View Single Post
Old 10-28-2008, 11:31 AM   #751 (permalink)
bennelson
EV test pilot
 
bennelson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Oconomowoc, WI, USA
Posts: 4,435

Electric Cycle - '81 Kawasaki KZ440
90 day: 334.6 mpg (US)

S10 - '95 Chevy S10
90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

The Wife's Car - Plug-in Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
90 day: 78.16 mpg (US)
Thanks: 17
Thanked 663 Times in 388 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Ben, what was the person's thinking when they said they were surprised you hadn't killed yours yet - was that because of the heat?
Yep, because of heat. My DC/DC converter on the motorcycle is about an inch and a half square - pretty compact for a 100 watt converter. It has no built-in heat sink. It's just a plain black brick from the outside.

Apparently, that style is designed to sit directly on a heat sink, similar to how a computer CPU does.

I have a match to that converter that I may install in the Electro-Metro. If I do, I will make sure to add a heat sink to it.

-Ben

__________________


300mpg.org Learn how to BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRIC CAR CHEAP
My YouTube Videos
  Reply With Quote