1997-03-16

   

Price of Change

I've had a lot of people wondering about the cost of this experience, both in parts and in labor. Well, I won't even try to guess at the price of labor: opting to say it was a labor of love or some other well worn cliche. As to costs of parts, well, I'll dig through my little basement office at home and see what I can dig up. This table will grow as I find and add more stuff. In the end you should probably add another $200-$300 for all those little trips to Radio Shack or Napa.

Item Cost
Each
Quantity
Total
Cost
Source/Supplier
Bycan Charger
$1100
1
$1100
EV America
Zapi H3 w/contactors
& shipping
$1700
1
$1700
Gary Flo - InEVations
(Mendomotive)
Batteries (Trojan SCS225)
$80
12
$960
EV America
Ceramic heater core
w/relay
$80
1
$80
EcoElectric
Vacuum Pump
$160
1
$160
EcoElectric
DC-DC Converter
$180
1
$180
EcoElectric
Cables & Connectors
0/0 heavy guage
$300
1
$300
EV America
Transmission Adaptor kit
$400
1
$400
EV America
DC Motor
$1600
1
$1600
EV America
1985 Mazda 626
$900
1
$900
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Welding
$120
1
$120
Kevin Hook
E-Meter w/dc-dc converter
$230
1
$230
EcoElectric
Misc connectors, fuses, etc...
$200
1
$200
EV America
Grand Total:
$7930
 

Unfortunately this isn't the EV I ended up with, as there isn't a regenerative Zapi H3 under the hood anymore, but a lower priced Curtis 1231C (about $1000) which doesn't need all of the expensive contactors I bought with the H3. I bet if I started this EV using the Curtis (which I'm not sure I'd do still, given the choice) the cost would be at least $1000 less. There were quite a few extra heavy duty connectors and cable to wire for the H3. In fact my next project for this summer is to cleanup and redo all of the wiring.

Would I do it again? You betcha!


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