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On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 01:12:03 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 30-Jan-03 15:38:28 Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>> and just dis-connect the power leads
>> and toss it in the back of a pick up ,
>
>I have a 8 KW genset, that's only 15 HP but it weighs hundreds of pounds.
>Trust me, no one is going yank this machine out of the engine room and *toss*
>it in the back of a pick up.
>
>There are many other reasons that this hybird idea is not a good idea, but I
>suspect inefficency and complexity would be the primary ones.
>
Bob has converted a diesel car to electric to use in going to work.
He considered towing a genset on a trailer to extend the range. He
decided against it because the trailer would add so much drag. There
is someone who has done that, but the genset is screamingly loud and
very polluting. It's behind the car driver so it doesn't bother HIM.
At the time Bob did this (10 years ago maybe), hybrid cars were a
kluge. There was also a weight issue - having an engine, even a small
one, and a fuel tank in addition to the batteries would make the car
terribly heavy. And there was a space issue too. I suspect that a
good hybrid car would have been terribly expensive and difficult for a
single person without outside financial resources to built at that
time.
If you wanted to do this for a boat, the weight and space issues would
be somewhat less IMHO and therefore it might be more possible.
grandma Rosalie
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