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Trent
Or is it going to be Saturn electric car all over again?
The technology is available to easily provide 100mpg, yet we are still stuck with the Prius.
Answer
The prius is a "decent" car, perhaps not the best that could be achieved but for the price it is very good.
but people would rather buy large expensive heavy 4x4 trucks or "executive" company cars with poor fuel efficiency
The large amount of opprobrium that gets heaped on the Prius is one reason. The motoring journalists hate "green" even if it delivers a much better driving experience, smooth quiet, etc. It somehow threatens their masculinity/expert status/power.
eg in UK negligable coverage of the Norfolk built Tesla sports car http://www.teslamotors.com. Top Gear fossil heads would rather crash a 250mph jet car than mention the 350-400mph electric bluebird.
http://www.speedace.info
The prius is a "decent" car, perhaps not the best that could be achieved but for the price it is very good.
but people would rather buy large expensive heavy 4x4 trucks or "executive" company cars with poor fuel efficiency
The large amount of opprobrium that gets heaped on the Prius is one reason. The motoring journalists hate "green" even if it delivers a much better driving experience, smooth quiet, etc. It somehow threatens their masculinity/expert status/power.
eg in UK negligable coverage of the Norfolk built Tesla sports car http://www.teslamotors.com. Top Gear fossil heads would rather crash a 250mph jet car than mention the 350-400mph electric bluebird.
http://www.speedace.info
How do I connect a small electrical item direct to run from a car battery?
mitch
I have no electricity in a field I use for horses. I am thinking of solar lighting, but also want to to run an electrical item direct from the battery, but don;t know how I connect something with a 3-pin UK battery to a battery with red and black clips.
Answer
Firstly, you need to know which battery clip is positive (+ sign) and which is negative ( - sign). For your information the red clip is positive and the black clip is negative. Basically, the car battery has range from 12VDC - 24VDC voltage. To check the car battery voltage, you can use multimeter.
Secondly, you need to know the voltage or spec of the electrical component that you are going to connect with the car battery. If that electrical component has spec range within 12 VDC - 24 VDC then you can connect it with the car battery.
thirdly, a 3-pin UK battery normally consists of pin for positive, pin for negative and the other one is pin for grounding. Before you connect the electrical component to the car battery, please identify which pin is negative and which pin is positive. You can connect a 3-pin UK plug to the car battery by follow this condition.... the positive pin must be connected to the red clip (+ sign) of the car battery and the negative pin to the black clip (- sign) on the car battery. Just ignore the ground pin.
I hope this can help you... good luck
For more info about car battery visit http://car-info-guide.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-maintain-your-car-battery.html
Firstly, you need to know which battery clip is positive (+ sign) and which is negative ( - sign). For your information the red clip is positive and the black clip is negative. Basically, the car battery has range from 12VDC - 24VDC voltage. To check the car battery voltage, you can use multimeter.
Secondly, you need to know the voltage or spec of the electrical component that you are going to connect with the car battery. If that electrical component has spec range within 12 VDC - 24 VDC then you can connect it with the car battery.
thirdly, a 3-pin UK battery normally consists of pin for positive, pin for negative and the other one is pin for grounding. Before you connect the electrical component to the car battery, please identify which pin is negative and which pin is positive. You can connect a 3-pin UK plug to the car battery by follow this condition.... the positive pin must be connected to the red clip (+ sign) of the car battery and the negative pin to the black clip (- sign) on the car battery. Just ignore the ground pin.
I hope this can help you... good luck
For more info about car battery visit http://car-info-guide.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-maintain-your-car-battery.html
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