Grid Charger
Grid charger owners and location, as well as some service links for hybrid services
Grid charger code V3.0 manual
Understanding the charging and balancing process
Pack discharger
SOC reset device
Insight Battery pack lifter
Grid charger test adapters
Reprogramming the charger
Installing the Genesis One Universal grid charger in an Insight
Installing the Genesis One Universal grid charger in a First Gen Civic
Harness options
The Universal Grid Charger
MIMA Pack Whack and rebalancing the battery
Mikes Insight
The good
The bad
MIMA the enabler
Need more juice for more MPG
Need heavier springs to carry the extra battery weight
The 5th wheel or Ewheel
Does it all work
Filling my electric tank with zero carbon produced electrons
Charging while at work
EV Insight with a Prius heart
Grid charger Operating Instructions V1.2
Designing a PHEV system for the Civics, Insight 1 and 2 ------------Micro V-Buck PHEV
Doug's V-Boost
Randall's Insight
Paul's Adventures in alternative evergy
Western Washington University X-Prize car
BlueBird1
Finding The Best Hybrid Mix
E-wheel for any vehicle

Need heavier springs to carry the extra battery weight

Need heavier springs to carry the extra battery weight
Air system components
As soon as the 4 batteries were placed in the spare tire box, and the suspension sat right on the overload stops, it was pretty obvious that beefing up the suspension was going to be necessary. After exploring the purchase of heavier springs, I settled on the use of helper air springs.
The advantage of air springs was the ability to adjust the suspension in real time.
If I go to lighter batteries in the future, only a twist of the air regulator will be needed to properly get things back to normal suspension travel.
The air springs require an air supply, so I made one from a 12V compressor, a pressure switch, and used the spare tire as both a cover and an air reservoir.