> You should keep in mind that you only get about three hours > of "good" PV energy per day.
One can look it up online. Arizona gets about 7, Maryland gets about 4. And that includes the annual weather factor. So 1kw array delivers about 4 kWh per day (average) in Maryland. Bob On Jan 2, 2018 11:57, "Lawrence Rhodes via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I think I've mentioned that an Ultravan from the 60's weights about > the same as a Nissan Leaf. Putting the Leaf drive train in the > Ultravan would be a good retro mod. With a 3kw solar array it would > charge in 10 hours of sun. However it might not be the freeway runner > the Leaf is at 22 feet long and 8 feet wide although better than any > RV. Some mirror replacement and wheel well covering might be needed. > Possibly a better way might be a VW bus chopped down or even better a > purpose built body to put on the VW bus pan. Weighing in at 1500 > pounds with a 2kw solar array it would charge quickly and might even cruise at 25mph on the array alone on level ground. > I am trying to avoid building a purpose built vehicle from the ground up. > Seems a daunting task. I am currently figuring out a design to put > over my recumbent trike. 2kw battery 800 watt array. It is all very scale-able. > What I learn from the trike will help with future projects.The current > philosophy is more batteries. I think efficiency is a better way. > Lawrence Rhodes > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/ > attachments/20180102/6b40e4e2/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180102/d8a928 65/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
