wa8yxm wrote:
Fisherman wrote:
It's a good thing we don't need adapters to put energy in our gas or diesel tanks. Nothing worse than having proprietary plugs and receptacles to achieve the goal of charging batteries. Similar to all the different versions of plugs for electronic gadgets.
Well. you are mistaken.. I've seen adapters for just that use. (Though they are rare these days) In the old days some cars could only use one of.. generally. 3 pumps. or else they had to use an adapter.
There are other considerations as well. Today I can not use one of three gasoline pumps with my Ride.. (The other two work fine) And it's best not to try and adapt. (I might get away with it for say a half mile but I truly don't wish to try it)
And this is a high-gasoline-usage month for me.
:R
The gas pump "adapter" happened ONCE and once only and that was during the EPA mandated Leaded to UNLEADED gas changeover because of EPA emissions reduction via cat converters.
The "adapter" came about since vehicles that required unleaded gas also had a smaller fuel pump nozzle hole. Pumps with leaded gas and nozzles would not fit into a unleaded filler. The adapter was only if you ran into a station that did not have a unleaded pump.. Doubt too many folks who bought that adapter ever used it.. In other words not critical.
As the OP has pointed out, the electrical adapters they showed out are the critical ones that may be needed if the only way to charge is from campground or residential electric..
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