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Hot Juice Electric, LLC is an electronic design and development company created to develope "gourmet" quality electronic components for the electric automotive enthusiast and industry.  Our mission is to produce rugged, reliable components, built to automotive standard specifications, for the support and advancement of electric powered vehicles.  

The primary emphasis in Hot Juice Electric products is Performance and Reliability, but not necessarily in that order.

Performance:  We strive to design and develop extremely robust products that perform their function with broad tolerance capabilities.  Our products avoid extraneous flashy features or complex installation requirements.  They install simply and perform their function eloquently without further attention.

Reliability:   Fault tolerance is a major design criterion for all Hot Juice Electric products.  The automotive environment is extremely varied in temperature, moisture, shock, vibration and voltage / current variations, so we design our products to be fault tolerant of these extreme conditions.  Our products employ protection and backup circuitry beyond general practical practice - and we are very proud of that. 

A core principle of Hot Juice Electric is one-time sales.  We will not engage in "planned obsolesce" marketing.  In today's world, that is not considered a good business plan, but that is what we are about.  We never intend to get "big".  We want repeat business only from new projects, never - ever due to a worn-out Hot Juice Electric product. 

"Our products are designed with the attitude that a Hot Juice Electric product has failed prematurely if it is not still functional after the archaeological dig."

The current Hot Juice Electric design project is the "Chassis Juicer" (DC-DC converter).  You can check the progress here.  Also check out Ken's Blog.  Additionally, if you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know!

Danger!

The electrical systems of electric vehicles contain lethal voltages and energy levels.

Installation of Hot Juice Electric products requires knowledge and experience of working with electric vehicle electrical systems.

The installer of Hot Juice Electric products assumes the responsibility for safe work practices and the resulting safety of the installation.

Do not attempt to install any Hot Juice Electric product without sufficient knowledge to competently and safely work with lethal voltage and energy storage systems.  Otherwise, refer installation to a qualified technician.

Important notice: The batteries in an electric vehicle cannot be turned off.  Even with safety disconnect switches, contactors, etc. the individual batteries are still “ON” and cannot be turned off.  A safe practice is to always work with any circuit as if it is HOT even if you are “certain” the power source is disconnected.

The following websites provide useful information and publications regarding electrical safety practices.

http://www.ehs.uci.edu/programs/safety/hvoltageprog.html

http://www.evparts.com/cat-Publications+%26+Books+...+Street+Vehicle.htm#77

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_conversion_chapter:_high_power_electrical

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