On 2008-02-06, Rich Grise wrote:
On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:32:07 -0600, Ignoramus17662 wrote:
On 2008-02-03, Larry Jaques novalidaddress@di wrote:
On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:34:00 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ignoramus17662 quickly quoth:
On 2008-02-03, Vaughn Simon wrote:

So, what voltage do the hybrid vehicles run at? I thought is was over
100, possibly 200 volts.

Yes, but that is "apples and oranges". (correct me if I am wrong) In a
hybrid car, most of the electrics are still 12 volt, the high voltage battery
just runs the hybrid part, and those wires are made very obvious.

So, in an electric car, the starter is 12 volts?

I wonder how many cheeks you'll catch with that big hook, Ig.

None so far, but I am waiting...


It's not necessarily that funny - I recently did a motor mount
design for a crackpot with money. He's decided to make an electric
car, and the thing that tipped me off that he's a crackpot is that
he's got two car alternators in the thing, one to run the lights and
radio and stuff, and the other to go through a DC/DC converter and
charge the battery while it's running. ?:-/

Please tell me that YOU are kidding!!!

But when a goof-ball pays in advance, one doesn't ask too many
embarrassing questions. ;-) (my job was to design/detail the motor
mount, not criticize his grand scheme. ;-) )

That was a supercool assignment.

i