funny thing , a couple days ago i seen a guy with a electric weed wacker and hed had a little cheap chinese generator in a wagon he was pulling around running the damn thing while his wife stood there looking at him like he was stupid , i think she was right , damn fool was right by a plug in -- pic reminds me , i had a electric mower years ago that used a 120 volt dc battery pack to run it . damn battery was expensive so i scrapped it , found out the dc motor was permanent magnet and ran into a gear setup to get high enough speed for use as a mower , scrapped the gear box setup and used the dc motor as a generator , using nothing more than a blocking diode to prevent battery from running the motor i could hand crank the damn thing direct at a fairly low rpm and charge a 12volt battery fairly fast , i had it setup on a old exercise bike for awhile years ago , got tired of playing with it and i still have that motor in one of the sheds here , always wanted to use it to build a wind generator but never got around to it , it outperformed the ametek 99 volt motors i was using at the time , i just might have to dig the damn thing out for something to mess with .. figures , i don't show up here in a long time and the first thing i see makes me want to start another damn project that i'll never finish ... thanks hope you and yours are doing good
Anyone remember the EV-1’s..... One of the Chiefs at NAS Atlanta leased one..... I think it had a 2 stroke diesel in the trunk.... He loved that car....they voided his lease and crushed it.... It musta been too fuel efficient.
funny thing , a couple days ago i seen a guy with a electric weed wacker and hed had a little cheap chinese generator in a wagon he was pulling around running the damn thing while his wife stood there looking at him like he was stupid , i think she was right , damn fool was right by a plug in --
ReplyDeletepic reminds me ,
i had a electric mower years ago that used a 120 volt dc battery pack to run it .
damn battery was expensive so i scrapped it , found out the dc motor was permanent magnet and ran into a gear setup to get high enough speed for use as a mower , scrapped the gear box setup and used the dc motor as a generator , using nothing more than a blocking diode to prevent battery from running the motor i could hand crank the damn thing direct at a fairly low rpm and charge a 12volt battery fairly fast , i had it setup on a old exercise bike for awhile years ago , got tired of playing with it and i still have that motor in one of the sheds here , always wanted to use it to build a wind generator but never got around to it , it outperformed the ametek 99 volt motors i was using at the time , i just might have to dig the damn thing out for something to mess with ..
figures , i don't show up here in a long time and the first thing i see makes me want to start another damn project that i'll never finish ...
thanks
hope you and yours are doing good
She aint mowin cuz that's mens work.
ReplyDeleteFile this one under "You're shittin' me, right?"
ReplyDeleteWhen flatlanders move to the country.
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember the EV-1’s.....
ReplyDeleteOne of the Chiefs at NAS Atlanta leased one.....
I think it had a 2 stroke diesel in the trunk....
He loved that car....they voided his lease and crushed it....
It musta been too fuel efficient.
Ed357
That's a lot of effort even for a gag.
ReplyDeleteWhen all you have is a 10' extension cord...
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