During the battery pack installation, we added leads to each battery so we could charge each battery individually. Initially we used the Zivan charger for bulk...
Thanks for the writeup and photos. I'm the happy user of a number of Deltran chargers in other applications. Do you still use the Zivan (bench mounted) for...
Hello to the Sparrow Owners If you have an interest in ever buying another two or three wheel electric vehicle, and/or if you just want to help others get into...
I have concern for you battery pack not your charger. I assume the charger is beeping high-low-high-low.......The pack voltage is too low and the charge will...
I'm certain there are numerous references to this in the archives. HOWEVER - one of them involving connections on the Zivan has since been deemed as very...
You have to be really really careful using this technique since if you charge up one of the batteries higher than the rest you run the real possiblity of...
So who has the red Sparrow with Washington license plate 718495? I'm sitting behind you on a bus at the moment on 520. My Sparrow is about to be on the road...
We are not using the Zivan at all. We are only using the Deltran Power Tender Plus chargers. The Deltran chargers add about seven pounds over the Zivan...
In that case you are using bank charging; very effective and very battery-friendly _provided_ you have instrumentation such as the PakTrakr to warn you should...
I know I should be able to search the group somehow for this but I haven't had much luck. Could someone point me to links/articles for purchasing and replacing...
Matter of fact I had a belt snap today. Good thing I had a replacement in my garage. For some reason the 15 minute wedding cake design fix took 3 hours. Is...
I picked up a Gates carbon belt p/n 8MGT-1600-36 from http://limct.com for under $90 including shipping to Calif. a year ago. Installed it a few weeks ago, the...
I love the Battery Tender products. I sell them in my store. How do you have this set up? Do you use 13 chargers? You say they add only seven pounds so I take...
I noticed that on the ECOSmotors.com website that they have an air conditioning system for DIYers, and didn't know if anyone has tried one yet? Also, I live...
Jason, I just visited their website. They specifically state it is for the 6.7" ADC motor only. The Sparrow uses a larger motor and our motor only has one...
Jason, I have two Sparrows here in Garland Tx. They are both Pizza Butts. Let me know if you want to come look them over. One is for sale. I just don't know...
Hello everyone, I was driving in the Bay area the other day and saw one of those Goofy-looking Sparrows. It made me wonder how everyone ,that still has one, is...
Myers is treating me and #005 just fine, thanks. Good luck at GM. Hope you can weather what appears to be in store for them. -- Sean Rarey GPEV www.gpev.us...
Jeff! Welcome back to your old stomping-grounds! You've been missed! For my part, "Falcon of Fong", #38, is still up and going - been in the garage this month...
Hi all, rear wheel bearing replacement was not easy. Here is what to do: 1.. Cut the big bolt off. Trying to unscrew it does not work. 2.. Take a drill to...
I just went through all of this a few months ago. Eino's description of the drilling process is pretty much what I had to do. I used a 5/16 bit (Get a cobalt...
It's worth mentioning that there's at least one more viable option. I just went the much simpler, though much more expensive, route. I ordered a new swing...
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