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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Can you get electrocuted in the rain?
If you get it up to say, 66.6 mph will it deliver you to the future?
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John M
climber
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Interesting stuff you are doing there Dingus. What I have found for cold weather sleeping is that an electric heating mattress pad with a down comforter over me works better then an electric blanket and down comforter over me. Heat rises. I can use a much lower setting with the mattress pad, then the blanket. 7 hours of warm isn't much for a road trip though. Plus what happens if you get stuck someplace for an extended period of time.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2015 - 12:58pm PT
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Freddie,
it is advertised that it can go >30 mph on the 48 volts design, I am using nominal 54 volts but these have about 61.2 volts when fully charged. The Throttle position to speed current circuit uses Pulse Width Modulation and limits me 26 amps. The hub selling company says there is a way around this limitation. One way is to buy a larger capacity controller and another is more voltage, but that is more $$ and the energy goes much faster at the highest speeds. Range depends on the speed but 9Ah at 12 mph may get you 12 miles?? I just got it assembled and haven't much of a clue.
Jay, I got to the future by electrocution while going 66 mph skiing with a GPS speed sensor and am now always there. If I want to be in the present I have to fake it. Makes life kind of boring. Same as it ever Was.
John M, where did you get the heated mattress? I may give it a try. I have about 600 Ah of batteries at 12 volts in the van, so one can have many hours in the van when a blanket draws about 4 Ah.
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John M
climber
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heated mattress pad dingus. Not mattress…
Almost anywhere. Sears.. Target.. anyplace that sells bedding. I don't know what it draws, but it shouldn't be any different then an electric blanket. I just found that I was warmer if the warmth was coming from below me rather then above me. I didn't learn this from car camping. I learned it from sleeping in an unheated house. It surprised me the difference. After an illness I started having difficulty generating body heat. So I had to start using an electric blanket. Then I slept at a friends house who had an electric pad and found that I was warmer and able to set it on a lower setting. I even tested this at home by putting my blanket under the bottom sheet on my bed and found that I could use a lower setting, thus ruling out the difference from one pad to another on their settings. I really was warmer. Perhaps you could just try putting the blanket beneath you in your next test. Though if you are also inside a sleeping bag, then I think the bottom insulation would defeat that.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 04:45am PT
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John M,
since our last chat I have put my 12 volt electric blanket and my 120 volt domestic electric blanket under me and not over me. I agree, it does work better than over the top and in particular when you have sore/ tired muscles in the very upper back from climbing? the pressured heat feels quite good.
The Milwaukee heated jacket has a heat panel in the top upper back zone and sleeping/warming with the jacket takes only 1 am while blanket uses about 4 amps. For a pure warm up the jacket feels better but I end up taking it off after a couple hours.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 05:02am PT
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Here is a lithium cell pack made from 15Ahr 40152 cells.
And maybe could explode it when dropping some metal across the poles at the high voltage end. The small white wires are part of the BMS battery management system and they send signals and small currents to the level the charge among all the cells.
The Milwaukee pack drives the bike the fastest just after full charge as it has the most volts.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 19, 2015 - 05:41am PT
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1st I want thank you for a slim volume a guide of How to fly, or was it in homerific
(the Hero, not the doughnut eating cartoon guy)How to Die? I loved 'em although they never survived the ride.
Was this 'yours also?
Pics to follow of the
It is too cold to go out side just for snaps.Brooks range from the old North face It is the heavy weight of the "Downy's"
that is UP again on the hook by the front, only door that is not closed till spring melts the drifts. on
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 05:42am PT
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Freddie asks, "How far does it go?"
The bike odometer and speedometer arrived yesterday. Speed max = 33 mph but I haven't tried a fully charged Milwaukee Pack.
Distance per charge? A calculation might go like this: Say the bike uses 5 amps at 10 mph. For a 15 Ahr battery rating of usable energy one could go for 3 hrs or 30 miles. All this said I doubt it can do 15 miles on one charge.
I have a DC ammeter mounted on the bars but since the motor controller used PWM[pulse width modulation] I haven't much of an idea how far off the reading is.
