On 17 Aug 2018 at 13:20, Doug Weathers via EV wrote:
> They sell
> a 12v 10Ah battery for $20 and two 12v batteries (Ah not listed) wired in
> parallel for $30.
That's pretty darn cheap for lead, and unheard-of for lithium. Are they
making it up on the shipping? Or are those amp-hours
(Hi everyone, I'm back to the EVDL after some years away. More on that later.)
That wasn't a Powerwheels, it was something else.
The CBS News page that Bruce linked to says it was a "SPORTrax Awesome XL" and
it cost $500.
Here's an Amazon page, which appears to match the vehicle in the video:
Roger Stockton via EV wrote:
In the article it is said to be a "SPORTrax Awesome XL", which does
not appear to be a Powerwheels product.
It is described as 4WD, and is remote controllable (for parental
override) as well as the normal occupant-controllable.
Perhaps most importantly, it requires
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> From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV
> Sent: August-16-18 9:51 PM
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> Cc: Lee Hart
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Mom yanks kids from e-toy-suv w/ smoking pack before
> it fla
paul dove wrote:
Any electrical system can burn up. All you need it to short the battery if
there is no fuse or you bypass the fuse then the wire becomes the fuse and can
easily catch plastic on fire
I agree... but not like that! Something was fueling that fire. Something
not normally in a
There's a world of difference between 'self extinguishing' plastic and
non flamable. Get enough of the plastic burning in the first place and
it becomes its own ignition source.
On 17 August 2018 at 12:58, paul dove via EV wrote:
> Any electrical system can burn up. All you need it to short the
Any electrical system can burn up. All you need it to short the battery if
there is no fuse or you bypass the fuse then the wire becomes the fuse and can
easily catch plastic on fire
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> On Aug 16, 2018, at 11:50 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote:
>
> brucedp5 via EV wrote:
>>
brucedp5 via EV wrote:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-andover-massachusetts-michelle-kline-kids-electric-toy-car-bursts-into-flames-video/
Mother yanks 2 children from electric toy car before it's engulfed in flames
There's got to be more to the story.
It looks like one of the classic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-andover-massachusetts-michelle-kline-kids-electric-toy-car-bursts-into-flames-video/
Mother yanks 2 children from electric toy car before it's engulfed in flames
August 16, 2018 Michelle Kline
[images / CBS Boston
