Paul's how NOT to convert a Metro

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Went to photobucket, and signed up. As soon as I can get some decent pics of it I will post them. Amazing that people(me included, twice!) pay good money for this junk. The red led comes on with12v but it wont program. Watt

[vpoppv]

Originally Posted by watt-a-mezz

Went to photobucket, and signed up. As soon as I can get some decent pics of it I will post them. Amazing that people(me included, twice!) pay good money for this junk. The red led comes on with12v but it wont program. Watt

I almost got a Kelly from Cloud Electric, but the Curtis was cheaper. Heck, I feel like a dummy for my purchase at $300 because a 72v Alltrax sold for $210 a little while ago- it's all a matter of perspective.
Good news! I found solder!! Now I just have to find the soldering iron and the soldering gun. I wonder why they weren't with the solder?

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Ok, found the soldering iron! I'm practicing away!!

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Originally Posted by vpoppv

Ok, found the soldering iron! I'm practicing away!!

Hey, how did it go? I figured out why my soldering wasnt the neatest. No flux. Need to go get some and try again. If you get bored, I posted some pics of my ev on photobucket. Watt-a-mezz album, nissand21. My son nabbed my AAA batteries out of my camera, so I am on my way to the store for some. Will put some pics of the skinnt Kelly later today. Watt

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Originally Posted by watt-a-mezz

Hey, how did it go? I figured out why my soldering wasnt the neatest. No flux. Need to go get some and try again. If you get bored, I posted some pics of my ev on photobucket. Watt-a-mezz album, nissand21. My son nabbed my AAA batteries out of my camera, so I am on my way to the store for some. Will put some pics of the skinnt Kelly later today. Watt

It went great! I have all these capacitor things I pulled off sitting on my computer desk! I just had to wait a long time for the iron to heat up, then put some solder on the tip to make it shiny and it worked fine. I'm using solder intended for plumbers, so maybe it's an easier solder to work with? I didn't use flux. Hey, what's that thing that looks like a controller right next to your Kelly? Is that a DC/DC converter? Looks like you have a backup Curtis in case the Kelly failed

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The black thing is a 96v to 12v DC/DC converter. I wonder how a duel power system would work ? Two of everything with separate battery packs in one vehicle. Jeez, that would be something! Watt.

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Got the batteries for the camera, and they are on photobucket. Also took more of the truck today. Enjoy. Watt

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Originally Posted by watt-a-mezz

Got the batteries for the camera, and they are on photobucket. Also took more of the truck today. Enjoy. Watt

Hey, thanks for the pics!! Paul's controller certainly looks like a Sherman Tank next to that! I hope you keep posting more pics....

On another note, I may just have scored BIGTIME! I was shopping at my local auto parts store to get a dome light for the Geo. Wal-Mart and the farm supply store don't carry them So I almost walked out when I saw it was $2.99 for 'em!! But I thought, no one else has 'em, and I'm already here, so.....As I was paying for them, I glanced down at the floor and what did I see?? -drumroll please- two shiny new...er uhmmm, crudy old, EXIDE ORBITALS that had been returned as cores!!!! I asked if I could exchange them for two of my cores and the response was a shoulder shrug and "I don't care". So I took them home. I will give them a bath, put baby powder on them, and tuck them in at night.....

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Originally Posted by vpoppv

Hey, thanks for the pics!! Paul's controller certainly looks like a Sherman Tank next to that! I hope you keep posting more pics....

On another note, I may just have scored BIGTIME! I was shopping at my local auto parts store to get a dome light for the Geo. Wal-Mart and the farm supply store don't carry them So I almost walked out when I saw it was $2.99 for 'em!! But I thought, no one else has 'em, and I'm already here, so.....As I was paying for them, I glanced down at the floor and what did I see?? -drumroll please- two shiny new...er uhmmm, crudy old, EXIDE ORBITALS that had been returned as cores!!!! I asked if I could exchange them for two of my cores and the response was a shoulder shrug and "I don't care". So I took them home. I will give them a bath, put baby powder on them, and tuck them in at night.....

Good Deal! Thats kinda how I got those two big floor scrubber batteries. They had been turned in to a recycling place. Hope they work for you! Watt

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Coldest day so far this season~40 degrees. It may be the cold that has brought my pack voltage down a 10th to 74.3v, with the lowest battery at 12.08v at the end of the day. Still pretty good though. I am anxious to throw the Exide Orbitals in, since they blow away every battery in my pack at 13.01v each as they sat from the auto parts store; of course, that doesn't mean they aren't totally dead, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. My California grown butt is waiting until it warms back up later this week to do the exchange of the Orbitals...