The odometer will be the test.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 06:35am PT
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Gnome,
yes, I am the coauthor of the Needles Guide.
Do the dishes? On Tuesday I had a Mardi Gras invite at 6 pm but the battery pack assemble had my attention. On Wed a.m. the party host came by with gumbo wondering what happened to me. During a focus mission some things can slide.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 06:49am PT
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Gnome,
I do get out on windy, cold, wintry days here in WY without the heated jacket when I use the e-bike. I guess I could rig a plug-in for the heated jacket but I usually petal part of time and keep warm. One amp for heating is nothing compared to the amperage needed to dray my ass around.
For me the heated jacket is used to get warm faster and when I am tired of activity.
I guess I'll put a power jack on the bike for the heated coat. I will have to get a properly sized buck converter for this task.
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Feb 19, 2015 - 07:17am PT
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It's the bionic Dingus. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger..faster.
That post about washing dishes really cracked me up.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 25, 2015 - 08:01am PT
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for a bump for bump cold sake
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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on each thin finger tip hold was a veneer of Ice to the top? I think not!
I'll be back at night in the late spring to bag this thing with a cord, easier as you go up!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 25, 2015 - 09:48am PT
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"Dishes"
T Hocking, as Freddie alludes to, the Castle McGee is an experience all it's own.
An experience and destination in one!
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2015 - 05:42pm PT
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Yes, this Specialized FSR ebike will do wheelies. Nominal 60 volts and 60 amp 94 volt controller, the black box ahead of the seat.
The battery-motor-controller setup has a amazing amount of torque. Hence, the torque resisting bars are needed to keep from twisting the axle out of the aluminum dropouts.
When the battery cell holding pack is done it will fit where the gastank sits on a motor cycle. Here shown is a wooden mock up on the top tube used to access space considerations.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 26, 2015 - 03:38am PT
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The cool thing to me is that, the wide ranged, one of a kind DingusMcGee, someone who l was influenced by, will have a magical touch on a second generation of family Diabase!!
( A Hooblie ,?? deleteted :all I know is I saw on tv how the gvern meant, chased someone for the secrets that you show on the blackboard, just saying
My kidzs are now huge fans . We see your bike and at just the right ages, my son is a little inventor, he just got the first lesson of invention convention and life. . . .
it is never fair.
To all things there, from just over the far side of the edge, but striving for the other . . .
From here I took that picket fence, it is the same dull grass both sides of the hill
Freedom as illusion established in youth has changing boundries.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 26, 2015 - 05:05am PT
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You should take the kids to Laramie this summer for a tour of the lab! Then his van, that thing is inspirational in ways you can't even imagine!
There's also climbing!
Do it around the 10th of August, and there will be Sushi!
Watching that operation, wih attendant drones, on top of tour du McGee will give your kids a gee whiz science / creativity dose that will last till thanksgiving break at least!!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 26, 2015 - 07:31am PT
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Some day i'll have to try and recreate the story of the curvy blond and the chain smoking crazy gerMAN girl and the trip they took to WHY O WHY OMING! . . . .
the Bronco w/ busted Radiator, so ran the heat all the way, this was july ....
She will send me alone to0 wide a space, between 'love ya' and Wyoming, for my Soft chick !!
Sat3/29/15 4:07am
Some thing good was to come of the video that I posted, if , after the Levon Helm/the Weight,
You hit on one of the grainy black & white video's from the Capital Theater you will have found the Porshe of venues. The place was bare bones not fancy but the package was the magic. Try out the Bromberg or some other band, they were great shows.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 26, 2015 - 08:52am PT
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Dingus you should look at the proper high current dc power connectors for your particular applications.
Using AC plugs is lame.
Check out Anderson Powerpole connectors.
I use them .....
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2015 - 09:00am PT
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Gnome,
about the kids, the psychologists tell me its all about delayed gratification?
The other day I went to local bike shop- The Pedal House -- Joe the owner called me aside and ask seriously, "Just what got into you to want an electric bike?
"Its dopamine. And I have driven my car twice in the last four weeks."
For this reply Joe said,"Well, you know it just ain't cool to be seen riding an electric bike." Will this reply work for you kids?
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