I Removed The DEAD Prototype Battery In My 2 Million Dollar Concept Van! SHOCKING Cost To Replace!

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@LegitStreetCars Год назад

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@wstreff Год назад

Are we going to get a winter meet up to fill the van with goods for the holidays? Legit winter rides are a thing. Miss the ML55 content.

@DanStMary Год назад

Natural laws one if them is The law of attraction 🧲

@hashtagtnt Год назад

I must try those dry towels they look great, wondering how long it takes for them to dry themselves :).

@adamhonda98 Год назад

I think it's time to install a door handle in your space van

@skyyy5150 Год назад

Thank you Alex for another video to enjoy on my weekend off. Honestly thought we were gonna be left on the hook until the delorean vid.

@epullenlouisville Год назад

You really should pull the hard drive out of the PC controller and make a disk image of it before it goes bad. Once you have that, you can easily fix any issues by just swapping the various PC components, but without the image you wouldn’t have the code used.

@rysterstech Год назад

this is an amazing piece of insight right here.

@deanirwin3645 Год назад

For Sure...

@vaibhavdlv Год назад

This - maybe image it onto a SSD just for kicks!!

@Onewheelordeal Год назад

Adding comment for bump

@PawelTylinski Год назад

@@vaibhavdlv it should speed-up system a lot:) also solid state drive will be much more robust in the vehicle then drive with spining discs

@Enjoymentboy Год назад

Now that you've got the computer booting up I'd HIGHLY recommend cloning the drive twice. You do NOT want to lose that OS. And while you're at it clone onto an SSD. It'll use less power and won't be susceptible to vibrations when in motion.

@sgfreak96 Год назад

Huge thumbs up to this, hopefully he can get it backed up and running from an SSD. Beyond the SSD being not susceptible to vibrations, it should help substantially with the boot times of the system too.

@rysterstech Год назад

it already has an ssd, its just a 2.5 ide ssd, i didnt know those existed until now@@sgfreak96

@MyAdventurr Год назад

While at it on cloning, it may serve as an interesting collab or project for developers to unravel and potentially find features to upgrade. Not a developer but that would seem pretty neat if possible through open sourcing it.

@C.JG. Год назад

Sure thing that HDD is IDE, with Win98. no SSD will have IDE.

@fxckrio Год назад

@@C.JG. The system has an IDE SSD in it lmao, it was shown in a previous episode. There's a few IDE SSDs made for embedded purposes, transcend and apacer made some, alternatively compactflash cards use the same protocol as ide and can be used with a simple passive adapter. There's options.

@danielolsen1530 Год назад

As every second comment on this video, you NEED to clone the hdd / ssd in your computer and have a backup. It's a very easy procedure and there will be a lot of people who can help you if you need it. That should be your number one item, before doing anything else. Other things you can fix, replace as needed, but if that disk dies you won't be able to recover it.

@shelbyseelbach9568 Год назад

Yes, it can be recovered, as long as the discs aren't physically damaged. It's just harder to do.

@danielolsen1530 Год назад

@@shelbyseelbach9568 May be able to be recovered, if you are lucky, and at great cost, vs taking an image of it while it's working. The image needs to be made now (hopefully it already has been).

@shelbyseelbach9568 Год назад

@@danielolsen1530 That's in stark contrast to your "if that disc dies you won't be able to recover it" statement. My only point was that it was an inaccurate statement, dead discs are recovered all the time and have been forever. Just saying. Of course, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but the pound of cure does, indeed, exist. All the best, my friend.

@videojuegos9379 Год назад

@@shelbyseelbach9568 the cure is 300-1500 dollars, vs $30 for a new drive. He should probably back it up

@gregkrueger331 Год назад

I’m a Control Systems Engineer and seeing that incredibly simple HMI display on screen takes me back lol. When programming was simple.

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

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@axy_cz Год назад

@@Abril-km7vono

@FiatUno2003 Год назад

@@Abril-km7vonah

@phr3dmcc0y Год назад

the screen might have some calibration for touch. In fact, Since it is windows XP, you might be able to get into the OS itself to install a device driver and calibrate the screen. XP was a *VERY GOOD* Operating system. Also, I suggest you clone that drive so that the software has a back up.

@htownblue11 Год назад

This is where legit street cars content meets archeology meets technology troubleshooting meets Saturday morning fun. Kudos for being stubborn enough to keep trying on this thing Alex.

