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- Thu Nov 07, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
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Re: Building an EV more efficient than walking
Other upgrades and Winterising I swapped the cargo bike pedals for grip taped flats over the pinned ones the bike came with, my feet kept slipping off the metal predecessors when I changed gear rapidly. https://www.bike-discount.de/media/image/74/89/cc/Ergon-PT-48010021-1_800x800.jpg They're ideal. ...
- Thu Nov 07, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6359
Re: Building an EV more efficient than walking
Thx Resy. Actually the steering damper makes one-handed operation way less sketchy. I'm fine with it now. There's a much less expensive and neater aftermarket solution here . As for the big guy upstairs I think my comfort zone to safety margin ratio is a much narrower bandwidth than most. I thrive i...
- Thu Nov 07, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: What are we all investing in for the next 4yrs?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 684
Re: What are we all investing in for the next 4yrs?
Thanks for the advice gents but I'll pass. As I say 3 years and not dead. Humans survived for 10s of thousands of years drinking nature. Not much bird poo on a ground mount because I can easily clean the glass and the rain does a lot to shift it before I stick the pail out. I process the rainwater t...
- Thu Nov 07, 2024 12:40 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: What are we all investing in for the next 4yrs?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 684
Re: What are we all investing in for the next 4yrs?
No hope to do water harvesting yet as the the cost of water is ludicrously cheap and in no way reflects its scarcity or the true costs to clean use and reprocess. The only real incentive there is to strip out the residual pharmaceuticals that many ingest unawares in their tap water and since our wa...
- Thu Nov 07, 2024 12:18 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: What are we all investing in for the next 4yrs?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 684
Re: What are we all investing in for the next 4yrs?
Hard assets! Stocking: Omni-directional Microgrid forming battery gensets plus a central 6kVA, 10kWh plantroom of gubbins. 10kW of PV 5kW of GTIs Plethora of Studer Xtenders. 400Amps of Morningstar DC Charge Controllers Ebike Fleet: Hybrid, cargo, 3 x eMTB. Self-reliance tools, workshop etc... Cable...
- Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6359
Re: Building an EV more efficient than walking
Hi Gents, Come to think of it yearsh..I've welded a few spanners to the chassis of vehicles with the battery terminal on thuther end. I forgot to take a pic of it making coffee onnan induction hob. I was building "solar" gensets since before they were a thing. The preceeding hardware confi...
- Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:50 am
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6359
Re: Building an EV more efficient than walking
While I was at it I decided to reinvent the self-propelled welder-genset with EV battery support, in an 80kg zero emission package, pushing 3.5kVA 230V & 180A of stick welder, combined 4kWh, indoor safe and 30dB. Micro-grid forming and integrating with AC and DC coupled solar compatibility. One ...
- Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6359
- Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6359
Re: Building an EV more efficient than walking
Let's talk loadouts...I've already hauled the aluminium braces for a 15 panel ground array 30kms across the hillside. Kiddy carrier. https://i.imgur.com/NPqAtZv.jpeg Need mains on the go? https://i.imgur.com/RHTY2WS.jpeg 400VA "48" volter is a not terrible match for a 14S NMC Li-Ion. Input...
- Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:28 am
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Building an EV more efficient than walking
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6359
Re: Building an EV more efficient than walking
Bike handles the horses well. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F72%2F87%2Fc6%2F7287c6a74111a8de7a4b51e858d37529.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=daf97b7aaa090e2a5d695c3dddcf9b8ee4e72188b549b6769e258e601008fccb&ipo=images The steering damper is f...