What I learnt from charging my Prius
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From: Tegger on 18 Jan 2010 20:48 News <News(a)Groups.Name> wrote in news:w9qdnSQUf4uRbMnWnZ2dnUVZ_tFi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net: > Tegger wrote: >> Leo Siefert <me(a)your.com> wrote in >> news:n739l518vk3h8c1gq1fet1fvo0jno907od@ 4ax.com: >> >>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote: >>> >>>>> Wrong. .... >>>> And the hand of God could come down >>> >from the sky and push it along, too. >>> >>> Only if you have a "Jesus Is My Copilot" bumper sticker. >>> >>>> What other ridiculous examples could you come up with? >>> I thought I had a pretty exhaustive list of the ways to propel a >>> Prius with kinetic energy. Ok, maybe I forgot the charging rhino. >> >> >> >> What is the rhino's charging voltage? If it's much more than 14.4VDC, >> he could damage the car's battery. >> >> I don't even wanna know where the positive cable goes... >> >> >> > > > Easily grounded, though. Pre-'56 rhinos were positive ground. Get it crossed up and you could short your rhino. The resulting sudden discharge of electrons could propel a Prius quite a ways, I think. -- Tegger
From: News on 18 Jan 2010 21:14
Tegger wrote: > News <News(a)Groups.Name> wrote in > news:w9qdnSQUf4uRbMnWnZ2dnUVZ_tFi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net: > >> Tegger wrote: >>> Leo Siefert <me(a)your.com> wrote in >>> news:n739l518vk3h8c1gq1fet1fvo0jno907od@ 4ax.com: >>> >>>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Wrong. .... >>>>> And the hand of God could come down >>>> >from the sky and push it along, too. >>>> >>>> Only if you have a "Jesus Is My Copilot" bumper sticker. >>>> >>>>> What other ridiculous examples could you come up with? >>>> I thought I had a pretty exhaustive list of the ways to propel a >>>> Prius with kinetic energy. Ok, maybe I forgot the charging rhino. >>> >>> >>> What is the rhino's charging voltage? If it's much more than 14.4VDC, >>> he could damage the car's battery. >>> >>> I don't even wanna know where the positive cable goes... >>> >>> >>> >> >> Easily grounded, though. > > > > Pre-'56 rhinos were positive ground. Get it crossed up and you could short > your rhino. The resulting sudden discharge of electrons could propel a > Prius quite a ways, I think. > > I hate it when that happens. |