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New wheelchair | 16 comments (16 topical, editorial)
Re: New wheelchair (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by ghurd on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 02:25:32 PM MST
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Hi jp,

Be happy.  If you are happy, we are happy.

It is 100% RE related if the user wants to be off grid with RE,
Or has no grid at all.

Given a budget and other limits, sometimes it is better to think outside the "high efficiency box",
As you noticed when choosing a ceiling fan motor.
As I noticed when trying to make a solar chair charger on a fixed budget, here,
http://ghurd.info/wheelchair.html

It was a LONG time ago.  Still running fine.
The only major part of making it work within the limitations was using a different battery charger, after realising the factory supplied charger was total crap.

The 600WH more a day seems a bit high.  Wondering if that is due to inefficiencies somewhere.
G-



New wheelchair | 16 comments (16 topical, 0 editorial)

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