In reply to DJ Cravens's message of Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:27:01 -0700: Hi D2, [snip] > >read the info. No way am I anywhere near the many kW of electrical need to >run a car directly. It also would require a very large heat dump.I am just >going for 2 to 10 Watts or so to trickel charge batteries for weeks for a 1 >hour drive. I am not in the proof or business mode. Just in the have fun >mode.I will leave it to Rossi and others to try for the kW or MW range. I am >just not there. Note however, it will be designed so that the Cf portion can >standalone or be used to charge the batteries. D2
Would the trickle charge from the CF reactor be larger than the internal leakage of the batteries? IOW would they ever charge at all? (you need a fair sized battery bank to run a car, and a model A is not exactly a light weight IIRC). [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
