Can You Drown a Tesla Motor?
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2018
- In this episode Lee and I show you how to drop a Tesla motor. We also find out what the status is on whether or not it’s waterproof, keeping fingers crossed on this one
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Looks like Lee may have been incorrect about the BMW comment. Please shame him here...
Rich Rebuilds turible Lee, just turible.
Its the bavarian flag. But the propeller myth is very widespread.
Its the flag of Bavaria where BMW is headquartered
Yup, BMW means Bayerische Motoren Werke/Bavarian Motor Works.
To be fair to him though it's is a commonly held myth that derives from early BMW advertisements.
The dog will be a Tesla engineer in its next life.
Dakota
@W33d Senpai ya wanna give a reason why an eco friendly car is so bad... sounds to me like your a child who hasn't got all the facts.
@@panda_alternate first
Its not eco friendly
Thats just a scam to make people believe it is
@@panda_alternate btw an automotive engineer here
Do you mean hell?
Have you tried putting the motor in rice?
Bono B. That better be sarcasm.
Bono B. You mean a Honda?
He's got a point. Rice will attract asians who will fix the motor for him.
DID SOMEONE SAY RICE?!
ares9304 i laughed wayy to hard at this
Tesla: we’ll be releasing the WATER PROOF over-the-air update
hahaha no doubt about it lol
Video is too long! I'm currently drowning in the Hudson River with my Tesla right now and I need to know if my motor will be okay.
short answer No....
@@therealmichaelaguirre6722 Too late. Already drowned. :(
@@caelumblanco7004 you came back from the dead to write that
Don't buy this Cars!!
Caelum Blanco
NOT BE!! Sad & Sorry,🙀
The BMW logo colours come from the Bavarian flag. The airplane engine origin is a myth caused by an ad from 1929 (almost 100 years and still going strong) :D
Thats because people are stupid as hell.
*frantically looks for flooded Teslas*
Tavarish you need to get to finishing the lambo and get it to the dyno.
fresh water flood not salt water
Get to work gabfest
Tavarish u cant handle it lol
Frabby! Less internets. More Lambo.
Elon Musk has left the chat.
What Do You Mean ?
Hahaha
lmao
Lol
lmao
You guys are killin it, damn! I just love the cheapness and out of the box mentality! I am so glad I found your channel! Love this stuff your the man.
I love this channel. The junked lawnmower is a great tool for moving cars. The ease of working on Teslas reminds me of working on classic cars. My mind is still blown that the electronics worked after being submerged for over a week. Keep making the videos and I will keep watching!
@rich rebuilds I have to say that your humor and jokes make me absolutely fall on the floor. Your sense of humor is one of a kind. Keep doing what you are man I love it!!!
my first time seeing a tesla motor apart, and they put that complex circuitry RIGHT IN THERE?? I was expecting just some coils, hall effect sensors, and wire.
thanks for being so patient with the videos you're so helpful I never thought I would learn something about it
I think this motor itself would be fine with some detailed cleanup. I've ran open electric motors WHILE they were underwater before. If you can save the bearings, a cleanup and dry out should be all that is required. Again, the bearings.... get them out and replaced or repacked
Sadly tesla motor has inverter built in too, thats the expensive and difficult to repair part :/
yea i would assume that part may not be salvageable... but the motor (and differential), I think it could be saved if one needed to badly enough
The circuit board would have me worried the most, but assuming it didn’t have power to it while it was wet/underwater you never know
Agreed. Some water pumps run open coil to keep the thing cooled even, with sealed bearing pockets and sealed bearings. Unless it's salt water, it don't care. I would clean that thing and give it a whirl.
It is extremely likely that the inverter is conformally coated, but I am not sure that means it is 100% waterproof for ever. But it should withstand quite a lot.
I liked that moment: " I heard that water and electricity does not mix, I heard that somewhere in internet or friend!" :) great video. Thanks. Greetings from Europe.
