son of an itch it works !!! you will not believe what it was https://youtu.be/GC3bZ-PyViU I guess these extension leads offered too much resistance for that little Power Supply IMG_3230.JPG once I removed them and connected the short original bench power supply leads directly to the inverter posts a...

you need to set UDCsw to 0 to bypass contactors. Please post your full settng download. You need ignition power this should be the pin 15 you mention, and then also a start signal pin 52 as per diagram linked. https://openinverter.org/wiki/File:ZombieVerter_VCU_V1_cable_side_pinout2.jpg Thanks Tom ...

You get into run mode? Also what version are you using? thank you Tom, short answer is No, and I should have mentioned the version: 2.05A here are some screen shots, at first I forgot about the udcmin which was set to 450 volts, I have since changed it to 20 since I am using a 30 volt bench power s...

well the first attempt to spin the motor late last night proved UNSUCCESSFUL - the inverter had power and made the whinny high pitched noise - Forward signal had 12v - Zombie VCU Pin #15 had 12v No ISA current shunt implemented No BMW sBox implemented just using a 300 watt 30 volt 10 amp bench power...

1984 Voltswagen Rabbit Prius Gen 3 ZOMBIE

minimal wire harness, about to head into the garage for the first spin of the motor

ZombieVerter VCU Throttle Calibration procedure (starring Mr. Damien Maguire)

soldering though hole components is a doddle after soldering smd :) the soldering is the easy part, getting all 56 pins through the holes at the same time is an art Prius Gen 3 HV Stand Offs DIY EV Conversion https://youtu.be/ss_kE56ppoM IMG_3201.JPG IMG_3205.JPG Can't Kill A Toyota Inverter Part 2...

Tell me the wife is out of the house, without telling me the wife is out of the house...

beer makes everything better

soldering on the 56 pin header connector

Fun Level: -2

it's raining out so I'm jumping around a little bit (order be damned!) Thanks be to Mr. Damien Maguire of the EVBMW.com fame, and all you Reverse Engineers here on openiverter.org ZombieVerter Case.png there's 5 ways to power this thing up, and here's one of them, just a dime a dozen 9 volt battery ...

Mitsubishi Outlander Charger Cables

rstevens81 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:56 pm PS you need to get get sponsorship ...from angle grinder manufacturers

ha ha, I'll settle for the cut off discs - wonder if Costco sells them?

Shell will SHUTDOWN 1,000 gas stations to build 200,000 EV chargers

Did you really start this last year in secret and now releasing all the footage? ha ha, the only thing I recall doing last year, was seeing this video https://youtu.be/5ntcMQeqeVQ?si=adG4LuMrg5Y9eXUl the pic below is of the incomplete registration application on the day I bought the car, the seller...

couldn't wait any longer, had to tether the Prius transaxle to the newly installed inverter with the orange jump ropes

That is truly the ugliest bracket I have ever seen in my life. I watched it evolve and am still shocked at its form. If a bracket could have a spirit animal, it would be a platapus... after dancing with a woodchipper. It's like a Picasso of what a bracket should be. Horrendously patchworked, stylis...

and she's in there for good(ish), note the pedestal riser mount thingies

Man you're making my project seem glacial paced. this reminded me of a story that I will probably butcher two old men sit at a bar and order a beer, one says to the other, what do you do, he says well I'm retired now, but for 30 years I would climb to the top of the town's clock tower at noon and s...

this inverter bracket aint gonna fugly itself

Scraptastic



one of 900 trial fits

Gen 3 Toyota Prius Inverter in a 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit

P.S.Mangelsdorf wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:30 pm They just built one about the same distance from my house, and despite 5-10 paved acres, didn't put in any charging infrastructure. And its on a route that needs more anyways!

well that sucks, ours did not get a gas station so everyone is bent about that, but it shares a parking lot with Chevron

Alibro wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:09 pm I can't believe you made a spreadsheet of your local journeys.

a Table, not a spreadsheet, lol