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70949
Sounds like some smart investors would do well to buy up the available lithium. With the dollar coming down like it is, having cash is a losing bet. How much...
andrsnj1
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Mar 1, 2008
1:42 pm
70950
Green economist Ken Stokes believes his platform of "greener, sooner, cheaper" is what Kauai Island Utility Cooperative members want, and he's hoping it's...
deardancer3
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Mar 1, 2008
4:27 pm
70951
... randy, my first response would be that you never make fair comparisons so why start now? following that, where did you get the impression you can only ...
Bob Mcree
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Mar 1, 2008
7:27 pm
70952
Has anyone tried this unit sold in Australia and can report it's quality? It looks to be a reasonably priced electric bike. ...
Tim & Ally Smith
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Mar 1, 2008
9:03 pm
70953
It uses 12Ah Sealed Jell. What is Jell? Better one, what is rego? joshua goldberg evsolutions@... www.evsolutions.net ...
evsolutions
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Mar 1, 2008
9:16 pm
70954
It's a 200W Motor to start with which may be enough on flat terrain ? Must be Gel type Lead Acid batts. I think they might have meant "regen" but that's not...
Don Harmon
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Mar 1, 2008
9:21 pm
70955
Okay I'll bite, why is it not possible to have Regen with Lead Acid? joshua goldberg evsolutions@... www.evsolutions.net ...
evsolutions
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Mar 1, 2008
9:32 pm
70956
I am wrong. You can - but with Lead Acid you have to use bigger batteries to handle regen. It's much easier to accommodate in a Lithium configuration. Don ...
Don Harmon
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Mar 1, 2008
9:58 pm
70958
regen is a good idea for electric cars where the battery can easily absorb the short high current charge from braking events, but in ebikes it almost always...
bob mcree
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Mar 1, 2008
10:32 pm
70959
So what percent of nickel is mixed with the zinc in Evercel batteries? ... lower than the all time high of around 52,000 usd struck last month. Prices are at a...
mauisailer1
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Mar 2, 2008
12:01 am
70960
Nope UR wrong again, anything even a 7Ah is fine for regen. Crystalyte & Wilderness Energy Brushless motors achieve Regen by having the rider pedal like they...
evsolutions
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Mar 2, 2008
12:08 am
70961
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flbeachbumus
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Mar 2, 2008
12:10 am
70962
... feat ... but also ... Evercels were ... ah ... of over ... pedal ... comparisons so ... Give me a good price for two 48 volt 12 ah packs to set a new...
mauisailer1
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Mar 2, 2008
12:13 am
70963
... rego is Australian slang for registration as in annual car licensing fee. Jell is something you rub into your hair..... I can't imagine anyone actually...
bluejeans725
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Mar 2, 2008
12:15 am
70964
Screw that, we need a Snow Thrower with tractor chains. I'm waiting for weatherman to say: I'm sorry but Summer has been cancelled via Global Warming, it will...
evsolutions
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Mar 2, 2008
12:33 am
70965
... personally i could not care less about the world record for climbing your volcano. what matters is whether an ebike power system can fulfill the daily...
bob mcree
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Mar 2, 2008
1:02 am
70966
How would anyone know other than Evercell? You have to ask them since they don't even make the batteries you are talking about available anymore. Don ... ...
Don Harmon
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Mar 2, 2008
1:06 am
70967
I'm drawing a blank on who to ask, so figured I'd toss this out and see if anyone has a good guess. Have a chap in sunny Southern California who wants to power...
evsolutions
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Mar 2, 2008
1:11 am
70968
a solar panel producing 17A @ 48v or over 800W is virtually capable of powering an ebike directly. there are however a lot of losses involved in putting the...
bob mcree
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Mar 2, 2008
1:22 am
70969
But in this case no Batteries are involved. If he had batteries I would not be here asking. It is the PV Panel to the Controller to the motor. I would think a...
evsolutions
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Mar 2, 2008
1:27 am
70971
I think I would go with the bigger controller. That guy is going to end up putting batteries on that sooner or later and you will save him a little money...
Lee
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Mar 2, 2008
1:33 am
70972
That is what I was thinking too otherwise everyone would be doing it. joshua goldberg evsolutions@... www.evsolutions.net ...
evsolutions
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Mar 2, 2008
1:35 am
70973
the controller only needs to be able to handle the power from the source to the motor, so if you had a 17A 48v panel for an ebike you would need a 17A...
bob mcree
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Mar 2, 2008
1:38 am
70974
Same here, my first thought was, well maybe with ultra-capacitors - but then again who knows anything about ultra-capacitors ? Batteries are the only way to...
Don Harmon
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Mar 2, 2008
1:44 am
70975
Joshua, From what I understand, solar panels need a load on them at all times (except in the dark), otherwise they overheat and burn out. This kind of mandates...
Simon Leigh
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Mar 2, 2008
2:03 am
70977
... this is not the case with any solar cells in my experience. the cells do not age more quickly when not under load. the major issue in most cases is that...
bob mcree
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Mar 2, 2008
3:07 am
70978
Bob, Thanks for the clarification. I have a old bus converted to a campervan, to which I had 2 x 80W panels fitted, and the supplier/installer told me that ...
Simon Leigh
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Mar 2, 2008
3:48 am
70979
... I like the battery interface. I'm guessing that the SLA cells inside the housing are nothing to write home about. Chalo...
chalocolina
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Mar 2, 2008
8:00 am
70980
One dealer here got 2. One sold, but the other one did not sell, so the dealer said "that is it- NO MORE!" That Xebra looks very useful for hauling my...
Christopher Jordan
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Mar 2, 2008
1:06 pm
70981
Even if you had 4 12 volt 4 amp Seamans pannels you would need a battery to stay running when a cloud moves across the sun.Pannels like this would weigh 80...
mauisailer1
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Mar 2, 2008
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