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This is the front (headlight) battery box that holds four batteries.
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Here is the tentative firewall battery box that holds five batteries
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And finally the rear trunk battery box that holds nine batteries.
All the boxes above are made of 3/16" polypropylene sheet. These are modeled after the boxes from the Porsche 914 EV I converted awhile ago with a kit from Electro Automotive. I plan on adding lids with battery hold-downs in them just like the Electro Auto ones.
Again, I was surprised by how easy it was to draw the models above. I plan on e-mailing them to a local plastic welder (Apex Industries) to see if I can get a quote for making them.
You can get the Google Sketchup files for these at the Civic-EV Google Group in the files section.
2 comments:
Hey Tim,
Are there going to be fans? You don't show them on the prints. If you are what about using 110 ac instead of the 12 v? If I leave my car plugged in to long the 12v battery is weak. I'm thinking the exaust fans run only when charging and ac current is used. I intend to use the system Ross did to shut off the fans on mine but I think the ac fans would me more logical. Matt
Hi Matt,
Yes there will be fans. I intend to use 110 ac to power the fans (like I do in the 914EV) to prevent the 12V battery from draining. I use a small 12V laptop power supply to run the fans.
Cheers,Tim
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