It is impressive and i wonder if he gets a bulk deal on the batteries :)

Can someone school me why (apart from maybe it was available) he used an AC motor (3 phase) rather than a hDhC motor? Is converting battery DC power to 3 phase AC more efficient than using a DC motor controller?

alistair

On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:55 AM, raceingcajun <raceingcajun@communicomm.com> wrote:

> Next time you gripe about your Vanagon and its grounding and electrical
> system problems, leaking head gaskets, fuel leak fires, lack of performance,
> etc, etc, so on and so forth, just think about this!
> 
> Is this the text book definition of the mad scientist, or great back yard
> tinker? You tell me.
> 
> http://www.passatworld.com/forums/79-passat-month/291386-passat-month-june-2009-etischer-eric-tischer.html