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304 Год назад

@@Abril-km7vohe's a fake god and the man who invented him was a pervert.

@AB-these-handles-are-stupid Год назад

Makes for a good video.

@FiatUno2003 Год назад

@@Abril-km7vonah

@weedfreer Год назад

With the new screen, you may need to use the associated windows screen software/drivers to recalibrate your touch screen such that the mode is properly calibrated to where you’re touching on the screen

@ebaystars Год назад

As an engineer it's heartbreaking to see so much work they did which ostensibly went nowhere, such is commercial life, large corporations with more money just use the concepts developed by early engineers then with nasty boardroom techniques they jump over the originators and wash them off the ship. This car is an amazing example of that culture to me at least.

@jeffsanders7691 Год назад

I really love how supportive the whole RU-vid car community is. I’ve only been subscribed since the beginning of this space-van adventure, and your channel has quickly become one of my favorites on RU-vid!

@johnp.2267 Год назад

Wild thought, and this might not be a popular one: You're likely going to have to backtrace *all* of your wiring to find out what goes where, and what's unnecessary, to prevent potential shorts and excess battery drain. This could also help diagnose those mystery sounds that happen when you try to use seemingly non-working devices.

@feelincrispy7053 Год назад

Sometimes when you don’t have wiring diagrams this really is the only way. There are some shortcuts and devices you can use but there really is no full proof substitute for physically tracing wires into modules. Especially when they reuse colours over and over

@timothyzwart7412 Год назад

Just a thought. Looking at the inside of the back door there’s a panel that has screws holding it on. For your safety I would recommend you remove the panel for the time being. That way if you are inside the van and the door closes behind you. You should be able to get to the back of the latch from inside the van and open the door.

@christ510 Год назад

Uhhh uhhh no way!! im anticipating him getting locked in again lool.

@54raceman Год назад

Funny thing is the latch has a loop that he could clip a carabiner on to and not have to worry about it (I’ve done it before on my buddies work van when the inside handle didn’t work so it couldn’t latch on us)

@FemiShonubi Год назад

Loving the intros Alex! The energy giving updates from past videos leading into what’s to come and perfectly tuned background music that climaxes just as you finish is just sweet. Another win today with the screen… It all adds up.🎉 Good job to you and everyone providing support in whatever form.

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

@JB-NZ Год назад

The touch screen looks like it is Resistive Touch, so you use your fingernail as a point and its mechanical pressure to touch things, not capacitive touch like your phone or tablet. So you need to apply a little bit of pressure with a point (stylus or fingernail), not a flat finger really - they can work but bit fininky without a single 'impact' point. If you touch one part of the screen with the bezel or something else, then it averages your fingers position with where its also being touched, and you get somewhere in the middle. Not ideal at all for this application. But that one does look more faulty than it should be.

@Glockperf Год назад

Hi Alex. Just an FYI with high voltage gloves you should test them before use. You roll the ends up to seal them, put them close to your ear to listen for any air leaks, then visually inspect them. Also, you should have leather protector gloves over the high voltage gloves. There are instances where you don't use the protectors, but the rubber gloves can get punctured without them.

@cambridgemart2075 Год назад

Spot on, that's straight out of the training douments!

@scottcol23 Год назад

Ive been waiting for this episode. Between this and the Delorean I have really been loving the content. I love that you are not afraid to try crazy projects. My only gripe is that the video isnt an hour... lol

@stuartblack9258 Год назад

My exact thoughts also!!! between the Deloreon & Space van Alex has been absolutely crushing it awesome content lately!👍

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

@johnwardale6010 Год назад

The video length matches the content well. More content would be cool, but TYVM for NOT padding to make an arbitrary target length!

@FiatUno2003 Год назад

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@javier.villatoro Год назад

Alex, a quick tip if you don't find the exact battery, take one of the good cells out, measure the capacity of it with a battery capacity tester, and search for a replacement LiFePO4 battery with the same dimensions and capacity.

@Z-Ack Год назад

I dont think itd be a good idea to replace 2 of the cells in a big array like that because im sure those batteries take different times to charge and at different rates as well.. they would either be over charged or under charged and compromise other cells,.

@LookingForEntertainment112 Год назад

These aren't LiFePO4 batteries, they're LiNMC batteries. Different nominal voltage ratings. So they'll need a different BMS if you swap them out for LiFePO4.

