I awoke to the sound of construction in my quiet little subdivision. I peered out the window and saw road paving equipment. My mind was racing in determining how to move my vehicles off the road. Upon further investigation, I soon realized the construction crew was digging holes in the middle of the road for the fiber optic installation and patching them over. Crisis averted.

On my lunch break, I picked up a battery for my car. Teddy and I came back home with 8.5 miles on the trip odometer. I decided to zip around the neighborhood and bump the trip past 10 miles. The roads in the neighborhood were more bumpier than I had thought. I think Teddy had just as much fun as me, sticking his head out the window.

We made it home with a new record of 10.2 miles for the trip, and the lowest battery voltage recorded at 47.1 volts. The car was still driving just fine without showing signs of slowing down.

I later installed the new car battery into my other car and was able to move it to the driveway. As for the SUV, I contacted a local dealership, inquiring about repairs. I’ve had two people give it a temporary fix, and I need something more permanent.

Throttle Installation

I finished installing the new throttle tonight. Most of the delays were associated with trying to figure out how to put the throttle in the car, fabricating parts, and waiting for parts to arrive.

Tonight I assembled an aluminium bar with a clevis pin and a cotter pin. I used spacers to elevate it. I divided one of the spacers in half so that I could fit them both in between the aluminum rod and the throttles arm. Bolting the throttle to the floor was a bit difficult due to the awkward position of trying to drill while the hood (or lack there of) was in the way.

In Other News

I’ve decided to go ahead and get the Lester Summit Series II charger. I was set on it before it was recommended that I get the Schauer charger I have now. The Lester charger has a few things over the Schauer charger:

• QD Lockout
• Ability to change battery profiles
• Bluetooth
• Waterproof
• Dropproof

I’ll be able to use it with the four 12 volt sealed lead acid batteries as 48 volts. I believe I can also use it with the lithium batteries as well. The BMS modules are setup to be compatible with other chargers as well.