Luv the Passion you cats have for the Craftsmanship,and yall make it look more like Fun than work lol.great Vid
If power was not applied to the motor/inverter while it was under water likely the circuit boards can be cleaned with mild detergent and water then flushed with distilled water. We actually used to wash circuit boards with HV circuits (tubes) when I was in the USAF. Just wash and dry in an oven at about 140 Deg. F. If power was applied when exposed to water, electrolysis will occur damaging the printed circuits.
Probably not a good idea to subject a PCB to high temperatures as the components tend to melt. Also, it ain't electrolysis. It's short circuiting which causes the components to melt. EDIT: I guess I was wrong about the heat, but the heat given off by arcing electricity is fairly high.
I am enjoying your channel a lot very informational and fun to watch
man, i do not have a Tesla, i do not plan to buy one, yet i watch everyone of your videos, they are well done and you are a well spoken individual. thank you for sharing!!
Rich, I Don't know anything about Teslas. Your videos are very easy to watch, so glad I caught your channel. Seems to me fixing those cars will remain a big secret, unless someone like you saves us all, thanks
Your one of the coolest brains I've seen in a while!
Just buy that radiator cleaner stuff fill car to top, wait 24 hours and good as new!
Then sell it quickly and move out of the country.
I've heard rice is good for things like this.
cleaning thinks like that is just for you samcrac
That’s enough, Samcrac.
If that works, you should buy the Tesla from Rich, put a pizza oven in back, and deliver pizzas with it.
I've always wanted to see a DXP Tesla.
Thanks for sharing, very interesting to see the inverter from inside
This looks like so much fun. I want some diagrams to put on my wall. This thing is gorgeous inside!!
They must be waterproof
The number one fear with an EV would be water damage.
Bigtruckseriesreview Motorsports isn't water damage bad for all types of cars?
If a gas or diesel engine vehicle gets flooded it can be brought back to life depending on the age of the car or truck electric power windows or seats may not work and wire harness and those items that don't work after being flooded can be replaced by parts from junkyard cars that were not flooded .. and you can get new seats and new carpet from the junkyard cars to fix your own
AmericanHillbilly insurance will usually salvage cars after floods. They may still run, but for the long run I'd take the money instead...
But given how ICEs work, the engine will shutdown real fast after it's unable to move, right? Isn't that the same as what you're suggesting? Or are you saying the few seconds before the shutdown are enough to damage it?
I had my car whole in water ...i was drunk when i finish in the river so did not call anyone like police or something but my friend with a crane took it from there..i just left it 3-4 days on the sun,recharge battery ..and after 30 minutes off truing it started and its still working no problem after 5 years from then ..only thing that did not work was one electric window and screen washer
Wow man, you're certainly giving Tesla engineers a good look at where they could make design improvements. I'm not so sure that car could drive through a minor street flood of 8" to 10" without encountering some seepage into areas that it wouldn't tolerate well at all. Interesting video, thanks!!! 😎
That's not true. There is a video where the car floats and moves forward using the wheels as paddles. I think it was in Russia in a tunnel with lots of rain water.
While I'm sure that's possible if kept moving, it's also possible to have to stop or inch your way along, depending on circumstances. I've driven through that kind of thing a number of times, fortunately in a full size van at the time, but cars were having a hard time, some would go too fast and get the ignition wet, stalling the cars behind them, also dealing with waves from vehicles coming from the other direction, etc. It just looks to me like if one had to spend much time in those conditions, it could be a big problem, unless they seal that assembly a little better than this one appears to have been. There are areas around western Chicago burbs where that kind of street flooding happens almost every year, i.e.
Zeek Duff
I heard that Tesla engineers subscribe to this channel and decided to implement bilge pumps.
It wasn't actually floating in that video.
I don't know if any car could handle driving in 8-10 inches of water. 5 was pushing it in a Corolla and I bet Teslas are even lower
One of the most enjoyable series of videos I’ve seen, keep them coming
That opener was high-larious. Awesome video!