@tei1337 Год назад

@@LookingForEntertainment112um, they charge to 3.6V which is really what LFP batteries do. NMC would charge to 4.1-4.2V.

@harrywalker968 Год назад

how about can all ev,s & get back to reality.. not killing children, for your yupi existance.. ev,s are like nuke power, total bs & un necassery.. its all leftists green bs.. they need gone.. the sun, controls earths weather, climate,, not man.. im not religious, or political, or green,, i just dont like bs..

@javier.villatoro Год назад

@@Z-Ack In a good modern car battery I would give you the reason, but that is a test battery, which is unreliable anyways and the BMS should compensate.

@digitalblasphemy1100 Год назад

When I worked in automotive (oil changes, tire repair etc.) we had plastic seat covers and paper floor mats. You should definitely have some on hand.

@icuranis4597 Год назад

New front monitor has a calibration built in to it's menu. Use the button control that came with it to run calibration.

@Knaeckebrotsaege Год назад

The touchscreen is entirely separate from the LCD itself (to the point of having a separate USB connection). The calibration you see in the LCDs menu is for aligning the picture on the screen properly when using analog inputs (anyone who's had an LCD monitor pre 2010 will know the little "auto adjust" button to center the image and make it sharp when using VGA)

@danw1955 Год назад

As others have mentioned, you definitely want to get the HDD out of that computer and clone it. I don't remember if Win XP will recognize a SATA drive bus or not, as most all of them used an IDE bus for the hard drives, and CD/DVD drives, but you may have to upgrade the motherboard and peripherals accordingly, so it will work with a much faster SSD. Depending on how it's programmed, it may be possible to update the code to run on Win 7 or Win 10 even. Of course, you'd want to do all that with a spare drive image, in case it borks.😱😉

@adamsauer6516 Год назад

windows xp recognizes sata bus. atleast the last version did xp3.. i use to game on it with early sata drives

@JACB006 Год назад

Keep going Alex …. I hope your enjoy your work, your subscribers certainty enjoy watching your shows and seeing you diagnose and overcome the various issues, a skill so few people use these days where everything is thrown-away.

@rookiegplays Год назад

You better backup that harddrive/SSD on the computer. If it dies you'll lose the system software for the van. I suspect the copy on that drive may be the only copy in existence. I'd do this asap before disaster has a chance to strike.

@tech4pros1 Год назад

i'd definitely back up that hard drive, there may well be irreplacable drivers and config files on there for some oddball USB interface that goes to the BMS etc! it's possible the configuration for the BMS is accessible through that computer. it's running windows XP so the software probably exists somewhere for the BMS configuration.

@DrFiero Год назад

As has been stated elsewhere - do a mirror of that hard drive quick! At the age of it, it COULD start to fail. There's lots of free s/w out there to do it. And if the guys that wrote it won't give you the source code (not likely!), you could always let someone at it with Ghidra to reverse engineer it.

@Knaeckebrotsaege Год назад

It's a SSD, not a HDD. But yeah cloning it should be the first step. Always have backups (plural)

@plektosgaming Год назад

@@Knaeckebrotsaege Windows XP literally doesn't care if you clone the drive as it doesn't lock the OS to the hardware. We used to swap dead machines at work like this. Copy their personal data, power off, drop in the new drive, put their data back, reboot and basically done. Windows 7 and later made it MUCH harder to copy things. So in a way, you lucked out.

@Knaeckebrotsaege Год назад

@@plektosgaming I never said anything about XP or any of the other stuff in your textwall. pointless comment

@plektosgaming Год назад

@@Knaeckebrotsaege Not to the person trying to fix this van. If it was Windows 7 on that flash drive, then it's a huge headache to get it to boot up without the windows license failing/causing problems. But he doesn't need to worry about any of that, thankfully.

@Knaeckebrotsaege Год назад

@@plektosgaming It's not XP either, but Windows Embedded Standard. And if you can't figure out how the licensing system in Vista, 7 and up works and how easy it is to bypass all of that nonsense, what are you even doing trying to give PC advice? smfh 🤦‍♂

@nukedathlonman Год назад

No, like you I'm not seeing anything. Like you, the problem is I likely can find similar sized cell... But I have no idea if anything I find will match your cells for capacity or discharge/charge rate (wrong rate could mean fire in a worse case). BTW, I would recommend changing the cells of all the packs to ensure capacity and charge/discharge rates all match - you will have less problems overall. I'm just delighted as you slowly figure out this van man. :-)

@ericklein5097 Год назад

He's gonna need an EBC A40L to test all these cells

@willecutlip Год назад

You might want to trace out the harness back to the electric motor while you’re waiting on the battery cells. Figuring out why it’s bucking and breaking the bracket is going to be essential to getting the SpaceVan back on the road. It feels like there’s an issue with the shifting between gas/hybrid/regen modes.

