Tuesday, 29 January 2008

Circuit Breaker, Cable and Chargers

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Some friends of mine (Thanks Tim and Bruce) were dismantling a 30kVA UPS and scrounged a few parts for me. Circuit Breakers. The large unit ...

Heater / Air Conditioning Idea

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My friend Iain had an interesting idea that I will pursue. That is to modify the air conditioning to be reverse cycle. The idea would be to ...

Vehicles - 2 door Extra Cab Hilux.

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I have been researching more vehicles in recent weeks as I wait for various parts to arrive. I have narrowed my search down to a 2 wheel dri...
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Pot Box arrived

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The curtis Pot Box arrived today from Mylong Industries in Sydney. The good news is that the pot travels 40 degrees and the resistance is 5k...
Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Brake booster vacuum Pump ordered.

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I have ordered my vacuum pump from eBay $100 + 50 postage. If you are searching, look for the part number 107CDC20 (worldwide and include de...
Thursday, 10 January 2008

Schematics - revised 14.Jan.08

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Following are the schematics based on the Allen Bradley 1336 Plus Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and the L4 option card. Other VFDs have sim...

The 12 volt power supplies arrived

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2 x 12 volt power supplies arrived today from e-crazyman on EBay. I should have ordered the 15 volt version so it would adjust to 13.8v, how...
Sunday, 6 January 2008

Suzuki Carry - not really suitable

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My friend Mike and I checked out a Suzuki Carry today. Unfortunately it is not really suitable. The floor from under the rear seats is raise...

Brake Resistor

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Here is a picture of the Brake Resistor. I bought it as regardless of what controller I end up with, I can probably use it.

Motor

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Here is a photo of the motor and its name plates. 15KW ASEA . I replaced the bearings with sealed units so the lubrication information is no...