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[dennis-NL]

.......app and make a series of provisioning buttons for different situations like EV stations, crappy EV stations, awesome EV stations, wall charging, and world's saddest wall at 800 watts. I will likely be updating the wiki with step by step pictures so y'all can do it at home, too!

Please do.
Other examples I see 116,4V upper setting.
I need top range also, but would it make a difference in durability of battery to set it:
116,2V or
116,0V or
115,8V for example?
 

[MVetter]

Those aren't large enough differences to actually do much of anything. To set it to cap around 80% would be something like 1100 (110.0 volts) as the first number. So 1100,104,3,9900,0,50 would be a setting for someone using a 13kWh monolith at 9.9kW with 3 chargers wanting to stop around 80%.

What I would also like, and haven't bothered to see if anyone has actually made it, is a chart with voltage as it approximately relates to SoC, as it's non linear.

[Monsters77]

https://zeromanual.com/wiki/SoC_per_Voltage

Pack at rest (V)   SoC (%)
95   0
102   50
106   60
108   70
110   80
116.4   100

[Electric Cowboy]

US/NZ Weekend update :

* Saturday :

Kept shop warm, wood burning stove with fell wood, to ensure full curing of potting compound. This was successful by the end of the day.

Tested water Charger again with 2 of the still tacky potted boards for a partial test. Water charger, over a month now running creat, but growing calcium deposits from the filthy water we have it running in.

Morgan made a bunch of Type 2 inlet switches which are compatible with all level 2 stations including Teslas.

Morgan found a deal on pork shoulder for 99 cents a pork shoulder somehow... and bought 30 lbs. of bone in pork for like $7

* Sunday Veterans day (one of the few holidays I celebrate) :

My appologies, I took the day off and slept in a special bean bag, in the shop, to help relax my Spine. Made with memory foam and other small cut up foams.

Vegans, don't read below this line please.
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Morgan brought all 30 pounds of pork over to the factory in a duffel bag on a Zero... quite hillarious. Zak and I (well mostly I watched Zak) skin and prep the shoulders. I got to taste the seasoning and help a little with minor tasks. Around 1 or 2 AM Zak brought in one of the shoulders and woke me up with a giant warm bowl of  pulled pork. nom nom nom zzzzzzz. I also had my first alcoholic beverage (just one) since before my accident. Progress!

Todays goals :

US/NZ :

Test potted boards.
Solder up and pot boards for legacy batteries from 2014. Only making a few of these so not nearly as much work.
Pin J1772 inlets.
Go home tonight.

EU :

Prep for shipping a second test unit this week. Lots of paperwork to fill out. Also figure out where the heck the original test charger is. Alec from English Electric Motor co. has been chatting with FedEx over there and sending us the transcripts so we can follow along on our end.

BTW, you guys can learn more about Alec here :

Article on his custom bike building : https://www.fortheride.com/stories/old-empire-the-backstory/

His Electric Website : http://englishelectricmotorco.com/

[MVetter]

Closer to 60lbs of pork actually. It was listed at $0.99/lb but they only charged me $0.99 per shoulder which I didn't realize until I got home.

[Electric Cowboy]

US/NZ update :

Of the 18 boards we tested 2 failed after potting 16 passed.

We got 8 J1772 inlets assembled today.

We got a few more mennekes ready for you guys down below too

[MVetter]

A board failing QC at the final step is heartbreak.

[Electric Cowboy]

EU update :

Test package returned today and was inspected. Everything made it there and back in one piece which is good. Hopefully on it's 3rd trip it will stay there. We are going to send this back in a new box with a new HS code and modified paperwork. If it makes it all the way through we will then ship all the rest over.

[RickSteeb]

US/NZ Weekend update :
...
Todays goals :

US/NZ :

Test potted boards.
Solder up and pot boards for legacy batteries from 2014. Only making a few of these so not nearly as much work.
...

Not TOO few, I hope!?  =D

[heroto]

What I would also like, and haven't bothered to see if anyone has actually made it, is a chart with voltage as it approximately relates to SoC, as it's non linear.

Based on prior guru posts on other threads, Good luck with that.
One respected guru emphasized battery voltage over SOC, at least in the 30-80% SOC range, but his (hers?) claims have not matched my Zero's SOC vs battery voltage, at least if one trusts the Zero app.

I wish it wasn't so much dark arts.

[Richard230]

What I would also like, and haven't bothered to see if anyone has actually made it, is a chart with voltage as it approximately relates to SoC, as it's non linear.

Based on prior guru posts on other threads, Good luck with that.
One respected guru emphasized battery voltage over SOC, at least in the 30-80% SOC range, but his (hers?) claims have not matched my Zero's SOC vs battery voltage, at least if one trusts the Zero app.

I wish it wasn't so much dark arts.

I trust the Zero instrument battery percentage display because the bike's performance and range seem to follow the dash display's information very closely.  In other words, when it says "00" it pretty much means you are just about of juice.  One thing that I do notice though is that the actual range remaining falls faster as the battery becomes depleted, which is not always reflected by the dash's range estimator.  However, this is understandable since the battery pack voltage has dropped. Just something to keep in mind as you travel. Besides, the system is still a lot more accurate than any other ICE gasoline motorcycle's fuel gauge or range-to-empty, display that I have seen.

[Electric Cowboy]

Update

Today I am in Mexico with baja 1000 ev. Morgan is at the shop working on the goals we have set. I will be ba k after the weekend.

[Electric Cowboy]

EU update

Test package cleared customs! We will be shipping out the remaining packages for English Electric Motorcycle Co. today.

US/NZ update

Just back from Baja 1000 yesterday. Slept through the night from when I got back. Morgan was debriefing me on the progress yesterday, but I think I fell asleep with my eyes open and he basically pushed me over into the shop beanbag.

Baja update
We won. We are the first electric vehicle to complete the baja 1000! Woot! I was not piloting the vehicle because my injuries are still a bit too severe, but I was able to run the charging and battery team. The Fenix Motors team https://www.fenix-motors.com/ was easy to teach and were a blast to work with. I look forward to future collaberations with them.

[BrianTRice@gmail.com]

That's a great result!

Reference course map: http://score-international.com/raceinfo/course-map-2018-baja-1000/

I'm considering a southbound trip on my Zero once my trip/streamlined build is finalized, and Baja would be pretty interesting this time of year.

[mistasam]

Brandon - Awesome!

Brian - Doooo it!  That would be an amazing trip.  Do either of you guys know what the charging infrastructure is like south of the border?  It looks like there are a few Tesla destination chargers in Mexico.. just not many down Baja.