Dawn

Hopefully, the GFCI problem was also causing a battery drain. Myabe now that it is fixed you will get a little more range.

Good Luck
Lazlow

Got the batteries charged, the plastic installed and the car put back together. I took it out tonight and went for a drive in the night air. I had about 23 good miles of driving and I could tell that the batteries were getting low. I drove the last 3 miles home around 20 to 30 mph maxing it out. the curtis meter was in the orange area, I checked the volts and they were at 136 volts. I had the brights on as it was very dark tonight and the cd player was on too. I'll take it out tomorrow during the day.

I took a look at a Fiero tonight and it would make a awesome electric vehicle. it is a rear wheel drive just like the front wheel drive cars with the engine set sideways but mounted behind the drivers compartment. Lots of room for batteries up front and a little area for the controls in the back.

Dawn

There are a couple of examples of them on line. The biggest thing is that fieros had iffy brakes to start with. Pretty good instructions around on how to fix that problem.

http://greenplanet3.org/ev/

Consider converting a Porsche 914 instead. There are EV kits available for the conversion, and good looking body kits.

I'm not against the Fiero, but the Porsche is worth looking at.

I started out during the daylight and drove 14 miles to a friends house we visited for a couple of hours and it was getting dark when we left. I decided to go to another friends house about 15 miles away so off we went, we found her home and talked for a while. Then off to where my wife works, all the guys ohed and ahed over the car and I answered thier questions as good as I could. When we left we still had plenty of power so I decided to take my son to Steak and Shake on the way home. I got a vanilla malt and he got a Frisco melt. The batteries were dhowing sighns that I should get home quickly. The curtis meter was in the orange area. I was about 4 miles out and started to go home. decreasing speed the closer to home I got. I had to drive on Michigan Ave for about a mile at 25 to 35 mph they usually travel 55 or more on that strech of road. I had to pull over a couple of times but I made it home. but by the time I got here the curtis meter was flashing red. The official mileage was 44.3 miles today on a overnight charge. The more I break in the batteries the longer I'll be able to drive. I'll get out earlier for my drive tomorrow. It is fun to drive and very quiet. Even with the windows down.

I checked out the fierro site and it is way cool. I thought the fierro would make a good conversion because of all the room you have to work with, and it is a decent looking car. I had to just about shoe horn the components into my car and now know what to look for for building space. LOL

I got up early and had a few errands to do on the other side of town. I had 34 miles on the odometer and had to take my dad to the dentist in a couple of hours, Put the car on the charger for 2 hours and then took him to the dentist. When I got home there was 20 miles on the odometer, totaling 54, I put it back on the charger and later I had to go to Saline and put 18 more miles on it. Totaling 72 miles in a 24 hour period. The car is on the charger now and will be ready to go in the morning again. Oh yes I forgot to tell you the last 18 miles were after dark thus the lights were on too!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is a site worth checking out for tax credits on electric vehicles
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/prog...cgi?afdc/307/0

I have to find my video recorder and I promise I'll take a video soon!!! I think it will be in the car so you can see the gauges and speedo as I drive and maybe some nice sceenery too!!! I don't know how much video utube will take but I plan to run until my batteries are low so it will be about a half hour to hour video, but we will see.

yay! i cant wait to see vid of that! there aren't enough electric vehicle vids on youtube lol