[ausev] Small On-Board Generator

[Claire Sorenson]

Hi Casey,

If you are looking to buy an electric car, have you tried the EV Trader,
Craigs List, and Ebay?  I also have an EV for sale which is listed on the EV
Trader and on Craigs List.  It is the 1981 Jet Electrica.

If you are only driving in town you probably won't need a generator for
backup charging.  I get back and forth to work and various other activities
near home with no threat of running out of juice.  There are also usually
lots of opportunities to plug in during the day if you plan ahead (at work,
at a friends house, etc.).  If your electric car is your only vehicle, you
can rent a car to go on longer trips.  If you live with someone then it is
even better, since you could own one electric vehicle and one gas vehicle.

Good luck with your search.

Claire

-----Original Message-----
From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Sarah & Erik
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 9:53 PM
To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
Subject: Re: [ausev] Small On-Board Generator

Hi Casey,

There are a couple new things to take a look at before you use a generator
to run your EV. Generators can have messy electrical outputs that can fry
your charger (unless you can get one to straight DC output which is great,
but hard to find off the shelf). They can have voltage spikes or not a true
sine wave which your charger counts on.
Some are fine, you just have to check. Some generators are really nasty
smelling too - I understand Honda generators run fairly clean. A cheap
generator can put out the emissions of dozens of cars in a short time.
Another thing is that if you have a generator powerful enough to keep you
driving for a while you need to keep an eye on your motor temperature. My
motor can get pretty warm in the summer after a run, but I only go so far at
once.

One of the things I really like about my EV is that there isn't any gas to
be found. It smells good, but it's pretty hard to keep that up with a
generator around. Imagine a lawnmower in the trunk =) I understand the
concern about running out of juice. It takes a pretty stout generator though
to be useful for anything but a true emergency and those get heavy. One of
the handheld ones will take a good while to charge you up full.

Erik

On Nov 24, 2007 6:55 PM, John Penry at Texrocks <jpenry at texrocks.com> wrote:
>
> I ran across a website a while back that listed some common gas
generators.
> http://www.e-volks.com/hybridconversion.html
> Beware of the noise and emissions created by these.
>
> John in Seguin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Casey Martinez
> To: ausev at austinev.org
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 8:23 AM
> Subject: [ausev] Small On-Board Generator
>
> Dear EVers,
>
> I am in the market to buy an EV soon and I would like to know if there 
> are any for sale that this group may know about. I am considering all 
> options right now.
>
> Also, how practical would it be to keep a small generator in the trunk 
> of my future EV so that when my batteries are low on juice I could 
> stop and get some hydrocarbons and charge my battery bank? I 
> understand the charge may take some time and that it would be stupid 
> to store liquid fuel on board due to weight factors but I wanted to 
> hear what this group would have to say about this idea.
>
> Thanks everyone for reading and have a happy holiday season. I have 
> enjoyed reading these messages over the last year or so and I look 
> forward to seeing yall at the Sustain A Ball on the first.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Casey Martinez
> 512-797-7518
>
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