@Eddavids2 Год назад

He thinks the battery is causing that issue. I disagree and agree with you.

@CrappyCar Год назад

From previous videos, the entire wiring harness is a mess. Either from initial development, the schools that inherited the van later, or both.

@barryoliver Год назад

I think all three of you can be right. If its trying to automatically switch between modes because the battery voltage is wonky and right at the threshold and drops below under load...

@curvs4me Год назад

Definitely a programming issue with limits set too tight. Should also ramp on and off vs opening and closing a contactor. Either looking at voltage drop when engaging the motor or current exceeding set limits due to voltage drop. Probably never had an issue with new batteries. The settings and ramps need to be addressed anyway. I don't think it is using ramps when hitting limits. Even a 3 second delay before it tries again with a fault latch after 3 attempts equivalent to a check engine light would work. Would have to see the schematic and compiled program to know exactly what is and isn't in there. Will probably need a compiler from the CEO guy to fix it.

@shept.7736 Год назад

If the computer for the screen is as old as the vehicle it is probably running off of a hdd, which would most likely not hold up to the driving vibrations and road conditions due to it's age. I'd suggest transferring all the programming and everything unchanged to a ssd.

@cody0 Год назад

As well as making it boot more quickly

@tschuuuls486 Год назад

This thing runs on a really old industrial IDE SSD.

@rysterstech Год назад

@@tschuuuls486 Now thats something you dont see anymore

@michaeltempsch5282 Год назад

I've run a headunit/mo3 player/computer (empeg, aka Rio Car) running HDDs (2.5") for many years from 2000 on w/o issues (from somewhere 2012/13 updated to SSD) but the designers had the drive(s) mounted on a plate that was suspended on rubber mounts) and the developers had worked pretty hard on cacheing, read-ahead etc. to not have the heads reading all the time... Didn't hear much about drive failures on the forum either. Not in cars with floaty suspensions either, one was lowered (springs) and the second a sporty model which was lower/stiffer han the base model from start.

@lukedavis436 Год назад

@@michaeltempsch5282didn't some lexus models have hard drives in the head units too?

@richardnavarro5028 Год назад

Alex I love your channel. Dude you actually make my day. Why don’t you make the space van work 💯 percent perfect

@MostBever Год назад

Use safety glasses when handling the batteris, in case of an explotion 15:17

@lorenzo42p Год назад

and never lean over high voltage as he always does. one mistake, fall on it, you're done.

@ericklein5097 Год назад

if they are LiFePO4 then the odds of anything happening are so significantly tiny.....yes, they could vent some nasty gases you don't want to breathe in but to combust they need an external spark

@jimschafer9196 Год назад

Great content keep the suspense coming, like the tenacity of keep after each odd problem.

@salty_dabs3565 Год назад

Thank you for giving me something to watch the min i open my eyes.. keep up the work Alex! Small request? Lets get hr videos.

@LegitStreetCars Год назад

Next one on the DeLorean will definitely be an hour.

@salty_dabs3565 Год назад

@@LegitStreetCars my man 💪, thank you, always enjoy waking up to your content!

@JSchaefers91 Год назад

That battery was so freaking cool. It's incredible how simple it actually is. Once you take a step back and go "ok how exactly does this function", you gain the confidence to start your fixin.

@bare365 Год назад

Hey Alex, Uncle Rich did a video a few weeks ago where he rebuilt a module similar to yours. I don’t know if the modules were the same but it might be worth checking out… another great video and keep them coming.🤩

@TheTechMonkey702 Год назад

As others have mentioned. Clone the disc drive and save the image. This would also allow for future upgrades to make things work faster. Any modern, small cheap PC can easily replace the Win XP dinosaur

@davidpage8728 Год назад

Great content. Love the channel. You certainly keep things interesting!

@monkeywadaf8863 Год назад

Definetly make full backup of the hard drive. using any backup software to make full image of the drive. Since it's one of the kind, when it fails it's gone, having backup is good idea.

