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Re: (ET) Next project
It can be done and will work nicely!
From the EV mail list,
I asked: In the Nov/Dec 2004 issue of "Current EVents" there is a
picture of an EV snow blower at the Ottawa Canada EAA's MUTA show in 2004...
Doug Hartley <douglas hartley sympatico ca> responded on 2/15/05:
This MUTA and its public day Saturday September 18 2004 were organized
primarily by CEVEQ (Center for Electric Vehicle Experimentation in
Quebec) and the City of St-Jerome, north of Montreal, where it was held
and where CEVEQ is located. The mayor of St-Jerome is very pro-EV, the
city has several in use, and ITAQ (Institut Du Transport Avance du
Quebec) is part of CEGEP St-Jerome, a pre-university college as a
technology transfer centre in advanced transportation.
The electric snowblower was built by Jean-Marie Dubois, now living near
St-Jerome. It is battery operated, and currently powered by 2 Orbital
12V batteries. A standard 120VAC outlet cannot provide enough
horsepower to operate a full sized snow blower. It has a small traction
motor and a larger blower motor, which can be separately controlled. I
am working with him to develop a controller which implements the
improvements and way of operation covered by his his patent (pending),
to make it very easy for anyone to use, and more efficient. The speed
selection lever is not required. At the moment, this snow blower is in
my garage. As luck has it, we did not have much snow in January and
February so far, but the couple of occasions I had to use it shows it is
very practical and effective. And it avoids dealing with gas and oil,
tuneups, vibration, noise, polution, etc. These benefits we know from
our EVs, but there is even more of a difference with a snow blower,
compared to a gasoline car or truck going to electric, since gas snow
blowers are not very pleasant to use.
and later Doug added:
I didn't measure running time and it will vary with depth and type of
snow, but it cleared my double wide 40 foot long driveway of about 6
inches deep snow with capacity to spare [using two Orbital batteries].
Doug
ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA wrote:
Hi Guys
I just found and now have in the back of my truck, a walk behind, self
propelled 42" snow blower minus the IC engine. My plan is to convert it
to electric walk behind. So, if any of you have thoughts on this I am
open to suggestions. I'll keep a photo record. If I am very lucky and
the wife doesn't get in the redecoration mode this winter. If it is a
long winter and we have a late snow I might get to try out this winter
but, I'd prefer and early spring and and final testing in 2007.
--
Jim Coate
1970's Elec-Trak's
1998 Chevy S-10 NiMH BEV
1997 Chevy S-10 NGV Bi-Fuel
http://www.eeevee.com