openinverter forum

As requested by Arber I have now added this forum.

Now I looked for topics that would fit here and it turns out they are mostly in "OEM specific". Should I leave them there or move here?

I strongly suggest not to move, as all other components are under the OEM which the parts came from.

Would it make sense to name it heating and cooling? Could lump radiators and coolant pumps in here too.

I'd expect as this evolves it becomes more of a mishmash of parts to make a system. I'd say leave the existing posts in OEM sections for now as well.

Braking and steering are others to consider their own sections.

Hm... my idea was not to make another forum but rather unify one topic at Electric Vehicle Topics and collect knowledge there...

Electric Vehicle Topics
- Drive trains (motors and inverters)
- Batteries and Charging
- Vehicle Control (VCU)
- User Interface
- General
- Climate Control (HVAC)

I think various control logics would fit here as well
I will try to collect info from other parts of OEM sides regarding HVAC and post links here for reference in a way i did for chargers and DCDCs. It would be a good way to see if there is anything more to post to wiki

I prefer topic-specific rather than Brand/Make/Model specific forums.
In another form there is an excellent thread about getting road-legal LED headlights to work but it is part of a VW Up! thread and anyone who asks a simple general question gets attacked and flayed.... they say to open a new thread but that would be a thread with very little new input and cause a lot of clicking around...

Is it not possible to create sub forums under OEM branches? "Brand" should branch out into motor/inverters/batteries and BMS/HVAC sub forums. If there were dozens of Toyota's heaters then it would be easy to find all of them in one sub-forum.
Imoving it to HVAC all-together is different way to handle this. Could be more simple anyway. When the topic is about a particular heat pump, it's thread is going to be titled by the brand/model/part number anyway; doesn't matter which sub-forum.

In the current state, if a thread is about using part X together with part Y, it goes to the general drivetrain board. It it's about inverter X, it goes to the OEM board. Same should go with HVAC hardware. If it's OEM part, it should go there. If it's anything else, like non OEM heat pump, place it in general HVAC.

Ok, so majority votes for move to Climate Control Forum then

jrbe wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2026 7:03 pm Would it make sense to name it heating and cooling? Could lump radiators and coolant pumps in here too.

Yeah that could work

tom91 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2026 6:28 pm I strongly suggest not to move, as all other components are under the OEM which the parts came from.

I see the point, on the other hand it seems these components are shared between OEM at least more than drive trains and batteries