@bcredeur97 Год назад

Alex you need to clone the hard drive/solid state drive of that computer to preserve it’s contents. The drive will fail but as long as you have the data you can always bring it back

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

@imawalnut123 Год назад

@@Abril-km7volol who cares bro that's weird and off-putting to push ur religion on people in the comments of a car video, read the room, nows not the time or place

@Elektrotechniker Год назад

@@imawalnut123Dude, that is a Bot! Just Report him and his Comments as Spam, don‘t reply to such messages.

@rager1969 Год назад

You should create an image of that hard drive (or SSD, I forget what it had) and store it somewhere to preserve it in case of failure. Then restore that image to an SSD and install that. Store the original HDD/SSD somewhere safe, maybe with that model. When you sell the van, give them the original HDD/SSD.

@digitaldoctors499 Год назад

I recommend using ceramic blades or scissors for cutting lithium battery leads to prevent shorting.

@CarFul Год назад

You Always find the solution, Alex, no matter how difficult the problem is. I’m pretty sure you’ll get this one running and working like it should! Awesome video again 👍😀

@jamespassmore4354 Год назад

For one guy to attempt all this troubleshooting your pretty phenomenal!great content .great drive not to give up🙂

@willemjordaan4108 Год назад

Well done Alex and Max! Looking good the space van. Greetings from South-Africa!🎉😊

@waynemurphy8363 Год назад

Alex, Awesome video as usual. Fix the cargo doors! You have locked yourself in there twice already. Install an inside door handle into the door!

@BelleDoesStuff Год назад

Alex, please ensure you get the hard-drive from the van's computer cloned and backed up in multiple places. That OS installation will be completely irreplaceable if the data on there is lost and that one-of-a-kind software for the touchscreen would never exist again if that happened. Cloning it to an SSD and installing that instead of (what I assume is) an HDD will also make it boot much faster and will significantly increase the durability.

@majornerd Год назад

It’s possible the backlight has died on the screen. Use a flashlight at various angles to see if you can see anything (would be very hard to see even with the flashlight). The clicking is because the touchscreen is likely working, but that is a different device, layered over the screen.

@Knaeckebrotsaege Год назад

The touchscreen is likely the extra USB plug in the wiring to the screen, so it's completely independant of the LCD module itself

@dimitristamatakis2431 Год назад

Totally agree.

@Miketime969 Год назад

Hes too stupid to handle that correctly

@majornerd Год назад

It absolutely is independent.@@Knaeckebrotsaege

@stuartblack9258 Год назад

Yaaaaay!!!! More space van content!👍awesome! Keep up the great work Alex👍 much love from the U.K 🇬🇧❤👍

@KerchumA222 Год назад

Hey Alex, when looking for replacement cells for that battery you should make sure to get the same chemistry and capacity since the charging and discharging curves can be different between capacities (the Craigslist ad looked like a LiFePo4 and you are probably holding NMC). Maybe you should measure the dimensions of the pouch cells and see if you can order an entire replacement set and do the entire pack. It looks like those cells are probably 20ah capacity. 12s2p configuration per module: 43.2v Nomimal (charged will be closer to 48-49v) and 40AH of capacity. That means each module is around 1.7kwh. With all 8 modules you have like 14kwh, which is a nice size pack for a plug in hybrid. That also means when fully charged your entire pack voltage should be between 345v and ~384v

@christ510 Год назад

Great idea.

@tei1337 Год назад

Based on the working cells charging to 3.6V, it makes sense that it actually is LFP, not NMC. Would also make much more sense for a hybrid with a small battery pack due to much better cycle life, especially for a commercial vehicle.

@chaleboy60 Год назад

Keep working at it the end will be so satisfying and you corrected what they didn't do and make changes to the chassi to make it functional if the old owners buy it back

@brucemitchell5637 Год назад

Sell it to the CEO and use the money to to fix your DeLorean. That van will NEVER be anything but a money pit!

@teddywoods9485 Год назад

This. Or sell to Rich.

@Uptoptezgaming Год назад

Agreed

@Miketime969 Год назад

Sell to someone that has half a clue with electronics

@riverpirate1022 Год назад

Couldn't agree more, sell it already, it sucks!

@thefloridaredneck Год назад

Nah man. I love this kind of stuff. As someone interested in the Ev1 the Ford ranger Ev, the S10 ev ibam really loving this series.

