Truer words never spoken. I've been sick long times, overworked, made mistakes that resulted big setbacks. 2 steps forward, 1.8 back. To say nothing of battling squirrels and mice for possession of my garage. Can't EVen keep up with the list. Still, I decided that this is one project that is not going to be ruined by entropy, so I keep on going back for more. And I get encouragement by reading messages from the only people who have any idea what I'm doing.
Suddenly there are watt-hours at the end of the tunnel and I am within days of having the motor (and wheels, I hope) turn with electric power. A passerby on the weekend stopped to ask me what I was working on. He asked me why not put a generator on the wheels to charge the batteries while I drive. I told him that's what the motor will do, but it will slow the car down, and it's called regenerative braking. Ah, he said, with some disappointment Mike Hoskinson At 09:39 AM 05/09/02 -0700, you wrote: >... > >Building EVs is hard because you get so little support from most other >people. Thank heavens for the EV list, or many more of us would give up! >-- >Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring >814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering >Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything >leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
