[ausev] AusEV Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3

[Joby Wieser]

Greetings to all, I am about ready to start my own conversion project.  I farm and ranch near Fredericksburg and have a job in town.  It looks like my average mileage per day is 12 miles but once a week I drive to San Antonio which is 65 miles one way. I stay for a while and could charge there for at least 4 hours. My goal is to convert a small pickup ( I'm thinking an old VW rabbit pickup would be ideal because of its light weight)  It would have to run at least 55 mph and have a range of 70 miles without discharging more than 50%   I have considered a portable generator to supplement the batteries during trips to SA.  Would the best way to do this to rectify the ac output and tie it in directly to the battery stack or go through the charger?  I fear direct connection might hurt the batteries but running it through the charger would require a very heavy duty charger capable of high amperage throughput. Does this sound like a doable project? 
 Any advice would be appreciated. Joby Wieser Fredericksburg 


      
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