September 17, 2011, Saturday: I drove another 20 miles on Friday. Since the conversion and driving daily, the EV truck has driven 617 miles without failure. I have commutted to work daily and averaged 15 miles a day. My evening charge averaged one and a half hours at 220VAC or 5 KWHR a night. This is about 50 cents a day. My first full PGE bill was higher by only 15 dollars/month. My lifestyle or driving habits have not changed. I still run errands during the day. I have not purchased gas nor commuted in a gas vehicle since since July 18th. 100% reliable. The Ford Ranger Electric Vehicle arrived home yesterday with a state of charge was ~59% or 149 Volts. On Saturday, I started the automated charge with our PFC 30 Manzanita Micro Charger at 3:30 PM, at 28.4 Amps. Charger was completely automated and not manually adjusted during charge. Charger reduced current to zero at 5:50 PM. Total charge time was 2 hour and 20 minutes. Warm peak pack voltage, during bulk phase was 175.0V.
Reg 1: 14.60V
Reg 2: 14.50V
Reg 3: 14.64V Highest
Reg 4: 14.21V
Reg 5: 14.50V
Reg 6: 14.50V
Reg 7: 14.49V
Reg 8: 14.36V
Reg 9: 14.05V Lowest note: This regulator did reach the high limit of 14.50 at the end of change, regulated, reset and the red LED is now off.
Reg11:14.50V
Reg12:14.38V
Today marks an accomplishment of 2 months straight commuting! 617 Miles. 100% Reliability! A shout out is shown below. Cheers:)
