Get a Prius generator out of a wreck
Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, February 1, 2021, 10:02 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: You may be right, but shouldn’t assume that the original poster has as an objective efficiency, low emissions or any of the other objectives some assume they have. Remember that some on this list look favorably at the use of diesel to generate electricity, obviously not a clean air approach. There are apparently many reasons why some like EVs as a hobbyist. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Feb 1, 2021, at 3:27 PM, Mr. Sharkey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > The sooner you abandon this idea, the sooner you'll get started on a logical > solution to your transportation needs that actually makes sense. > > There are few, if any successful homebrew series hybrid conversions. The idea > of running a generator seems like it would make sense, but there are > conversion losses every time you change from one form of energy to another. > By the time the energy contained in the fuel reaches the road, you'll have > lost a ~lot~ more of it than if you just drove a regular ICE vehicle of a > similar size and weight. > > I built a parallel hybrid with the idea that I'd be ahead of the game because > the energy would have fewer conversion steps, and in practice it worked, but > the combination consumed almost exactly what a gasoline ICE model of my EV > would use, and more than 25% more than the diesel version of the same car > would use over the same distance. > > What it was useful for was transporting my EV to distant car shows, drag > events, Earth Day events, energy fairs, etc. While other EV owners would > arrive at the venue driving a truck and trailer loaded with their EV, I got > there wheels-on-the-ground at a considerable savings in fuel. It was also > always an adventure (if you like that kind of thing). > > Put any suggestion of using LPG as a motor fuel firmly behind you if you are > wise. Propane has an even lower energy density than gasoline, which means you > need a more powerful engine to make up for the loss in horsepower. Also > remember that you can't carry a plastic gas can of LPG with you or transport > one from a fuel station after running out on the road, so there's no > convenience there, either. > > Back in the day, before it was called "renewable energy", before it was > "alternative power", it was called "appropriate technology". What you are > proposing isn't an appropriate use of the technology you describe. Even my > pusher is out under the shade tree rusting away under some tarps. It was > *barely* appropriate for the task I built it for. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Sponsored by > https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more > > Dems Give GOP an Ultimatum on Marjorie Taylor Greene > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/60188e4b55749e392c46st01duc1 > Suu Kyi Apparently Saw This Coup Coming > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/60188e4b7a05fe392c46st01duc2 > Dustin Diamond Dies of Cancer at Age 44 > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/60188e4ba2336e392c46st01duc3 > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210202/ef51a541/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