The blue and white on the BMW logo can stand for either two things:
1. BMW means: Bayerische Motoren Werke, the factory is located in the bavarian town in Munich. Blue and white were the official colors of the Bavarian Free State.
2. The blue and white could symbolize a spinning propeller from an aircraft that the made during World War One.
1
It’s the colors of the Bavarian flag in the blade of an airplane propeller.
Milan Meiland, BMW means Boobies Must Wiggle
The BMW logo has nothing to do with a spinning propeller, the logo was the same before they built aircraft engines. The blue and white are the colours of the Bavarian flag and are shaped differently in the BMW logo because of law in bavaria not allowing anyone to copy the flag design or something
@@SF7PAKISTAN Then it wasnts not the flag that was the inspiration now is it? Because if it was, BMW wouldnt even exist as they would be fined out of business.
In any case its settled. BMW have said both are acceptable.
Louis Rossmann of Rossmann Repair Group NY has some experience with flooded electronics, Im sure you two could come to some sort of arrangement.
Louis rossmann deals with low voltage electronics. A 400V drive is a completely different animal
16:03 press here for answer.
Thanks buddy. You may not know this but you are doing God’s good work
🙏🥂
thanks
@@fayenotfaye stfu
Or just watch the entire video and give em all the watch time. You could watch it while taking a shit ehh?
If Tesla is anything like the other big hybrid guys.. the vehicle does checks before sending voltage.. if it sees anything out of spec.. it shuts down.
I dont think you woulda been able to drive.
The blue and white in the BMW logo stands for the colors of the bavarian flag
It simbolizes the fundation of the Free State of Bavary and not the blue sky but it´s true that they started by producing airplane engines.
Fascinating stuff! I don't know shit about cars but saw your doc on Vice and heard you were on JRE.. Gonna check it out. Subscribed! Cheers dude!
At 225k miles, I removed my 2008 Prius battery, found the bad cell and replaced it. No issues after another 25k miles. What you guys are doing blows my mind, I don't think I can do what you are accomplishing.
I recently drove my counsin's new 2019 Model S with one motor, MAN! IT WAS QUICK!
I'm now considering buying a Tesla..... Keep up this work, maybe I can do this stuff after all lol.
I can tell your channel will be huge very soon 📈
Should be pretty Simply to clean that up... You would think?? Seeing power should not have been sent to the motor after it was under water? IT was parked? So should just be cleaning up the parts.. And Checking over the main boards.
I work With main boards all the time at work... That have went under water... Normally they clean up pretty well.
A lot of the electronics were clearly pretty badly corroded. You cant just wash off the rust and expect it to work correctly and safely. The board getting wet isn't the problem, its that the parts have been corroded to the point where some/most of them will need to be replaced
Not necessarily. Most of that stuff will be conformally coated. These are automotive parts, not the contents of a server rack, and are designed for harsh, wet, salty nasty environments.
I suspect the majority of the "rust" we are seeing is from the steel in the motor body and from the crap that was washed in by the flood water.
Hard to tell though without some close up pictures.
I agree. The tracks will be at the very least gold plated copper, they look high quality boards. The solder won't have any corrosion issues after that time either. I'd clean them up, bake them and flick the switch. Worst that happens is you need new boards, and you needed them anyway.
my old 89 honda sat for a year about 8 years ago it filled up with water due to bad windshield and half the ecu was in water for months. i pulled it out threw it on a shelf for a couple months while I was rebuilding the motor, put it in and it ran like a champ for 6 years. then it started to idle to low stalling sometimes but runs great otherwise. I replaced it and the old one rides around with me as a spare in a faraday bag
I repair server equipment, Ive seen everything from coke to just plain water damage on them. Wash it in the sink with some dawn, then clean it up with 91% alcohol then go over the electronics with a high temp heat gun carefully and boom, works once more. Ive repaired a few ECUs for some older cars from the 80s and they are still running to this day and they had water damage just like this.
well very nice Video, and well done! I also think it's important that people visits the professionals to get their cars done. Especially ELECTRIC CARS!!!
