Posted on 09/30/2007 9:14:48 AM PDT by 1066AD
Pump bump.
This is a bad comparison. The forces of the market have done the Hummer in. It is no more.
A better choice would be a Ford F450
Doesn't matter what the amp rating of the supply is, it will only push so many amps into the battery at a given voltage. Perhaps you meant to crank up the voltage and touch to the terminals briefly, this would push more amps through the battery and, as you say, not to be tried by at home!
I understand. Voltage is potential.
I never tried the experiment. I only recently heard of it.
The main idea is to blow away the “memory” junction that is formed in batterys without blowing up the battery.
Upping the voltage a tad is a good idea.
The memory junction is the resistance that we need to overcome
NiCd cells which have developed internal short circuits can sometimes be "zapped" back to life by a high-current pulse, which burns out the metal whiskers which caused the short. This is usually done by charging a good- sized capacitor up to 5 volts or so (from a DC power supply, through a series resistor), and then "sparking" the NiCd cell from the capacitor... the sudden current surge will vaporize the whiskers. The cells should be removed from the battery [pack] before this is done... don't try to "zap" the cells while they're still connected to one another or to any other equipment.
BTW, speaking from personal experience, I would recommend against trying the pickle experiment.
The Aveo's 2008 EPA score is 26mpg. 45 to 26 isn't spitting distance, it's very nearly double.
I’m gonna give this article to a lefty at work that drives one.
Hee hee.
I’m glad it’s posted again. I fished it out of the archives the week before last to share with officemate M. who found it highly amusing.
The nickel is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury, Ontario. This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the dead zone around the plant to test moon rovers. The area around the plant is devoid of any life for miles.
You can check this out on Google Earth. To me it looks like the article is incorrect.
The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles.
= $325,000 -- $25,000 for the car and $300,000 for gas?
The Hummer, on the other hand, costs a more fiscal $1.95 per mile to put on the road over an expected lifetime of 300,000 miles.
= $585,000 -- overstated perhaps?
I searched on Prius .....
The dealership replacement of a Prius battery with parts and labor was about $8k (circa last summer). I knwo several people that bought a Prius. One guy had a manufacturing defect and the battery had to be replaced. He said it was $8k but covered under warranty to get it fixed. He also said that he is not getting near the mileage he expected. That is probably due to his driving style. Lots of long highway miles with a canoe strapped to the top.
This may have now come down like the halogen headlight bulbs of the late 80's and early 90's. The dealers charged $28 for them and a year later they were $9. I haven't bought one in a long time but I imagine they are lower.
I’ll stick with my glorious F-250 SD 4WD. With BF Goodriches. Just so I can look down and see what people are doing in their Priuses. Ask big rig truckers about what they see on the road.
No problem. I’ve been referencing this article all year to my pals that own hummers and they’re ....... thrilled! :-)
I’m a little scared to send this article to my leftist sister in North Carolina. For starters, if she decides to sell the car, she’d have to carefully take off the “Obama for President” bumper sticker. LOL
But seriously... leftists don’t like to confuse their feelings with facts.
I don't particularly mind people buying hybrids but there are a sub-set of them that get self-righteous about it and we need articles like this to humble them a little.
You probably over-specified the search. Son't type in the whole title. Different sources have the same story under different headlines. Search only key words. Try "hummer prius" and you will find several.
And lets not forget the training involved for first responders in a bad accident scene.Cutting into one without proper training can get you hurt.Jaws of life chopping in the wrong spot can light up a small town.Yes,the training on how to properly access them costs money.Lots of amps hanging out.
Yeah, FR’s search leaves a lot to be desired.
Same article, same author, dated 3/7/2007:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800912/posts
Other articles, same topic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803723/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1828450/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1848688/posts
I have a Prius and lurk on several online Prius forums. Folks with accident damage seem to be quoted $1-2k to replace the battery pack nowadays. The prices are definitely coming down, both as a result of volume increase and because battery packs from old or junked Priii are starting to fill the pipeline for recycling.
What galls me about threads like this is the eagerness of folks to believe things they earnestly want to believe. It’s the exact point-and-laugh mentality seen in Bush Derangement Syndrome, just directed in a different vector. Folks, don’t believe everything you read. Investigate a little. Better yet, in this case maybe talk to an owner, and you’ll find that this is a fantastic, capacious, safe, fast, reliable and durable car that just happens to put fewer dollars into the pockets of sheikhs and jihadis.
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