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The AMPhibian is alive.
by AMPhibian
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Got it operational yesterday afternoon and I love it!
Some videos of it in action: http://www.youtube.com/user/JRP3 Check out my blog and evalbum.com/1609 for details. Thanks to everyone here for all the help. John |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by damon henry
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Sweet ride! That thing looks like a lot of fun.
damon > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:47:04 -0700> From: amp_phibian@...> To: ev@...> Subject: [EVDL] The AMPhibian is alive.> > > Got it operational yesterday afternoon and I love it!> Some videos of it in action:> http://www.youtube.com/user/JRP3> Check out my blog and evalbum.com/1609 for details.> Thanks to everyone here for all the help.> John> -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/The-AMPhibian-is-alive.-tp18200721p18200721.html> Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.> > _______________________________________________> For subscription options, see> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev _________________________________________________________________ Earn cashback on your purchases with Live Search - the search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=earncashback _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by Jon Glauser-2
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Looks fun and seems to work well! Have you tried it out in water yet?
-Jon Glauser http://jonglauser.blogspot.com http://www.evalbum.com/555 _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by Zeke Yewdall
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That does look like fun...
Z On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Jon Glauser <jonglauser@...> wrote: > Looks fun and seems to work well! Have you tried it out in water yet? > > -Jon Glauser > http://jonglauser.blogspot.com > http://www.evalbum.com/555 > > _______________________________________________ > For subscription options, see > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev > For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by AMPhibian
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I still have some holes to patch before it hits the water. I'm afraid that even a little water leaking in may get on the drive chains, which might then throw the water everywhere. The old ICE could tolerate some water on it, not sure how well the Yale and Alltrax will like it and I don't really want to find out.
John http://amp-phibian.blogspot.com/
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by Hi-Torque Electric
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Hey John
I always enjoy seeing a motor I've done get on the road (in your case on or off 8^) EVen more so when it's an old motor given a new life. Anyway, looks like she bips along fairly well, thanks for the video link, fun stuff. Looks like I can add AMPhibian to my list of "things" I've got motors in 8^) Cya Jim Husted Hi-Torque Electric _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by AMPhibian
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Yeah the old Yale seems to be doing the job very well. I'm glad you helped steer me away from something smaller. I'm looking for ideas for a ducted motor enclosure to keep her dry and cool. Do I need anything more than a box with a fan? Any idea of how many CFM's I should shoot for? Even with it geared at 16 to 1 I'm still spending a decent amount of time creeping around trees at low rpms, and skid steering at slow speeds is probably drawing some major amperage. I need some gauges to see what I'm really doing.
John
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Adapter plates
by REDROCKET
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Can anyone point me to pictures of adapter plates. I'm researching to make
one. Thanks M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeke Yewdall" <zyewdall@...> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@...> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] The AMPhibian is alive. > That does look like fun... > > Z > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Jon Glauser <jonglauser@...> wrote: > >> Looks fun and seems to work well! Have you tried it out in water yet? >> >> -Jon Glauser >> http://jonglauser.blogspot.com >> http://www.evalbum.com/555 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For subscription options, see >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev >> > _______________________________________________ > For subscription options, see > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by damon henry
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If you need cooling Ryan at EVSource has just the right thing for you.
http://www.evsource.com/tls_blowers.php I would make sure you need to add it first. As you said, you need some instrumentation. You can start with your hand. What does the motor feel like after you go for a spin? If it just feels warm or slightly hot you are probably just fine. Do you have a temperature probe? Even a meat thermometer can give you some indication. Slip it in the brush cover and read the temp on the brushes a couple of minutes (waiting a few minutes allows the heat to migrate out from the core of the motor) after going for a ride. I have the blower on my motor setup to turn on with an 80C switch mounted on the brushes. Anything below that I do not worry about. The insulation in the motor is rated at 180C. If you do need to add cooling a fan is not what you need. You need a blower to force air through the motor from the brush side. This also means that you will need a new brush cover with a port for the forced air. You can see my brush cover here. http://www.evalbum.com/1524 damon > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:37:02 -0700> From: amp_phibian@...> To: ev@...> Subject: Re: [EVDL] The AMPhibian is alive.> > > Yeah the old Yale seems to be doing the job very well. I'm glad you helped> steer me away from something smaller. I'm looking for ideas for a ducted> motor enclosure to keep her dry and cool. Do I need anything more than a> box with a fan? Any idea of how many CFM's I should shoot for? Even with> it geared at 16 to 1 I'm still spending a decent amount of time creeping> around trees at low rpms, and skid steering at slow speeds is probably> drawing some major amperage. I need some gauges to see what I'm really> doing.> John> > > Hi-Torque Electric wrote:> > > > Hey John> > > > I always enjoy seeing a motor I've done get on the road (in your case on> > or off 8^) EVen more so when it's an old motor given a new life.> > > > Anyway, looks like she bips along fairly well, thanks for the video link,> > fun stuff. Looks like I can add AMPhibi! an to my list of "things" I've got> > motors in 8^)> > Cya> > Jim Husted> > Hi-Torque Electric> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> > For subscription options, see> > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev> > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/The-AMPhibian-is-alive.-tp18200721p18205806.html> Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.> > _______________________________________________> For subscription options, see> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev _________________________________________________________________ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_062008 _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by AMPhibian
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After romping around for about half an hour yesterday I could hold my palm on the motor for about 5 seconds before it became uncomfortable. It was about 78 degrees in the shade. The main reason I'm thinking about forced air cooling is because I want to enclose the motor in a splash proof housing which I think would restrict the cooling air. I suppose I could just build the enclosure and then check the motor temp to see what's happening.
John
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by AMPhibian
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Anyone know how to change my evalbum entry from "underconstruction"? I thought it would magically change itself, maybe it knows there is always more to do.
John
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by Mike Chancey
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That is one of the fields that belongs to the webmaster (me). I changed
it for you this morning. Thanks, -- Mike Chancey Webmaster EV Photo Album http://evalbum.com/106 AMPhibian wrote: > Anyone know how to change my evalbum entry from "underconstruction"? I > thought it would magically change itself, maybe it knows there is always > more to do. > John > > > AMPhibian wrote: >> Got it operational yesterday afternoon and I love it! >> Some videos of it in action: >> http://www.youtube.com/user/JRP3 >> Check out my blog and evalbum.com/1609 for details. >> Thanks to everyone here for all the help. >> John >> > _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev |
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Re: The AMPhibian is alive.
by AMPhibian
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Thank you. John |
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