Reminds me of all those porty users in denial and continue to buy every gizmo to hook up to their porty to mimick a small blowered TM.
Just buy a TM and be done with it.
Just buy a TM and be done with it.
My calculator says 230 X 50 = 11500 watts (11.5 kW)....
Larry is talking about using Lithium Ion vehicle batteries, nothing to do with moving any washers, dryers, stoves, or using any generators.
I didn't miss it, but I guess I see why it was mentioned, and I agree you should not have to move appliances in order to clean someone's carpet; and, 50 amps is way toooo much power to need to hook up to.You might of missed this part, Brother Bob
"BTW, my comments have nothing to do and is not directed at any particular individual. Rather to the industry as a whole"
If i understand, Ed is speaking "in general"
like that mightee bad idea quadvac stack that needs a quadrillion amps that you can only get from a 50amp STOVE plug
cause a 30a drier plug wasn't enough to turn a weeniemount (Marty's term for glorified portys in a van) into a lectromount that can pull a load 100ft uphill out of a finished basement/rec rm
I believe that's the kind of retarded chit "in general" he's talking about
..L.T.A.
Ballpark pricing available yet for the van & TM?John ;
The Hybrid van has an unlimited range since runs on both the lithium ion battery pack and a V-6 gas engine.
The lithium pack will operate the TM for ~3 hours without running the engine.
30 GM dealers are signed up to bring them in for fleet customers.
Many incentives are available in different states and other areas of the country.
Chicago had some incentives over $20K, in addition to federal incentives.
P.S. California has some substantial credits for hybrid vehicles
One company is doing Hybrid conversions for ~$10K.
Ford Transit or GM.
http://www.xlhybrids.com/.../files/XLHybrids_TransitVans.pdf
Leasing new technology might be a good idea anyway. If you love it, buy it at lease end. If it has been surpassed by newer tech, let it go.Via's website mentions 700+ per month just for the van lease. It doesn't look like they are selling them outright.
Without getting into the age old argument as to whether electric vacs (centrifugal) can match the performance of a roots-type blower, any TM-class machine like Larry's will require around 15 kW to run - and the absolute theoretical power you can get from one $25 cord is less than 3 kW (2400 watts).