Hello Cyruscosmo! What is this 'truck' of which you speak? In some parts of the world 'truck' sometimes seems to mean a 'pick-up truck' (i.e. those slightly over-size utes that you guys in the USA drive) whereas some of us in other parts of the world use the term 'truck' to describe an actual truck.Cyruscosmo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:35 am Hello all.
I have a question for you. Would it be possible to use this "inverter hack" to power only the larger of the two motors from the GS450h transmission case for acceleration and regen braking/battery charging?
What I would like to accomplish is adding an electric assist and regen braking to my truck making it like a hybrid except that if the system goes dead the truck will still function.
What I would like to do is as follows. Remove the larger of the two motors from the GS450h case along with supporting hardware, build a new case for the removed GS450h parts and then install this device between the transmission and rear differential of my truck.
The 4x4 version of my truck has a transmission with a rear flange that the transfer case mounts too. I would like to mount the new GS450h motor case in place of the transfer case in my two-wheel-drive truck essentially turning the whole thing into a hybrid without it being an actual "Hybrid".
My reason for doing this is that Washinton has recently jacked up the licensing fees for electric and hybrid vehicles. I thought the whole point was to encourage people to buy electric and hybrid vehicles. Anyway, I sold my electric Geo after the price hike and have been following this thread since day one having followed Damian over here from the Open Revolt forums. It is time I get into the AC Drive game.
Also, agreed it is indeed time to get into the AC Drive game...
. To boost the "input", I had to add a square wave to both gate driver inputs, not sure what's going on there, I guess that the converter logic board sorts that out - I'd have expected that driving both sets of IGBTs would short the input, but apparently not.