Sweet Saturdays...

My Saturday morning started off on the right foot with catching up on some maintenance around the house. After completing my chores, it was off to the school to catch up with the guys and work on the low voltage wiring. Prior to my arrival, Mr. Butler had already started on the low voltage wiring and was nearly half way to completion. His head start made it easier for us to check the connections and leads to make sure that they were properly installed and ran. It didn’t take long to finish the wiring and move on to the rear of the car where Mike and I made connectors to link the rear batteries. Making the rear connections without the use of the hydraulic press was long and complicated. We had to use a sledge hammer in the press’s place, making safety an even bigger priority. Never the less, we completed the job and are now waiting for the completion of the rear battery rack.

No Need To Explain...

This is a pic of the back of the control panel. Computer fans are excellent cooling fans and should provide enough of a air current to keep the controller nice and chill. Also pictured is one of the relays for our low voltage wiring.

The other relay.

This is the driver's side of the car under the fender. The two wires you see (green and blue) are running from the inertia switch to the auxiliary battery. The other wire (red) is the ground wire for the battery that connects to the sub frame.

The controller and new contactor mounted on the panel.

The DC Converter mounted back in the engine compartment.

A shot of the battery tie downs that Mike fabricated.

After reconnecting the high voltage wiring. In the back you can barely notice the looms of wire that snake from behind the panel. These looms house the various wires that connect components to the relays and ground point.

This is the loom that houses the wiring for the voltage gauges and amp meter.

A pic of the installed gauges and gauge pod after connecting the wires.

This is the pot box. The pot box, much like a dimmer switch, controls the amount of voltage that passes through the controller. Instead of mounting it under the hood and running a regular throttle cable, we decided to mount it directly under the dash and connect it directly to the pedal with a short piece of cable. This will give us better throttle response and eliminate the ugliness of the cable and pot box.

The giant spring connected from the pedal to the pot box is to give the pedal some resistance to ease the touchiness of the throttle. Without the spring, it is really hard to control the amount of pressure that is needed to compress the pedal.

In order to get the correct lengths of the cables, Mike and I placed the batteries in the car where they will be positioned in the rack. From there we made our connections and decided on where to mount the Littel Fuse. The Littel Fuse is placed in the circuit in case of an emergency, much like a fuse in an older home's fuse box.