Great channel Rich, very interesting and unique content.
The thing about electronics is that even if it gets soaking wet you could take a board and dip it in water, so long as it has no power stored or running through it, just dry it out and it will be good to go again.
It's a huge misconception that water will instantly kill electronics.
I've had two way radios soaked in water, you make sure the battery is out, you leave them switched on to drain the capacitors and stick them on a radiator and leave them for a day or so, once they are fully dried out you stick the battery back in and they good to go.
But if they short before you get the battery out they are done for in most cases but not always.
Just use some distilled water and after that put it in a alcohol bath for a moment before drying it on a space heater or an oven set to 50°C.
400V require different safety devices. I'm almost certain power would have been killed instantly by a moisture sensor. But that is going to be a hell of a lot of corroded contacts to clean. A little love and she should be good to go
Was it in fresh or salt water? Either way, ten days is a long time to be immersed. It's not like spilling a drink on a phone and drying it immediately.
Right I was just saying to my self water and electricity goes together perfect. It's when we get in between the two it becomes a problem.
@@davidm5707 fresh water
Or rather the car in the clip was.
Either way the contacts will begin to corrode in fresh water just not near as fast as in salt water and the real thing to watch out for is capacitors that store charge that have easily bridged contacts but old-school electrolitic capacitors are getting rarer and rarer as DC takes over.
14:10 Its Bleeding. Like my Heart
I’m really diggin your channel man. Good stuff
Cool videos. I have 30 years experience as a mechanic. Have yet to work on EVs. Eager to get a closer look at them as the future is here.
Hey Rich, I'm not sure but I think electronics on this inverter are coated in water proof lacquer, so inverter's PCBs should be ok, and maybe they're just covered in rust from soemthing else and you can just wash it off?
ask louis rossmann maybe he can repair the board
he can try to clean and solder som wires to it from teh broken leads
I don't know, it might look worse then it really is. From the looks of it (at least on that board we got a good look at) most of the chips and such are above the water line. Looks like the bottom part (from my zero experience for electronics) that was under water is more for power distribution So it should be pretty standard to replace.
Catsrules1 it does look worse then it really is. I doubt power went to the inverter when is was parked. Also, corrosion on a circuit board is usually white. I bet my ass off that rust is from the shell which got surfaced over the board by the water, and all it needs is a hook cleanup and maybe some traces, pads/pins resold weed, worst case, some passives, which ain't that bad
Louis has made it pretty clear that he makes his living fixing mostly common faults, and will charge you dearly for doing custom repairs. Because of thier difficulty and the amount of work that has to be poured into finding schematics. Love him, but doubt he'd do it for exposure :P
DKTAz00 ya. who wants more exposure on RUclips?
Rich, you could dry ice clean every component of this car including the circuit boards, bearings, wiring, and terminals, repack the bearings, reassemble, then test it. I think it would function as designed. It's only when you power something up while wet that it can fail. We use a YoungTimer by Cold Jet PCS 60 dry ice machine to clean every surface and item on any car. And never get anything wet!
Dam Super Cool to see you brother I been working Solo on all my electric vechicles in the last 30 year's now it's finally a channel showing electronic technicians working on Electric cars the Future has arrived🤓
*sure you can still use it. pull the circuit boards off and wash that bottom end out with de-natured alcohol, let it dry after you get all the corrosion gone and then put it back together and test it out. should be fine. might want to see if you can seal that motor up better too just to keep it from getting water logged like that again. gotta be careful though because some of that stuff is open to help with cooling too*
As someone that repairs electronics and has for 30 years, this is a bad idea. 400 volts, logic level signals, water, conductive rust = Bang
Providing the goons at the junkyard didn't try and drive it (Which never happens) - Boards need pulled, sonic'ed and dried. Motor needs completely tore down and all rust and residue removed. Hook up CURRENT REGULATED power and test. Odds are 60% it will work, 50% odds missed rust will blow everything. The rust doesn't even have to be enough to be conductive. All it takes is a few ohms to turn on the wrong transistor at the wrong time.
