[ausev] DC/DC & Batttery

[Gil Dawson]

At 2:07 PM -0500 3/13/07, Chris Robison wrote:
>You can do without the SLI battery..., but you will need to have your
>DC/DC converter wired to provide power continuously from the main pack,
>even when the car is off.
>
>There are other arguments in favor of doing this -- eg. reducing stress on
>the converter's capacitors, etc due to switching it on and off.

Plus, you can run your lights and radio for as long as you like.

At 3:06 PM -0600 3/13/07, Dan_Lee Vogler wrote:
>My CommutaVan is rated 40-45 mph top speed !
>Right now it's doing  minus - 0.5.

OK, I'll bite.  How can you write email while you're driving backwards?

--Gil