29 Apr
2011
29 Apr
'11
6:51 p.m.
> A somewhat bulky, heavy, relatively high capacity
12V supply, that has a
> built-in petrol powered charger, and is not only on wheels for moving it,
> it is self-propelled. That makes it readily movable to alternate sites,
> and can even be used for moving the whole thing to a petrol dispensary
> when the fuel supply needs to be replenished. Although the guvmint
> regulates transporting it under its own power, there is little or no
> regulation of what you can do with it while stationary. It has seats, not
> quite like a Cray, that are even enclosed (with windows) for inclement
> weather (some teenagers re-purpose it as a romantic assignation). It has
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
Undortuneatly there is not normally enough space to
provide a workbench
inside.So you can sit down, but there;s nowhere to put the PCB you're
working on.
That is certainly the worst drawback. Most of the other complaints are
minor, such as that the metronome on the front window is uncalibrated and
not easy to get an accurate speed adjustment.
could easily
be modified to run on the hydrogen that it is capable of
producing, unfortunately, the efficiency is too low for it to produce as
much hydrogen as it would require for sustained operation.
Well, if you can make a
system which will burn hydrogen in an engine and
use the resulting mechanical otuput of said engine to run a generator to
electrolyse water to make hyrdrogen and if you end up producing more
hydrogen than you burn, a lot of people will be very interested.