1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

[Gregski]

see how they cross over the wires, that's insane !!!

[mjc506]

I like to think I'd have checked continuity or something, but... yeah, probably would've been bitten by that too

[Gregski]

I like to think I'd have checked continuity or something, but... yeah, probably would've been bitten by that too

no worries, this just forces my hand to pick the Tesla Model S second gen converter, this animal is not only liquid cooled but requires no CAN control nor PWM of any kind, you just wire up 12 volts to it and it does it's thing, my kinda box

$250 bones on eBay including shipping and tax

[mjc506]

That also permits you to stick a 'Tesla' sticker on the back of the truck to really upset people Bonus points if you manage 'Cybertruck'... ahaha

[TheSilverBuick]

Definitely like the simplicity of just plug in and go!

I'm waiting on slowboat shipping on the parts needed (amp seal connector) to finish up my Yaris board, but I'm hoping to get that inverter running and then use it for the 12v DC-DC and HV battery charging on my main project.

[Gregski]

what happened to this guy?

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[Jack Bauer]

Who is he?

[AdrianB]

PLEASE DO NOT BUY JUST A SHORT INVERTER PIG TAIL

... and here's why
<SNIP>
do you see how if we unravel just 8 or so inches past the Inverter branch and into the main branch we get the Resolver connectors with it, this is so HUGE you have no idea, or maybe you do, ha ha
<SNIP>

Thanks for this info. I’ve been stripping my wiring loom today and your posts have been a lot of help. Turns out my loom is quite different! The resolver cables from the ‘gearbox’ terminate inside the main fuse box, as does the wiring from the inverter plug. I’ll have to add connectors myself but at least I’ve got yards of wire to work with.

The difference could be that mine’s a UK model, or just a different year.

[Gregski]

Who is he?

oh that was just a meme of a confused stand up comedian named Jim Gaffigan and I was talking about myself since I haven't posted in a while, it was a bad joke I recon

[Gregski]

since doing an EV conversion for the first time is so super easy and quick, I decided to also paint the truck at the same time, here I am clearing the garage in order to paint, yes it's June, yes it's in California, yes it is drought season, and YES it decided to rain TODAY !!!

Fun Level: 0

[Gregski]

the other bits I am going to spray in my outdoor organic free range portable paint facility (the OOFRPPF)

[mjc506]

What colour are you going for? Electric Blue perhaps? Chevy Oxide Brown?

[Gregski]

What colour are you going for? Electric Blue perhaps? Chevy Oxide Brown?

ha ha, I see what you did there, clever! well my first idea was Plasti Dip camo green like this car, but when I sprayed some test panels it looked nothing like it

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[mjc506]

Ahhh, algae green hahaha

[TheSilverBuick]

They'll never see or hear you coming!

[Gregski]

They'll never see or hear you coming!

ha ha, luv it

[TheSilverBuick]

Out of curiosity, what's the distance between the firewall and radiator core support on that old truck? From like the wiper motor mounting point to the core?

[Gregski]

Out of curiosity, what's the distance between the firewall and radiator core support on that old truck? From like the wiper motor mounting point to the core?

great question, no idea, the truck is in 71 million pieces at the moment

[TheSilverBuick]

I just look at how packed some of the other conversions look under hood and think of the apparent cavernous space in the GMC, and wonder if it's "apparent" or "is" cavernous.

[Gregski]

I just look at how packed some of the other conversions look under hood and think of the apparent cavernous space in the GMC, and wonder if it's "apparent" or "is" cavernous.

all I can say is that I owned three Chevy trucks of three different generations, this built features the Second generation (1967–1972) it being a 60s car makes it a bit smaller and tighter than the Third generation (1973–1987) as all cars in the US got bigger in the 70s

but there are trade offs, if the Second gen has the aerodynamic characteristics of a brick than the third gen is a brick with a parachute tied behind it

Second Gen C10	Third Gen C10

[Gregski]

been meaning to do this for a while now: Ladies and Gentlemen the Damien Maguire Starter Electronic Workbench (DMSEW) TM


Mandatory before shot (don't let this pic fool you it was a huge mess)

hanging your shelves in a closet backing up to a bathroom increases your chances of hitting a water pipe by 400%

fun fact: walls aren't straight, closet walls are even worse, think Tetrahedron

still need to add more shelves for more chargers, converters, and doo dadders

[TheSilverBuick]

Is that a picture of Damien with hair?

[Gregski]

Is that a picture of Damien with hair?

ha ha, negative, https://openinverter.org/docs/index.html%3Fen_contact,2.html

[johu]

good god... when I started whacking inverters together I didn't expect anyone to put my picture in a holy shrine.

I'll add that to my bucket list and tick it right off

[TheSilverBuick]

LoL! Nice!