Parts and Supplies

Parts and Supplies

Nuts, bolts, raw material, hinges, connectors, wire, plastic, pretty much everything: (My number one place to order from.)

Raw materials like tubing (chromoly and aluminum), light-weight supplies, some specialty adhesives.

For welders that have little experience with Chromoly I would start with 1 1/8" diameter, 0.058" wall thickness. We are building our current frame from 1 3/8" x 0.035" tubing. Much harder to weld, but a fair bit lighter. You may want to order some for the welders to try.

Lightweight solar panels SBM Solar

Tim

SBM Solar

8000 poplar tent rd

Concord, NC 28027

Electric motors and controllers Cloud Electric Vehicles

Maximum Power Point Trackers (MPPTs)

AERL (Australian Energy Research Laboratories)

or

Solar Converters Inc

Composite materialsExpress Composites

Power wires, fuses, connectors, power distribution

Steering parts and linkages (rack and pinion)

Brakes and misc go-kart parts

Misc. electric car partsKTA Services

Concorde Sun Extender Batteries PVX-840T (and other models)

Centrix International Corp. (This is the lowest cost we have found with shipping.)

Sanding supplies, finishing products, edging, more adhesives

LED Turn signal and Brake lights

Book: The Winning Solar Car: A Design Guide for Solar Race Car Teams

Doug Carroll

Manufacturers

Advanced D.C. Motors, Inc. motors 6268 East Molloy Road East Syracuse, NY 13057 315-434-9303 315-432-9290 (Fax)

BP Solar solar cells 630 Solarex Court Frederick, MD 21703 301-698-4200 301-698-4201 (Fax)

Concorde Battery [Sun Xtender Division] batteries 2009 San Bernadino Road West Covina, CA 91790 626-813-1234 626-813-1235 (Fax)

Curtis PMC motor controllers 235 East Airway Blvd. Livermore, CA 94551 925-961-1088 925-961-1099 (Fax)

E. Jordan Brookes ribbon wire Tim Brown 10634 Shoemaker Ave. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 562-968-2100 562-968-2110 (Fax)

GE Energy solar cells 231 Lake Drive Newark, DE 19702 866-750-3150

Kester Solder soldering paste flux 515 E. Touhy Ave. Des Plaines, IL 60018 800-253-7837

Kyocera Solar solar panels 7812 East Acoma Scottsdale, AZ 85260 800-223-9580 800-223-9086 (Fax)

Optima Battery batteries 17500 E. 22nd Avenue Aurora, CO 80011 800-867-8462 303-344-9905 (Fax)

Sentry Battery batteries 62 Colin Drive Manchester, NH 03103 800-747-0199 800-475-9305 (Fax)

Schott Solar solar cells 4051 Alvis Court, Suite 1 Rocklin, CA 95677 916-625-9033 916-625-9032 (fax)

Sharp Solar solar panels 5901 Bolsa Avenue Huntington Beach, CA 92647 800-SOLAR-06 630-378-3357

Shell Solar solar cells 4650 Adohr Lane Camarillo, CA 93011 805-482-6800 805-388-6395 (fax)

Sunwize solar array fabrication 1155 Flatbush Road Kingston, NY 12401 800-817-6527 (New York) 845-336-0457 (New York fax) 866-476-9493 (California) 805-278-1214 (California fax)

Xantrex state-of-charge meters 8999 Nelson Way Burnaby, BC V5A 4B5 CANADA 604-422-8595 604-420-1591 (Fax)