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orange4boy · 06-27-2009, 04:34 AM

Aloha,

I'm super busy at my work.

I did a dumb thing and buggered a tendon on my forearm. I got an electric cordless weed eater at a garage sale, took it apart, dropped out the original battery and wired it to work with a deep cycle battery or off my Elec-trak. It works great but I did a little too much weed eating without stopping. Now when I move my wrist it feels like I'm pulling a lamp chain through a vein on my forearm.

On the egg:

Right now I am trying out running with a 12V and a 6V battery in series instead of using the charger and inverter as a power supply. It was a pain to set it up every time I went out. Works good but I can't use the headlights or they'll burn out and I have to charge the batts separately. I will probably use the DRL resistor to drop the voltage for the lights at some point. Otherwise I just drop the 6v out of the loop at night.

The Kamm back will have to wait.

06-27-2009, 04:34 AM	#62 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	Aloha, I'm super busy at my work. I did a dumb thing and buggered a tendon on my forearm. I got an electric cordless weed eater at a garage sale, took it apart, dropped out the original battery and wired it to work with a deep cycle battery or off my Elec-trak. It works great but I did a little too much weed eating without stopping. Now when I move my wrist it feels like I'm pulling a lamp chain through a vein on my forearm. On the egg: Right now I am trying out running with a 12V and a 6V battery in series instead of using the charger and inverter as a power supply. It was a pain to set it up every time I went out. Works good but I can't use the headlights or they'll burn out and I have to charge the batts separately. I will probably use the DRL resistor to drop the voltage for the lights at some point. Otherwise I just drop the 6v out of the loop at night. The Kamm back will have to wait. __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist.