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Offline knorB

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and the ford pinto was bad?
« on: June 25, 2024, 09:45:01 AM »


It's just not ready for prime time.
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2024, 11:54:52 AM »
Looking at ego 56v batteries and the ecoflow generator sitting on the office floor..

Definitely don't charge anything overnight or not at home..

What does one do with old obsolete apple products with their swollen batteries?

Got a couple of those too..

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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2024, 12:00:39 PM »
The performance of our "devices" far outweighs the danger of lithium batteries. Want to go back to the days when a cell phone battery lasted 2 hours?
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2024, 12:27:03 PM »
The performance of our "devices" far outweighs the danger of lithium batteries. Want to go back to the days when a cell phone battery lasted 2 hours?

Everyone puts their own price on their life.

Some years back a teen stole a lawn chair from a home and died for it. No charges. The home had been robbed many times before. It was dark and the teen had something in his hands. He was on private property. He thought it was worth his life to get that chair.

Small batteries you can put them in a safe area. Large batteries get a little harder to section off.














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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2024, 12:40:17 PM »
The performance of our "devices" far outweighs the danger of lithium batteries. Want to go back to the days when a cell phone battery lasted 2 hours?

Don't recall a day a cell phone had to be recharged 4 to 5 times a day...

I have had either a beeper or a cell phone since they were available..starting with a Motorola bag cell phone in 94..

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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2024, 12:45:35 PM »
Cell phones have turned us into zombies. I would gladly uninvent them were it possible.
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2024, 03:11:27 PM »
Some years back a teen stole a lawn chair from a home and died for it. No charges. The home had been robbed many times before. It was dark and the teen had something in his hands. He was on private property. He thought it was worth his life to get that chair.


More likely, he didn't know that theft of a lawn chair was a capital offense.

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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2024, 03:24:08 PM »
At night it's a lot harder to know what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Texas makes allowances for this.
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2024, 06:21:51 PM »
Looking at ego 56v batteries and the ecoflow generator sitting on the office floor..

Definitely don't charge anything overnight or not at home..

What does one do with old obsolete apple products with their swollen batteries?

Got a couple of those too..

Eagler

If you still want to use them, taking them apart and replacing the battery isnt that hard. If not, set it on the ground and drop a cinder block on it
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2024, 10:54:12 AM »
The performance of our "devices" far outweighs the danger of lithium batteries. Want to go back to the days when a cell phone battery lasted 2 hours?

That depends on the device.  Cell phone, ok doesn't see that much abuse.  EV that can see everything mother nature has instore + road abuse?  ummm, no thanks.

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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2024, 09:35:35 AM »
So far the resale value of EV's has been pretty dismal. I tend to agree with a you tube mechanic who says the full EV's with the battery box under the car is going to be very susceptible to corrosion in a Nothern climate where salt is common on the road. Once the battery box is compromised the individual cells in the battery are likely to go bad fairly quickly probably leading to a fire. I am not interested at all in having any EV be it a scooter or car, in or near my garage.
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2024, 07:43:13 PM »

More likely, he didn't know that theft of a lawn chair was a capital offense.

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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2024, 07:46:00 PM »
So far the resale value of EV's has been pretty dismal. I tend to agree with a you tube mechanic who says the full EV's with the battery box under the car is going to be very susceptible to corrosion in a Nothern climate where salt is common on the road. Once the battery box is compromised the individual cells in the battery are likely to go bad fairly quickly probably leading to a fire. I am not interested at all in having any EV be it a scooter or car, in or near my garage.

I just read the other day that well over half the current EV owners say they will not buy another EV. Their next vehicle will be gas. It went on to give the reasons they had.
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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2024, 09:16:33 PM »
A friend has a EV they are proud of,…even after they told me they went from Chitcago to west coast…having to stop every  2.5- 3.5 hrs to change ge for an hr b fore hitting the road again. IF you could find a charging station. Any e who diesn't know ,.. its a 3-4 day trip on 8-10 hrs of driving. That means they were robbed of 3 hrs per day on turning wheels, which ensured a 4 day trip.

After all that they still. Claim its a great buy. <blank stare>
Some people are just too proud to admit a bad udea.

Around town, ok, cross country, not so much

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Re: and the ford pinto was bad?
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2024, 10:56:44 PM »
You cross on to folks property between dusk and dawn in Texas, that is a bad choice.


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