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Riding mower charging device | 15 comments (15 topical, editorial)

Re: Riding mower charging device (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Volvo farmer on Wed Mar 26th, 2008 at 10:12:17 PM MST
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Seems that many people have given you the advice to notuse a VAWT to provide a dependable, good source of energy for battery charging. Many have tried, very few have succeeded. The one guy who has succeeded has web pages that would require me to post links here, and that does not seem to be what you want.

You state you want to charge a 12V deep cycle battery. It's a really simple thing to do if you are willing to use solar panels or a HAWT. If you want to make charging a 12V battery really difficult and challenging, you have embarked on the right path, because hardly anyone has accomplished it with a VAWT and a purpose-built alternator, let alone with some scrap riding lawnmower charging system.

You claim you can weld. If I tell you I have a case of Bic lighters and a few coat hangers and I want to weld some 1/4" steel, what would you tell me?

Volvo Farmer

May you always have success in your quest to irritate those who you despise. -Ben Goode

Re: Riding mower charging device (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by dinges on Thu Mar 27th, 2008 at 05:50:09 AM MST
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"You claim you can weld. If I tell you I have a case of Bic lighters and a few coat hangers and I want to weld some 1/4" steel, what would you tell me?"

I would tell you that you haven't given us enough information. I.e., what colour are the Bic lighters ?

Peter.

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Riding mower charging device | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 editorial)

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