Battery Vehicle Society

I hope it is just a kinked damaged hose, but be prepared for the worst i.e split battery top. Have you got any coolent issues ?? ChrisB I'll have a quick look at it tonight when I get home and see if I can trace a kinked or trapped hose. I have no warning lights or error codes and the radiator is i...

This weekend, armed with lots of distilled water and Evan's magic device, I set about doing my first maintenance charge and watering on the Blingo. I must say I was impressed at how easy it was, for the first three battery packs at least. On the fourth (lower front pack) the water flowed through *mu...

........... It will correct itself at the next charge. I've found it takes several cycles to sort itself out when I've got mine in a pickle :? As you say voltage is the key thing. ChrisB Do we know enough about the batteries to be able to tell much from the voltage? i.e. has anyone published a volt...

The battery is floated at over 14V whilst charging (too high if anything). I previously thought it was much lower than this but was mistaken, that may have been where you got the undercharged comment from. I may have got it from the thread http://www.batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.ph...

Thanks Grumpy. I'm delighted with the performance rather than dissapointed it doesn't match what you might expect from the advert. I hoped to get a good condition one, and it is delivering pretty much spot on what I expected from reports here other good folks. After all, the performance claims made ...

Thanks for the info Chris, the discharge rate is a bit higher than I guessed it would be but still should give us two to three months of parking time before we get seriously low - if its linear. Picking up on your comment about the condition of the auxiliary battery, and previous threads which menti...

Hi, You will get some more informed data from folks that have had Blingo's for longer and gone through a holiday period, but I think that with good condition batteries you might no issue at all. Being a new owner the longest I have so far left mine (without either using or recharging it) is 24 hours...

Thanks guys. I have just checked the battery overcharge abd that is at 550 hours so I guess its time to think about a service - just waiting for the watering kit & brushes to arrive. We have had a couple of longer runs this weekend, first was 31 miles, up and down hills at night, maintaining 45m...

I thought that, I wonder what happened ?? ChrisB OK, time for an update I guess. I have a nice shiny Blingo with all the vinyl 'signage' that was on it removed, purchase cost was (to answer the previous question) £6750. That's not at all cheap, but its a nice one and the ebay bidding reached tha...

There is a draft version of this document, which is going through review at the moment. As soon as it is in a readable format, it will be posted in the members only section of the website (which is also under development) Thanks Tim. What does your crystal ball predict as a likely publication date ...