- Really enjoyed your Joe Rogan interview!
Nice video I'M now retired from auto repair but still like to tinker around.
Give the 2 dogs a hug for me
You guys are just like I would be. Like little kids dissecting a vehicle,excited,ooing and awwing away.
Rich , I have a serious question- What are some of Teslas basic part prices and WILL tesla sell them to a non-tesla bought owner? Thank you and great series. RESPECT.
Dude you obviously have not been watching too many of RR's videos. Give it a shot of watching just more than 10 minutes of one video. Peace.
After a good cleaning, the motors should be fine.
Induction motors are what they use on small submarines, and they'll work in some really rough conditions.
Your problem will be with the inverters. If you wish to save the ones that came with the motors, you know what to do.
After the cleaning drying, and testing, you might be pleasantly surprised. Let's hope that's the case.
Just make sure that no juice gets to the inverters before they're completely dry.
Yup, its very likely the only thing to kill those boards if no current was ever applied to them would be something that rusts, even then it could very well be repairable. The car would never close the contactors in the battery, too much would be out of spec well before that stage of the selftest.
Rich is my hero. Just seeing him take on these gargantuan tasks gives me confidence about doing things I wouldn't do before. If he can solve a drowned motor, I should be able to change some motor mounts... Lol...
Sweet, a great info vid guys. But still very sad about the damage. Good Luck in repairing it ....
I want that Motor for my Dune buggy lol!!
I like that newer Tesla with them doors that open up and they raised up like them Lamborghinis I think it is.
Good stuff. Keep it going for us gear heads.
I had a boat that sunk in salt water , rinsed it out and after a few months it several systems stopped working. Coated every connection with "corrosion block" after a few days I applied power to the boat and everything came back to life. That was several years ago and all is still working fine.
Very interesting.
Maybe it's only IP67 rated.
Would be even more interesting to test an IC engine and Tesla motor side by side for the amount of water resistance they do have.
some good old yankee ingenuity and frugality on display here
What do you mean Yankee ingenuity? Elon Musk is not American
Very nice. It is like you have special mechanical and electrical workshop there making cool things. Well, at least in diagnosing what is wrong and what cannot be repaired at this time.
So interesting! I just can’t figure out why I enjoy watching these. I have a 98’ Ford Taurus! LOL! Go figure... 😂 The store across the street down the road has 6 Charging Stations. I live in Oregon about 70 miles from the nearest Interstate. Cool video!
Have Louis Rossman look at the board and repair it if needed
zollotech hi
Lot of rust in an internal electronic component, that makes me wonder about the quality of the seals and the metals involved in the motor.
It was sitting in water a week nothing will hold that back
@@braxtonwilson1666 I have this bottle with (pressurized) soft drink in it, in my fridge. the soft drink stayed in well over a week. Perhaps even years!
@@CheetahNL I bet your bottle doesnt vibrate as much but it is just a guess maybe your fridge is crazy!
@@BenjiShock I do have a vibrating fridge, especially for the soft drinks. And still no leakage. ;-)
so amazing video showing so many details,
I'm SO amazed! Congratulations for your hard work!
A question: Have you tried pressure-washing this thing, using a mild acid like vinegar to wash away corrosion of the PCBs (these boards are protected by conformal coating, water shouldn't affect them) and associated connectors, washing again with pressure water and drying it on a controlled temperature oven (something like 60-70 degrees celsius...sorry, Im brazlilian, no fahrenheight here)? It may work @rich rebuilds
I know Elon was jumping up and down for joy when water started to pour out of it.....
😂
LOL
LOL j'imagine bien il a sauté de joie mdr ^^
why?
TheGamingDoge TM Because Tesla hates when people try to fix their own cars. They want people to only go to Tesla for maintenance and repair.
