[ausev] Weatherising my EV... any suggestions?

[Thomas Burbridge]

Greetings,

Austin Homebrew Supply sells 18 gallon plastic barrels.  With some drilling and cutting, these make perfect covers for motors and other gear.

Cheers


--- On Sun, 11/30/08, Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org> wrote:

> From: Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org>
> Subject: Re: [ausev] Weatherising my EV... any suggestions?
> To: "AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion" <ausev at austinev.org>
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 11:03 PM
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Roy Hughes
> <crashlode at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am about to drop my motor/transmission into my car
> and it has occured to
> > me more than once that i want to protect this
> assembley from damage. To what
> > lengths should i got to in protecting the engine
> compartment?
> 
> The series DC motors we typically use in hobby conversions
> are built
> from forklift designs.  They are pretty tough overall.  The
> motors can
> handle almost anything including immersion and will keep
> running (not
> recommended but you'd be surprised).  Most conversions
> do not do
> anything special to protect the motor.  I would recommend
> just a
> simple splash shield to keep road debris/water from hitting
> the motor
> under normal conditions.
> 
> Putting a full cover over the bottom of the engine bay is
> tough to do
> well, since water leaks in from a lot of places including
> the existing
> radiator grill and won't drain well..
> 
> 
> Mark
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