@lmfarms4611 Год назад

Great job. If you go to an art store(Michels, hobby lobby) they sell magic markers in different colors. Just a thought to touch up the stuff marks.

@aclausenyt Год назад

alex, youre the man. your ability to not just get discouraged and quit but keep trying something different is something the younger crowd wanting to learn this stuff needs to see. im a line tech similarly aged to yourself, with similar practices. very cool to see. if id have known you were coming to sioux falls for that badass trailer id have done just about anything to buy ya a cup of coffee and talk about your adventures! keep it up and let me know if youre coming back to town!

@FixitFrank Год назад

Also, I'd highly recommend cloning that hard drive to an SSD and use the SSD in the computer. and make a backup image of that hard drive.

@Keasbeysknight Год назад

Big fan of this series and sharing how to fix these things.

@duckie8126 Год назад

My saturday morning ritual video.

@budhacheese6492 Год назад

Same TGIS

@aricegana2382 Год назад

Mine too.

@eldermillennial813 Год назад

Josh was great! Have him on again.

@immrnoidall Год назад

If you only replace one or two cells, the pack will have a hard time trying to balance due to different resistance.

@Hrethgir Год назад

Love the OS on the screen. GPS icon has a road sign for Route 69, nice!

@davidt3563 Год назад

Battery dude is cool and I want to see his battery powered 240 lol. The space van shall live again!

@jamesscott-vn7qo Год назад

Im not even an electric vehicle type of guy but im super invested in this van cant wait to see you get it running and driving it has definitely been entertaining

@rsvp-realscalevehiclesproj6965 Год назад

Alex, a good friend of ours was a battery/electrical engineer for Ford for 30 years and is now an engineer at VinFast in Vietnam. I shared your video with him to see if he might be able to help. I'll let you know what he says.

@rafaeltorovip Год назад

This is reality. Enjoying every second of this videos. Thanks

@angelahlavka8720 Год назад

Guessing Alex is not an IT guy - maybe someone can help him out with cloning and also move to an SSD - so he has original/copy and sad copy to use in the van

@Knaeckebrotsaege Год назад

It already *is* an SSD, albeit an early one. But yes, always have backups (plural)

@Ballinhard8019 Год назад

Sorry if I missed you possibly explaining, but fyi theres a leather glove thats goes over that insulated glove to protect the rubber. You could easily tear it working on sharp metal parts and possibly electrocute yourself. Theres awful to work in but you get used to it with time. I reconnect power from the utility pole to the customer for the utility providers after storms as an emergency contractor

@quantumtime6883 Год назад

Hopefully you will find the battery cells and get the Space Van on the road again - very interested in the actual MPG. My estimate with the current Hybrid setup is that the van will see 60 MPG.

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

@FiatUno2003 Год назад

@@Abril-km7vonah

@liamstrain Год назад

There is often a touch screen calibration setting buried in there somewhere that might help.

@coleBlap Год назад

Hey Alex, great video! On a side note in the electrical world people don’t really die from getting shocked with 120-160v, I’ve been shocked with 120 and it’s not necessarily fun lol but it’s not gonna put you out, hell an HVAC guy I know took a 480v shock a few years ago and he’s got a little bit of scaring but he’s all good and continues to work in his field to this day. Stay safe brother!

@RoycoNL Год назад

I believe under 100V (DC!) is considered safe-ish to the touch but never underestimate high energy devices like batteries, they can ruin your day... it also depends from people to people and other factors, just because you've been shocked with 120V and just got a tingle means it's safe for everyone else.

@bigsexymuthashutyomouth2546 Год назад

More people are killed with 120/240 than high voltage. The lower voltage will hold you on it and not let go where high voltagewillblow a holein yourbody to get to ground. I agree that fewer "workers" are killed but look up the data on that before you tell someone to not worry about low voltage.

@coleBlap Год назад

@@RoycoNL Very true I see your point and it definitely doesn’t mean it’s safer for everyone’s else but I did want to point out that for a majority of people it’s not something that’s life changing or lethal, and I wanted to point it out because I see when people first start working on that level of electrical it can be intimidating and if you’re thinking you’re about to be put down or hospitalized by an electrical shock it definitely can make an operator in any field nervous but once you take a step back realize the reality of what you’re dealing with it’s no where as nerve racking and can take weight off your shoulders when working, ultimately though something as low as 120 could still be dangerous and shouldn’t be played around with.

