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Re: (ET) wheel weights



Just mount a hanging battery box on the end of a pole sticking out from the
wheel hub. Then the cables don't get twisted up.
Ya want a CAD drawing of that?

;-)

Dan
E-10 (so far)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton and Federica" <krustyacres earthlink net>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:00 PM
Subject: (ET) wheel weights


> actually, I was joking about putting the batteries inside the wheel,
> which would mean you would have to back up to untwist the cables, or use
> some kind of electrical contact swivel that I made up in my head.
> However, there is a commercially available big size electric tractor
> that has an extra battery pack option for range and weight. Someone
> clever could work up a rear hitch battery holder or something else that
> I am not thinking of just now.
> anton
> one could inform oneself about this tractor at:
> http://www.mcn.org/a/mendomotive/ElectricTractor.htm
>
> Oasis654 aol com wrote:
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> > In a message dated 11/21/03 4:06:42 PM, krustyacres earthlink net
writes:
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> >
> >> use sealed batteries, with swivel contacts for weight and range
> >> extension!
> >> anton
> >>
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> >
> > hi dave, what are swivel contacts?  i do like the idea of batteries as
> > weight and range extenders, but have yet to try it.  thanks, jon k
> > albany ny
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