Electricity and water mix just fine. CLEAN water is an insulator. Dirty water though ... then you are in trouble!
zapro_dk oh, cmon, not even clean water can be clasified as an insulator. :) plus its quite hard to find it in nature. Even drinking water from a well has stuff in it.
this was salty sewer water... sooooooooo
zapro_dk those distilled water lakes in your area must be amazing!
H2O isn't conductive just as zapro_dk said, anything else, in increments up to sea water is problematic.
DUST is conductive. The shit that gathers on top of your battery, in the car? That shit trickle discharges your battery .
Yeah, nothing for the electrons to go through with clean distilled water. Sucks that rain isn't like that
That old golden has a greying face like mine. Such sweet and amazing dogs.
Rich is a modern day genius!!
15:42 nope it's not just right here.
It's also 500 kilos of battery under thecar...
Not waterproof
Like so everyone else doesn't have to wait
Keep doing what you do🤙🏼🔥🔥
That cranberry juice is diff fluid... You are one of the most interesting people on RUclips!
12:17 => Besides all the tech-stuff, you GOTTA pet the dog once in a while :)
I was a repair engineer if it wasn't salt water dump it in an industrial ultrasonic cleaner for 2 hours and see the results
Thank you, Lee.😁
Lol i also heard it from my grandmother . That water and electricity do mix.😄🤣🤣
This is a $100k+ electronic machine and you would think they would somehow seal the motor but nooooo, Rich as long as none of the chip components on the pcb's were fried you can take them boards off thoroughly clean them with alcohol and please double check all connectors the pins must be cleaned too this is same as any other computer same components same procedure, I've been a service tote man for many many years and this sort of thing is the procedures that were thought us to do for when any kind of computer based electronics were ever water invaded, jumbo trons, betting terminals, atm machines and just about anything that sits exposed to the water we have done it, Rich good luck.
No, you are wrong! It was sealed... with a VOID sticker...
Ivaylo Tiholov so what you're saying is that it was serviced by Tesla and not resealed properly again?
No, that was ironically! Should I explain it???
I've ran plenty of electronics that had water damage. The trick is to clean them thoroughly. I always like to use rubbing alcohol - the higher percentage, the better. Grab your electric toothbrush and get to work! It'll clean off any grease and debris, and when it's done it just evaporates out.
Take the boards out, pressure wash the motor, ultrasonic the boards; before the alcohol.
Thanks Lee and Rich
fun video
I used to make the antivibration bushings and mounts for this vehicle when I worked at Hutchinson
The BMW colours are for the flag of Bavaria!
Can you imagine if you forgot where everything went...
Pickle I know someone who’s been there and done that, I had to help them solve a puzzle of a car.
Pain in the arse night I add takes days longer to rebuild.
You don't. If you've done something from scratch a few times, stuff comes back naturally. I have a couple of project cars that are almost a decade in the making, finally starting to wrap them up, and even tho i did use storage, some stuff peeled off, i still know the bolt tho.
You should film yourself dismantling so you can easily tell xD
can't wait to see finished product
I've been pretty much not a fan of electric cars until seeing how well engineered Tesla cars appear to be. The styling is very nice too with the bodies and wheels. Interiors look good as well.
oh, one more thing. I can't see the details on those controller boards, but there are guys out there who might be able to professionally clean those and evac the moisture. Theres a chance the boards will still function if there are no physical relays or other elements on there.
You can replace components too. The issue will be any custom chips only tesla has access to. He should take close up images of the circuits and crowd source feedback.
The majority of the mess is likely to be superficial. Most of that stuff with the orange gunk all over it will be conformally coated, so the pressure washer may actually be the answer. Failing that, put it in the ultrasonic cleaner. I would then dry it carefully, and inspect it even more carefully, then re-assemble, the inverter and check it again. The things to watch for are metallic particles and magnetic shmoo from the flood water that will adhere to all the places which also have a magnetic/ferrite component (transformers, inductors, relays and the like) with a high potential to short things out.
