazillion amps will be coming in to this Lexus Inverter from the BMW battery pack on it's way to the Lexus transmission with two electric motors in it

The Sabertooth TM design

[8man]

Electric cars by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

Couldn't resist! Well planned out.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

Couldn't resist! Well planned out.

luv it, that went straight to my Instagram !!!

[zicc1835]

ha ha

[Gregski]

the Double Barrel Shotgun design TM

Note: some filing and grinding required to make that cable lug fit in the 1/2" hole

[Gregski]

in order to get the 360 high voltage wires as close to the inverter as possible we have to modify the inverter bracket

[Gregski]

but first we must reinforce what's already there and what will remain after the debauchery that is about to ensue

[Gregski]

for this we will need some metal, so off to the Shed of Stuff where it appears we are running a little bit low on stock

[Gregski]

this piece seems large enuff

[Gregski]

so this is what I'm going for I call it the Winged Hussars design

[Gregski]

I like to prime, paint, and clear coat all my custom made brackets first before cutting them up... (can any of you relate?)


I'm still working on my Welding Game and here I tried the tac tac tac method (dumb I know)


first attempt at the proper cut out

[cornerstone]

Sometimes we just have to tell ourselves, "at least it'll be strong enough". Lord knows I've had a ton of "strong enough" booger welds on projects over the years.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

Sometimes we just have to tell ourselves, "at least it'll be strong enough". Lord knows I've had a ton of "strong enough" booger welds on projects over the years.

darn right, and I just had to make myself feel a little better, so here...

[Gregski]

so that first cut out wasn't wide enuff to clear a plastic cable bracket I wanted to mount right below the lug connection, so I had to make a bigger cut out

[Gregski]

you've heard of death by a thousand cuts, well this ended up being design by a thousand cuts

after attempting to trial fit this newly augmented inverter bracket I of course realized it would now not clear the battery lid tray thingy, so I lopped a section of the left wing off (that hurt, cause I am all about symmetry)

[Gregski]

second attempt, FAILED again but only by this much

I need to recalibrate my eyecrometer

[Gregski]

at this point I've reached the I don't give a **** any more phase of the gentle trimming and I just went for it, and whalla a perfect fit every time !

[Gregski]

alright, these cables better reach

this is just a trial fit, the black plastic cable bracket is just loosely dangling on there (I didn't have the energy to deal with it that day)

[Gregski]

today the stare down began between me and the first gen Chevy Volt DC DC converter, I hoped I could will it to connect itself to the BMW 530e Battery Safety Box

so this thing is like a alternator in the car, and I don't want it to have a permanent connection to the high voltage battery, so I am thinking if I tap it into the Safety Box aka the Contactor Box on the output side then it will only make a connection to the battery pack when the contactors are closed

[Gregski]

maybe this will work

that may be a 20 amp fuse I may shove something lesser in there or morer I don't know, whatever you recommend

I am also entertaining the idea of just shoving this entire black BMW Safety Box into one of them electrical plastic boxes and not even putting it's flimzy OEM lid back on just using the lid from the bigger electrical box, bonus if I can find an orange one

fun little 4 part series on what a Safety Box is:

BMW 530e Safety Box Contactor Box 1

BMW 530e Safety Box Contactor Box 2

BMW 530e Safety Box Contactor Box 3

BMW 530e Safety Box Contactor Box 4

[Gregski]

Me: gonna get a lot done in the garage this weekend

The Weather Forecast:

[Gregski]

and then it was time to mount the second gen Toyota Prius electronic power assist steering brain module thingie

well the first thing I learned is that the lid comes off

what kinda alian space ship mounting bracket is that ?


Prius Power Steering Module EV Conversion 1

[Gregski]

then it was off to the Organic Outdoors Finesse Station, OOFS

[72 tigger]

Originally Posted by Gregski

then it was off to the Organic Outdoors Finesse Station, OOFS

Early stages of Alzheimer’s??

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 72 tigger

Early stages of Alzheimer’s??

OMG, touche ! did I run into the one guy who actually read my thread ? luv it