Latest data - don't go below 400A motor current!

I haven't had much time to spend calibrating recently, but I did run Electro around yesterday on significantly lower settings for motor voltage and current. The settings do work, in fact, I managed to set the current TOO low! I had it at 400A max motor current to start, and as many know, current equates to motor torque. I have hills in my neighborhood, and I purposely wanted to see how Electro handled a steeper hill on lower current. It could not do it for lack of torque! It was pretty weird, changing settings via my laptop while stopped on a hill, and then starting up the hill again! Suffice it to say, it seems that ~500A is probably where the 'mild-mannered' max current should be set to allow reasonable hill travel. I also had max motor voltage down to 110V, and did notice that max speed was affected. No distance data yet, stay tuned.

With Fall upon us, I have been also working on weatherproofing Electro in the garage when I have time. Top priority: replace the leaky roof, which is in terrible shape!

Tradeoff: Range vs. Performance

While I was calibrating Electro for distance driving, I noticed that the Hairball warning was much earlier than I expected. Sure, I can spin the tires, but I would like to also drive farther than 10 miles on a charge. I currently have the Hairball/Zilla configured 'wide-open', i.e. I am delivering the maximum range of current to the motor. I will be tuning this value over the next few weeks to see what the tradeoff is between range and performance. Once I have a reasonable current limit set (one that will give me an acceptable driving range I can live with), I will program valet mode for this traveling mode.

I also have not wired up a switch to the hairball for moving between hotrod and valet mode - easy enough to do though.

Back in Action!

Thanks to Otmar and Cafe Electric for identifying and fixing my 'Quiet Zilla' problem so quickly!
After ~2weeks, it's back in Electro, and working like a champ. I went for another extended drive this weekend (around 8 miles), and no issues.

I will be taking Electro to a tranny shop tomorrow to get the tranmission seals replaced. Hopefully that will fix the annoying small tranny leak I have!