Feb-12-2021 11:13 AM
Mar-05-2021 12:17 PM
Bordercollie wrote:
From what I have seen, car batteries for EV's consist of lots of little cylindrical batteries that add up in weight. As an RC modeler I use "Lipo" batteries that are quite expensive and require careful, slow, balanced charging. They require discharging to storage level 3.8 volts per cell. If we crash a model and damage a battery pack it may become unsafe to use or store. It may be that EP car batteries use safer, more robust, chemistries and the above may be or become irrelevant. It seems that miles between recharges is still a concern to EV users.
Mar-05-2021 11:32 AM
Mar-02-2021 04:14 PM
Mar-02-2021 01:32 PM
Rick Jay wrote:ALL my home LED and RV LED lamps are still working. Some more than a decade.time2roll wrote:
Battery should last 20+ years and currently prices are still dropping.
I know this is an apples to oranges comparison, but if those "20+ years" of expected battery life are anything like the "22+ years" some of my LED replacement light bulbs promised me on the package, we're going to be in trouble. LOL
I've changed probably 20-25% of the LED bulbs I've installed since I converted our sticks & bricks house to LEDs about 4-5 years ago. And they didn't get bounced around on New England's famous pot-hole filled roads for 6 months of the year!
Just saying! 🙂
~Rick
Mar-02-2021 12:55 PM
Rick Jay wrote:
I've changed probably 20-25% of the LED bulbs I've installed since I converted our sticks & bricks house to LEDs about 4-5 years ago. And they didn't get bounced around on New England's famous pot-hole filled roads for 6 months of the year!
Just saying! 🙂
~Rick
Mar-02-2021 12:41 PM
time2roll wrote:
Battery should last 20+ years and currently prices are still dropping.
Mar-02-2021 09:19 AM
Bordercollie wrote:Have you driven an EV? They actually 'feel' lighter and handle better due to the lower center of gravity. Battery should last 20+ years and currently prices are still dropping.
If weight and cost of batteries, plus power consumption to quick charge vehicles can be greatly reduced, electric power may become a viable alternative. I shudder to think of handling curvy mountain roads in an extremely heavy motorhome and paying for a new set of batteries when needed.
Mar-02-2021 09:11 AM
Feb-16-2021 07:10 PM
Bordercollie wrote:
Somebody make the electro-power fanatics aware that motorhomes only average some 5000 miles per year and that "replacing" gas and diesel powered motorhomes with much more expensive, and much heavier, electric powered ones would not greatly improve the environment.
Feb-16-2021 06:51 PM
Feb-14-2021 08:43 AM
pianotuna wrote:Spin? There is actually a small factory now.
MDKMKD,
He has spun his way into being a billionaire.
Feb-14-2021 08:37 AM
Feb-12-2021 05:43 PM
pianotuna wrote:
MDKMKD,
He has spun his way into being a billionaire.
Feb-12-2021 05:21 PM