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Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-29-2015, 10:38 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

I agree with almost all of what Davydd says. One correction, though: GWV never offered NovaKool fridges as a standard offering. The one in our van was on my special request--they were still using...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-29-2015, 12:50 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

Hmmm.
From winnebagoind.com:



From greatwestvans.com:



Or, are we comparing street price with list price? :roll:
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-27-2015, 04:04 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

I realize that it is not the PRIMARY controller for the major systems. But (and maybe I'm wrong here), I have been assuming that a lot of the rule-based behaviors are executed via the Silvereleaf....
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-27-2015, 02:46 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

Remind us again what ARV does for charge control from the second alternator? Do they use some kind of DC-DC charger? If so, do you happen to know which one?

Or, does the Li charging system do...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-27-2015, 01:26 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

Yes, but it is a very "dumb" charging profile. Battery health requires multi-stage charging where the charge voltage is modulated according to the instantaneous state-of-charge and also battery...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-27-2015, 01:12 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

Yes, you do need some device to serve as a charger under this scenario. BUT, you need one anyway. Although it is common practice to feed the output of a 12VDC alternator directly to the coach...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-26-2015, 11:53 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Re: Great West goes electric

I found the following in a FAQ about the MEPS system:



So, it looks like they are sending unregulated 3-phase AC to the controller box that reforms it to pure sine wave AC.

This makes a lot...
Forum: General Discussion Forum 05-26-2015, 10:06 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,716
Posted By avanti
Great West goes electric

Great West finally got up their new website, showing their 2016 Sprinter Legend and ProMaster Classic models.

https://www.greatwestvans.com

The basics are mostly unchanged, but now that they...
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