Happy Holidays! It has been a while since I have posted. We have moved and also confirmed we are having a baby, many changes occurring. A few things have changed on ERX as well. James made the motor mount and I got it attached and then got the car towed to our new dwelling. Unfortunately, I do not have a garage now, so the car is covered sitting in the neighbors entrance area to their garage. Luckily they just use it for storage. I forgot to take a picture of the mount, but James did a great job.
A couple weeks ago I started cutting holes in the hatch area floor for the battery boxes. I only made two cuts, and today I finished. I didn't pay much mind to the measure twice, cut once rule, so I made a wrong cut which you can see in the picture below. I had to make two more cuts because of it. It takes a while because I am using a simple compressed air metal cutting wheel and not a plasma cutter.
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| First hole for 20 Batteries |
I then double checked my measurements and started the second hole. Once again, problems. I got the measurements right, but neglected to see that the axle was directly below the hole and not far enough down for my batteries to fit the way I want them, so I need to extend the second hole by another 3 1/2 inches.
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| Second hole for 10 batteries - See the axle there? |
Here are a few other photos from the day. All and all, I made some progress.
I also took some measurements up front to see where I am going to put the remaining 15 batteries, and the control board with all the electric goodies on it. Hopefully you will hear from me before 3 months passes again.
