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I mounted the rear contactor in a plastic junction box,
next to the Zivan NG5 charger in the spare tire well. The contactor
box has room and brackets for a future second contactor to control high
rate (100-200 amp) off board charging. The two fans next to the charger
vent the waste heat. The Rudman Regulator box will go in next
to these.
This vent fan location proved vulnerable to road splash from the left rear wheel. The two fans were relocated to positions directly below each taillight venting out through the rear bumper and valance. |
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This is a look at the finished under hood area. I was able to order in special bolts to make the tie down bars look much cleaner. I also put all the lighter gauge wiring in wire loom to match the original Honda wiring. Up front you can see the final front contactor box, with the main circuit breaker and high voltage fuses. It is made from a cut down section of 6" cable channel. Inside is the negative main contactor, one of the main fuses, the battery current shunt, and the air conditioner motor relay. |
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It still says "unleaded fuel only", but the true "fuel" is 220 VAC.
The door switch is wired to keep the rear main contactor from closing if
the door is open. It also turns on the "cord" warning light on the
dash. The green indicator light next to the inlet receptacle is triggered
by the charge complete contacts on the Zivan charger. When the charger
cycles off, the green light comes on. No light = not done.
This inlet was later replaced by an Avcon charge port. The original inlet was moved behind the rear license plate. |
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This rather poor image shows the modified "idiot" lights, in the instrument cluster. The original battery warning light now has a green filter and indicates power on. The yellow "check engine" lamp is now labeled "cord", to remind you to unplug the car. The oil pressure warning light is now labeled "hot" and is triggered by the over temp switch in the motor. |
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I only added two extra gauges to the car, an ammeter and an Emeter. I was hopping to find a clean way to install them, when I happened upon the neat pillar gauge mount in a Summit racing catalog. It holds two gauges very neatly, and is actually made to fit a Honda Civic. The Emeter is effectively the "gas gauge", and the ammeter is a power use indicator. The ammeter is wired through a switch to allow it to indicate either battery current or motor current. |
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