@m4rvinmartian Год назад

@@coleBlap You are unfortunately conflating things. You can touch hundreds of volts. You'll get a zap. What car people are worried about, is being part of the circuit. You cannot even take 12 volts, if it goes across your heart and has some good amps. A single handed touch will wake your azz up. A two handed touch will put you to sleep forever.

@ChrisPBacon-ok7ir Год назад

It will if you're in a bathtub...

@jeremyparr Год назад

The SOC is likely calculated based on power flowing in/out of the batteries through a shunt. If you are charging the batteries directly, not via a shut interfaces to the computer, it'll always think the batteries are at 0% SOC, even when they aren't. This SOC data is likely written to a file or a database somewhere on the PC.

@totallybonkers Год назад

Sell it back to the CEO guy immediately! 😂

@TheMatadore Год назад

💯

@lorenzo42p Год назад

before it splodes

@NoReverse77 Год назад

Sometimes taking the battery out won’t be enough to reset the bios. There are some jumper pins and you need to unplug everything that’s plugged into the board while you do it. There’s also sometimes a yellow reset bios button on boards that does the same thing as the jumper.

@catfisher420 Год назад

If the PC in the Van has HDMI you should upgrade the screen to a modern HDMI touchscreen and that mouse lag should go away. If it doesn't have HDMI you should extract all the data from that computer and install a more modern one.

@vicdyda5462 Год назад

Alex, sell it back to CEO

@Genno1012 Год назад

Ya it’s not really that cool of a vehicle haha I love his videos still even the though this van sucks haha

@macbook802 Год назад

The ceo is poor

@Atrocities85 Год назад

Naw.

@emeraldbonsai Год назад

Lol why

@macbook802 Год назад

Trade the van for all of his steak in the company

@numberyellow Год назад

Puffed battery....or as we in the field like to call it: a "Spicy Pillow". With respect to Li-Ion batteries, the only thing scarier than a battery in a state of catastrophic failure, is a spicy pillow, because it can, at pretty much any time, become a battery in a state of catastrophic failure. It's essentially an incendiary munition, with an unknown fuse size.

@lateefcarrere1649 Год назад

It's "Legit Street Cars" meets "Automotive Archeology", and it's pretty good for just half an hour's content. But I get it - dealing with sensitive battery packs and electronic components can be draining (see what I did there😁). It's going to take some time, but I think you've got this, Alex!

@Abril-km7vo Год назад

@charliewatson3202 Год назад

The United States Smithsonian Institute considers anything within the past 50 years to be recent, so this is hardly archeology. This vehicle isn't even considered an antique in any state that I know of. Most states consider a car to be antique after it is 20 to 25 years old. If you want to see vehicle archeology you would need to see Jay Leno's collection. He does have a 100 year old electric car.

@mbgaines Год назад

Awsome that you got the touch screen working. The space van is making progress, slowly but progress nontheless. Good stuff Alex!

@m4rvinmartian Год назад

Spoilers bro! I haven't watched yet! :)

@sinoverlord409 Год назад

The CEO wants to buy it back after you successfully get it to work because they never could. He figures he will try to get the scam going again this time with a working prototype 😂

@SirFloofy001 11 месяцев назад

18:05 as someone who has been zapped by a "safe" 12 volt's, wear your gloves if only to prevent the deep skin burns that comes from DC shocks. I had a trench melted into my finger for a week, didn't make it through the skin but it fricken hurt and i couldn't really use that fingertip the whole week. DC zaps can be worse then AC under certain conditions, the science is really complicated but suffice to say DC has electrons moving from one place to another, AC has electrons moving back and forth in nearly the same spot. DC can lead to vaporizing bits of whatever its passing through similar to electroplating, i don't know the specifics but i can confirm being zapped by 12dc and 120 ac are two completely different types of pain. (neither are fun)

@DaPenceman Год назад

You need to take the DeLorean back in time and talk to the Van's engineers

@Dave96z34v2 Год назад

You need to do a tuch screen calibration. If the tutch input on the screen the cursor don't match you need go into windows find the tutch screen calibration program. Run it, and it will give you bullseyes you press, and when done, the cursors will line up. Any time you replace one you have to do it.

@billiam247 Год назад

That monitor is a computer monitor that they disassembled to mount into the dash. You could probably get a similar sized replacement and replace the lcd panel. 3 seconds after I send this, new screen shows up!

