Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-23 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
We've been trying to work in new rules for lithium but have not passed/published anything yet. There are some accommodations in the rules and some are using lithium but it's still mostly two 12V SLA's. Grin Cycles can make a CycleAnalyst that will shut the system down after 1kWh is used, so that

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-23 Thread Peter VanDerWal via EV
Does it still require using a lead-acid battery? My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key April 21, 2022 12:04 PM, "Gary Krysztopik via EV" wrote: > I'm wondering how many have heard of or participated in Electrathon > racing? We'd like to grow the program by getting the word out an

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-22 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
My early impression of electrathon racing was that it was a trivial entertainment for high school kids. This was until the 1999 SolWest renewable energy fair in John Day, Oregon, when I witnessed my first race in person. The race was held at the high school running track in nearby Canyon City.

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-22 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
Thank you Bill! Yes that sounds like a great program model, much more like what I'd like to make it here. Thanks for the feedback! There is an Electrathon Mexico too. Gary Krysztopik On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 4:37 AM Bill Dube via EV wrote: > Hi Gary et al. > > I have built a couple of El

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-22 Thread Bill Dube via EV
Hi Gary et al.     I have built a couple of Electrathon cars (and have great admiration for Dave Cloud's Electrathon designs) and have participated a bit in years past. Educational and great fun for the participants. (Spectators, not so much. )     There is a extremely successful and thrivin

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread Jim Waite via EV
Hi Gary & All, A major participant/promoter of Electrathon racing in the Seattle area was Dave Cloud. Sadly Dave passed away about a year ago. He & his brother founded Cloud Racing, which for years provided guidance & often bleeding edge innovation resulting in a long string of wins (I was fort

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread Gary Krysztopik via EV
Thank you. Funny, that Cloud car got rebuilt a couple years ago, raced locally (Oregon) then sold and is still being run. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 21, 2022, at 2:40 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > > Here are a couple of early EV list messages referencing Electrathon racing > and cars.

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
Here are a couple of early EV list messages referencing Electrathon racing and cars. I hope Bill doesn't object to the memories. :-) = Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:05:43 -0600 From: Bill Dube' Reply-To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list EV Subject: Re: Feasabil

Re: [EVDL] Electrathon America

2022-04-21 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 21 Apr 2022 at 12:04, Gary Krysztopik via EV wrote: > I'm wondering how many have heard of or participated in Electrathon > racing? I haven't participated, but I've read about Electrathon racing for many years. It was often discussed here on the EV list in the 1990s. My earliest surviv