Newb Asks: How do we keep regen disabled?
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:22 pm
So I get the general concept of "regen braking" if you will. We owned a Nissan Leaf for three years.
My question is how do I prevent damaging anything or things from going BOOM when I first put together my 1969 Chevy truck (drum brakes at all four corners) with the minimal EV components to make it go up and down my street [ahem] a closed off private road. OR possibly drive it around for a while without regen (dumb I know) but also minimal, just to grasp the concept and keep things simple.
We hear these stories or myths of electric vehicles exploding when they are towed or roll back down a hill and stuff, so it has me concerned.
And if regen is disabled how does that work, where does the energy go does it just spill out the orange cable on to the road?
Transmotor: Lexus GS450h
Inverter: Lexus GS450h
Damien Maguire Ver 2 GS50h Controller (gs450h_v3_user firmware)
BMW 530e HV battery pack
BMW E46 throttle
no DC-DC converter for this test drive (yes I know my 12 volt car battery will get drained, but this is a 2 minute test drive)
no battery charger
My question is how do I prevent damaging anything or things from going BOOM when I first put together my 1969 Chevy truck (drum brakes at all four corners) with the minimal EV components to make it go up and down my street [ahem] a closed off private road. OR possibly drive it around for a while without regen (dumb I know) but also minimal, just to grasp the concept and keep things simple.
We hear these stories or myths of electric vehicles exploding when they are towed or roll back down a hill and stuff, so it has me concerned.
And if regen is disabled how does that work, where does the energy go does it just spill out the orange cable on to the road?
Transmotor: Lexus GS450h
Inverter: Lexus GS450h
Damien Maguire Ver 2 GS50h Controller (gs450h_v3_user firmware)
BMW 530e HV battery pack
BMW E46 throttle
no DC-DC converter for this test drive (yes I know my 12 volt car battery will get drained, but this is a 2 minute test drive)
no battery charger