Re: [FLEAA] The Resergence of the EVI

2008-07-25 Thread Charles Whalen
Joseph, I have spoken with a few instructors at MAST about this over the last 15 months or so, including of course Dr. Wafa Khalil and a couple of her colleagues. The answer is that no, they don't have the funding; they don't have the space to work on cars; and furthermore, they don't have any

[FLEAA] Sarasota meeting

2008-07-25 Thread Michele Mician
http://www.sarasotagov.com/index2.html Once on this page, click City Commission Regular, July 21, 2008. Scroll to the point of the agenda where the presentation is listed and click. View and enjoy! Michele mician, MS CITY OF SARASOTA Sustainability INITIATIVES [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FLEAA] off grid

2008-07-25 Thread Bernie Crews
This is big business, involves the government and tax revenues. It's bigger than big. If we develop anything we should keep it hush hush, between friends ;). Anyone looking for grants or good information on what is being funded should check out www.floridaenergy.org

Re: [FLEAA] has anyone tried different tires like the one the RAV4 EVuses?

2008-07-25 Thread Charles Whalen
Both of my RAV4-EVs had one of the two standard LRR stock tires for the car -- the Yokohama AVS-EF1, with the other standard LRR stock tire for the car being the Bridgestone Ecopia E02. With the Yok LRRs, both of my RAV4-EVs had a range of 130 miles on the highway and around 110 miles in city

[FLEAA] West Coast Meeting

2008-07-25 Thread Michael Clark
its confirmed. I will be getting up bright and early to get 1 of the USF vans from east tampa to be sure that it is at the meeting tomorrow. Since both vans are the same, we will only need one at the meeting. Also, just in case it takes all day to troubleshoot the van we would only be able to

Re: [FLEAA] off grid

2008-07-25 Thread Jamie
It is easier to encourage solar if you are using it yourself. It is harder to encourage people to do things you aren't doing yourself. Anyone is welcome to look at pictures of my 5.2 kw system in Davie here: http://web.mac.com/legacyvideos/iWeb/Happenings/PV%20install.html I did the

[FLEAA] Solar Power

2008-07-25 Thread James R. Parish
Nice setup, I don't even want to know what 10 electricians cost on your project! I got my July electric bill today, $80 for fuel, $20/week paid for grid electricity. ($159 bill) I have as of now, 3780 watts tracking and 4080 watts fixed on the roof. I'm moving as much as I can to tracking for