I once repaired a bunch of old CRT monitors (parts of which run at about 5 to 10kV) that had been in a canal for a month. Nothing electronic was problematic as it is all designed to be submersed in various liquids while being assembled. The main issues were cosmetic. Having said that, be very careful when you test as there is a metric sh*tload of energy available so any magic smoke release is going to be spectacular, loud and potentially kinetic (and of course expensive).
SOMEbody's been watching AvE videos hehe
andrew hull the magic smoke might also turn exothermic :)
my guess is those boards are coated with one heavy duty coating of conformal coating...so the boards may actually still be fine and it's just misc. motor crap that coated the boards
Hey Rich, what do you think of automobiles that run off of sugar cane like they have in south america? Are they electrical, hybrid or a variation of gasoline powered vehicles? Any input would be helpful.
Love , they are combustion engines. They use air, ethanol and a spark to move Pistons on crankshaft. I am Brazilian engineer
They run with sugar cane alcohol, and it was in BRASIL, but they are giving it up, because it is not so
economical anymore.
Rich if u can obtain a bottle of nitrogen and bleed the nitrogen into any cavity with electrical or electronics the dry nitrogen will drive all moisture out. If you can find a way to heat the N2 stream before introduction it'll absorb more. I'm an engineer with a major industrial gases company and we use this method all the time to dry out electronics, electrical and other components. It won't resolve corrosion issues that are already present but it will 100% dry out cavities
I don’t own one or plan to own one, I like high horsepower v8s, but love these videos! Great work man!
These things can get some crazy torque. The only thing missing is that beautiful sound a muscle car makes. Other than that, electric is just going to be getting bigger and better. And faster.
Send me the inverter:)
So yeah. About our video.... :)
Im pretty sure the blue and white is the bavarian flag.... bmw stands for bayerische motoren werke = bavarian motor works...
From wikipedia:
The circular blue and white BMW logo or roundelevolved from the circular Rapp Motorenwerkecompany logo, from which the BMW company grew, combined with the blue and white colors of the flag of Bavaria.
John Smith you're probably right about the colors of the flag, but the propeller is also true
John Wu, also from Wikipedia:
The origin of the logo is often thought to be a portrayal of the movement of an aircraft propeller with the white blades cutting through a blue sky. However, this portrayal was first used in a BMW advertisement in 1929 - twelve years after the logo was created - so this is not the origin of the logo itself
that "propeller" thing is pretty common mistake.
Funny thing is mercedes logo is also a propeler.
I toured the BMW Spartanburg plant and the person giving the tour said it signifies a propeller.
Hey Rich I got a VW single cab. I can't remember the name of that dude I saw you in a video with that had a shop for VW EVs. If you can think of his name could you send it my way.
Thanks man your doing a great job.
I'm not sure but maybe EV Conversion Basics or EV West?
Excellent...love the insight...
I think uncle rich needs to get a dog and name it Elon
Will our hero be able to save this build? Find out next time on Rich Rebuilds -Z
Love the girth in this video 😂
Wow! Could you just imagine how hot that motor and diff get on a good day at the dragstrip?
I wonder if Rossmann Repairs could fix the electronics? Louis works miracles with water damaged laptop circuit boards so you never know.
The Crest Ultrasonic will fix those. Don't delay, buy today!
No way.
High voltage with minerals in the water means nearly instant and unrepairable damage, I drowned a drone and lost every component to electrolysis in a couple minutes in a stream.
have you watched louis?
Definitley not the case. I run a phone/laptop repair store in southwest florida. Electronics that are exposed to water damage, are not simply "broken". The components generally don't burn out themselves, but like you mentioned, water does have minerals in it. So when this water dries, what does it leave behind? Minerals. Corrosion. Dirt/Debris. By using an ultrasonic cleaner, and nothing but distilled water, submerging electronic circuts and boards into the water bath for multiple hours, washes away the corrosion off of the gold/copper pads and different circuits that the energy wasn't able to flow through. The only difference is this time, when the electronics dry out, nothing will be left behind on the parts, because distilled water is violently pure.