Help for a Spokane Washington area EV'er

[AMPhibian]

I've been trying to help out a fellow EV'er in Spokane.  He purchased a Porsche conversion from a shop in Florida and it's not exactly performing as expected.  It has a Warp11 and a 144 volt pack of ChinaHipower 100ah cells wired into 200ah pairs with a Curtis 500 amp controller.  It was supposed to have a 1000amp Logisystems, but when they were having problems the Curtis was substituted.  The owner had someone lined up to sell him and install a Z2K but that individual backed out.  At this point the owner is willing to try a newer and hopefully improved Logisystems 1000amp but lacks the ability to install it.  Anyone nearby willing and able to help him out?  I believe he would be willing to compensate for the work.  Here's a link to his discussion at DIYEV http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/newbie-needs-better-controller-32560.html

John

[damon henry]

Well, I am not the best choice as I am in Vancouver Washington which is about a 6 hour drive from Spokane.  However, my son has to make an appearance in Spokane on July 17 - 18 to pick up a scholarship he won.  We have been debating whether just he and his mom will go in the Insight, or if we are going to load the whole family of 6 up in the SUV, so I am a possibility.  As far as the actual job it should be easy enough unless the cables are cut to an exact length that does not quite fit, but the layout of both controllers should be very similar, so that probably will not be an issue.

damon

> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:37:35 -0700
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> Subject: [EVDL]  Help for a Spokane Washington area EV'er
>
>
> I've been trying to help out a fellow EV'er in Spokane.  He purchased a
> Porsche conversion from a shop in Florida and it's not exactly performing as
> expected.  It has a Warp11 and a 144 volt pack of ChinaHipower 100ah cells
> wired into 200ah pairs with a Curtis 500 amp controller.  It was supposed to
> have a 1000amp Logisystems, but when they were having problems the Curtis
> was substituted.  The owner had someone lined up to sell him and install a
> Z2K but that individual backed out.  At this point the owner is willing to
> try a newer and hopefully improved Logisystems 1000amp but lacks the ability
> to install it.  Anyone nearby willing and able to help him out?  I believe
> he would be willing to compensate for the work.  Here's a link to his
> discussion at DIYEV
> http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/newbie-needs-better-controller-32560.html
> http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/newbie-needs-better-controller-32560.html 
>
> John
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[AMPhibian]

From the pictures I've seen of his car the controller is probably somewhat buried and will take some "surgery" to get at.  If there is a problem and you can't complete the job and have to go home he could be stuck.  The impression I get is he would not be comfortable with that possibility.  It should be a simple job but you never know until you get into it, things have a way of popping up at the worst times.  Hopefully someone nearby will chime in.
John

damon henry wrote:

Well, I am not the best choice as I am in Vancouver Washington which is about a 6 hour drive from Spokane.  However, my son has to make an appearance in Spokane on July 17 - 18 to pick up a scholarship he won.  We have been debating whether just he and his mom will go in the Insight, or if we are going to load the whole family of 6 up in the SUV, so I am a possibility.  As far as the actual job it should be easy enough unless the cables are cut to an exact length that does not quite fit, but the layout of both controllers should be very similar, so that probably will not be an issue.

damon

> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:37:35 -0700
> From: [e-mail]
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [EVDL]  Help for a Spokane Washington area EV'er
>
>
> I've been trying to help out a fellow EV'er in Spokane.  He purchased a
> Porsche conversion from a shop in Florida and it's not exactly performing as
> expected.  It has a Warp11 and a 144 volt pack of ChinaHipower 100ah cells
> wired into 200ah pairs with a Curtis 500 amp controller.  It was supposed to
> have a 1000amp Logisystems, but when they were having problems the Curtis
> was substituted.  The owner had someone lined up to sell him and install a
> Z2K but that individual backed out.  At this point the owner is willing to
> try a newer and hopefully improved Logisystems 1000amp but lacks the ability
> to install it.  Anyone nearby willing and able to help him out?  I believe
> he would be willing to compensate for the work.  Here's a link to his
> discussion at DIYEV
> http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/newbie-needs-better-controller-32560.html
> http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/newbie-needs-better-controller-32560.html 
>
> John
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