power steering ev info

this is an excellent site - worth a look for more than just power steering

http://www.cameronsoftware.com/ev/EV_PowerSteering.html

another battery monitoring solution

http://genki.home.ionet.net/BattMon/BattMonArticle.html

it has a particularly nice display - something I would like to have.

battery monitoring using ti chip

http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slua021/slua021.pdf

isolated voltage measurement

answer seems to be to measure using a chip with a one wire protocol and then isolate that digital signal

this is possibly the answer
http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS2436.pdf

and here is a document as to how to implement it
http://www.drgw.net/workshop/solarcar/solarcar.html

individual links
http://www.drgw.net/workshop/solarcar/documents/components/battmon-desc.pdf

and most useful - the schematics
http://www.drgw.net/workshop/solarcar/documents/components/battmon-schem.pdf

and a description of the packets
http://www.drgw.net/workshop/solarcar/documents/components/battmon-pkt.pdf

engine cooling

Should I use electric fans to give equal cooling at all engine revs - as done by acmotor on the red suzi?

http://www.aeva.asn.au/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=615

Battery calc post

to get ready for my post about batteries.

range calcs

http://www.zeva.com.au/publications/Small_Hatchbacks.pdf

GVMs

Mazda australia tells me there is no GVM for the 121. I think that a good plan may be to check what other similar cars are

Car/year/curb weight/GVM
corolla/2004/1050/1630
current/Proton Satria/1159 /1552
current/Getz/1074/1530
current/swift/980/1470
yaris/current/1025-1045/1455
Citoen c3/1132/1525
echo/current/975-990/1400

http://www.carsales.com.au/car_sales/new_toyota_20030218_11_40_44.htm



swift/1994/765/1250

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!racv_content_new.research_specs?vehicle_code=19940531.09:14:39&current_rec=25&make_name=SUZUKI&model_name=SWIFT

swift/2008/1007/1470

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/cars/new/ID_SUZSWT--E715GZ8/ists_click/src_news/vehicle.html

Trojan t105 batteries - why not?

Cheaper - more range - more hassle - why not?

http://www.batteriesplus.com.au/pd/582/239/trojan-t105/

or 12V version
http://www.batteriesplus.com.au/pd/584/239/trojan-scs225/

flooded vs AGM

this is a big one to think about

http://www.evworld.com/blogs/index.cfm?page=blogentry&authorid=19&blogid=253

EverExceed Batteries

These are worth looking into

http://www.magellan-power.com/highrate.html