@TheYonderGod Год назад

If that hard drive is working intermittently, find someone to help you clone it ASAP! Although, the stress from cloning it could also kill it even more, so that is risky too.

@SirFloofy001 11 месяцев назад

17:20 if you look carefully at all the cells that aren't bulging, the bulging cells are actually pressing against and bending/warping the non-bulging cells. Modern cells are compressed so that even if one cell starts to bulge it wont deform the other cells or even the whole pack. If they weren't compressed you could run into a situation where one cell bulges and bends the rest which all quickly fail and bulge as well. If you can guarantee your packs wont swell even if cells start to fail then you can pack them in together as tight as possible without worrying as much about cascading failures.

@melonensaft1337 Год назад

Big respect for you being so confident and still trying to finish this hell of a projekt. Keep it up🫡💯

@geneticepistomology Год назад

Nice w124! I have the same, one sedan diesel in gold and gas wagon. I had a black diesel too all at the same time. All ‘95s

@israelpastor1286 Год назад

Regarding the battery cells, Richard rebuilds did an episode about a month ago where he purchase and replaced all the cells in one of the batteries that he had Maybe he can give you the information on where he got it from to see if they have what you’re looking for. I hope that helps.

@cliffp73 Год назад

Would anyone like to guess why the ceo that got money to make this van would rather hide the pass…

@jenniferfulbrook4370 Год назад

Josh’s shirt is awesome.

@korn111685 Год назад

I love LGC but I can’t stand this van. It was funny Alex getting locked in the rear though.

@ProjectsWithMoparNut Год назад

I just wanted to point out, IRC, somebody said the space van was donated to a school of some sort. With that in mind, there should be no surprise that so many things are disconnected, inop, etc

@pauldaulby1062 Год назад

When you are in the back. Just a thought, if you click the door catches. So they are if they are in the lock position. The doors cannot lock you in. You just use a screwdriver to flick the door locks. To the lock position. Then if the door closes, it cannot lock you in. Then all you have to do is pull the door handle and it click the lock catches. To the unlock position and you can close the rear door. Hope this saves you getting locked in the back again.

@danhard8440 Год назад

bro you do realize that if the old CEO gets a hold of the van he will OWN all the tech !! the original company no longer exists so whoever is in possession of the van is the new owner of the tech inside it he can use it to start a new company add new tech to the old and start a production the tech in the van has potential to make BILLIONS

@hotpuppy1 Год назад

Those battery cells look like what used to be in Polaroid film packs only larger. (Polaroid weren't rechargeable) Instead of messing with those, might be better to find a late model electric car battery that will fit the space like from a wrecked Prius. It wouldn't be original but it would work.

@BlackstoneMalone Год назад

That screen upfront probably works like a standard monitor with digitizer that takes the touch input and send it back to the main computer like input from a mouse. So the screen upfront works as a monitor with a built-in mouse. So tbere is probably a USB from the screen to a controller board or little brain box that has a usb out to the computer. Or the USB might go straight from the screen to the PC. Once you start isolating everything it'll make complete sense. The main thing is taking a copy of the hard drive image. Then you can get a small PC and an SSD to replace the old bulky stuff. I'd say all of the electronics outside of the PC just connect via a data port that can easily find adapters to USB for.

@arliehammons9805 Год назад

Thanks for the update! I appreciate it, good luck with the next step(s)🤞

@mickwolf1077 Год назад

Its great you're making progress on it. One issue at a time.

@jasonmacneil2256 Год назад

Can you imagine if Josh was a jokster, and as Alex was wrapping the electrical tape around that connection Josh had blown up a paper bag then POPPED IT!😂

@CarswithNash Год назад

I can’t wait to see it driving.👍

@jeremyshelton1079 Год назад

After seeing all the DMC updates on fbook this week I was anxiously anticipating a new DMC video today. You swerved us! SpaceVan is cool too, I was just psyched for the new DMC content.

@bryanmiller2023 Год назад

Just watched the Better Help ad... I'm glad I have never worked on a vehicle that is so bad that I require a therapist!

@craigquann Год назад

Probably a good idea to play safe with those batteries. Nobody needs to get hurt and definitely wouldn't want to accidentally cause a battery fire.

@DEFCONPRODUCTIONSLLC Год назад

You need to have outer gloves over those lineman’s gloves to protect them from damage/punctures. Yes, it makes working very difficult, but the gloves can’t protect you if they get punctures.