On 19 Feb 2015 at 8:14, tomw via EV wrote: > Easiest is to purchase a motor/controller package from one of the > suppliers. Purchasing a used fork lift motor requires doing more > homework to learn which type to buy - depends on how much time and > effort you want to spend.
It's a little dated now because you CAN buy a factory EV at the dealer, but several years ago, a couple of us EVDLers dreamed up an "EV acquisition map." The y and x axes are cost and level of effort. IMO, this applies to EV conversion as a subcase, too. http://www.evdl.org/docs/ev_acquisition_continuum.pdf David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
