Building a Land RoEVer

Brink, I've been following this thread, but I'm not sure why I haven't commented yet.

I just gotta say that this project is extremely cool and I've enjoyed watching the progress! Thanks for sharing!
 
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Brand new warning lights.



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Finished dash area, and new horn button.



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Under the passenger seat. 12v battery, toroid inductor and the dc-dc inverter.

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Brink said:
This is off beat, and my kind of stuff.

First, I rebuild at least ten engines a year, X 30 years = a lot of engines. About half way through, I took a real dislike to them. I don't like the sound, the oily mess, soot smoke, DEF, EMS, PCV, MAP and a few thousand acronyms I try to remember.

Four or five years ago, I saw a Craigslist ad for a welder/engineer. Got the job on the spot. First up, a Saab 900 full electric conversion, next, a '65 Mustang convertible. Became the local repair point for Miles EV trucks, dabbled in battery back up and anti-idling technology.

Now this build....
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Could You "hook' a battery powered motor to a sawmill? Any reasons to do it? Any reasons not to do it? Steve Cross aka SuperAX----------Of course We do not know what We are doing; that is why We call it Research----Albert Einstein
 
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Cross Sawmill said:
Could You "hook' a battery powered motor to a sawmill? Any reasons to do it? Any reasons not to do it? Steve Cross aka SuperAX----------Of course We do not know what We are doing; that is why We call it Research----Albert Einstein
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A battery powered saw mill would work. It would be inconvenient to drag it, or the battery pack back to a charging area.

On a different direction, a motor driven mill, with an undersized engine, generator and battery pack is very possible. In a hybrid design, a 10hp engine could cut like a 20hp. It would take a long time for the cheaper engine and fuel savings to offset the generator, motor, batteries and controllers.
 
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Everything is in and hooked up. 6 batteries here, three under each seat, two under bed. All cabling has been made, circuits tested, charger works...

Motor controller won't enable, keeps giving low voltage error codes, yet I have 173v to it.

Very disappointing.

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Mike1950 said:
Des the rover charge when breaking or going downhill??
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Not this one. The owner wanted very simple, so,we used a DC system. Very, very difficult to regen on a DC motor.

Three phase AC would work better, but not great on a lead acid battery pack. They don't like high rate charging.
 
Brink said:
Cross Sawmill said:
Could You "hook' a battery powered motor to a sawmill? Any reasons to do it? Any reasons not to do it? Steve Cross aka SuperAX----------Of course We do not know what We are doing; that is why We call it Research----Albert Einstein
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A battery powered saw mill would work. It would be inconvenient to drag it, or the battery pack back to a charging area.

On a different direction, a motor driven mill, with an undersized engine, generator and battery pack is very possible. In a hybrid design, a 10hp engine could cut like a 20hp. It would take a long time for the cheaper engine and fuel savings to offset the generator, motor, batteries and controllers.
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How about making a 110 volt cut like a 20 hp?
 
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Cross Sawmill said:
What would be the power of a 20 hp dc be like? How much torque ? Would it have lugging ability?
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On a 7" dc motor, the hp and torque comes on at lower speeds, below 1500rpm, the brushes can start to arc, but 20 some hp and 50 ft/lbs torque at around 2200rpm is pretty god.

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Brink said:
Cross Sawmill said:
What would be the power of a 20 hp dc be like? How much torque ? Would it have lugging ability?
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On a 7" dc motor, the hp and torque comes on at lower speeds, below 1500rpm, the brushes can start to arc, but 20 some hp and 50 ft/lbs torque at around 2200rpm is pretty god.
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Would the motors over-rev with no-load/ widely varying load?
 
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Cross Sawmill said:
Would the motors over-rev with no-load/ widely varying load?
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With the correct controller, speed sensors, the controller can be set up as a rev limiter.
 
Brink, I didn't add any text to the post but all you got to do is edit the post to write anything if you want. Here's the description I used for the video itself on the YT site:


Woodbarter.com member "Brink" has completed the EV conversation of a 1957 Land Rover. He removed the original aluminum V-8, radiator, gas tank, exhaust and all ancillary CGE compenets not necessary for the conversion. He installed all the components, circuits, and safety features necessary for a full-on professional electric vehicle conversion. This is a short clip of him driving it just after the completion of the project.


If any of that is inaccurate or needs to be changed let me know. This was a impressive build and a cool thread, thanks for sharing it with us.

:drinks: :good2:
 
woodtickgreg said:
Kevin said:
EV conversation of a 1957 Land Rover.
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:rotflmao3::rotflmao3:
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EV conversation of a 1957 Land Rover. He removed the original aluminum V-8, radiator, gas tank, exhaust and all ancillary CGE compenets not necessary
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Why are you laughing? Kevin likes to talk about all of the compenets that are not required. Hence, the EV conversation.
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