Electric car lovers

You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

<http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics>

 

[Winfield Hill]

DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote...

You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics

Can't tell which ones are new, relevant to your post.


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

[bitrex]

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics

That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that time, none
of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion engine cars. They
were more "ladylike" and proper for white ladies. I guess the
electrocution hazard when charging was not considered "manly", either.

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that time,
none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion engine
cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white ladies. I
guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not considered
"manly", either.

Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly low
voltage DC on that stand, no?

 

Winfield Hill <winfieldhill@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:r17iaf028m@drn.newsguy.com:

DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote...

You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics

Can't tell which ones are new, relevant to your post.

The three car pics, sort by date. The cars are not new though...

Most recent three I posted.

 

[bitrex]

On 2/2/20 8:37 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that time,
none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion engine
cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white ladies. I
guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not considered
"manly", either.


Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly low
voltage DC on that stand, no?

Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is as good
as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know nothing of I'd
imagine they have to plug into the AC line somehow.

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one time,
probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a smaller version of
that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:LNNZF.69095$tu4.55070@fx07.iad:

On 2/2/20 8:37 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that
time, none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion
engine cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white
ladies. I guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not
considered "manly", either.


Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly low
voltage DC on that stand, no?


Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is as
good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line somehow.

Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or common yet
then? It must have been in a city where there was AC power, but did
they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one
time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives

Contradictory. Gruesome, but not so much... Funny that word
rarely comes to mind.

Thinking of Trump... now the thought of that retarded bastard
trying to 'run things' is gruesome.

 

[bitrex]

On 2/3/20 12:44 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:LNNZF.69095$tu4.55070@fx07.iad:

On 2/2/20 8:37 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that
time, none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion
engine cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white
ladies. I guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not
considered "manly", either.


Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly low
voltage DC on that stand, no?


Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is as
good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line somehow.

Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or common yet
then? It must have been in a city where there was AC power, but did
they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one
time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


Contradictory. Gruesome, but not so much... Funny that word
rarely comes to mind.

Thinking of Trump... now the thought of that retarded bastard
trying to 'run things' is gruesome.

Schematic:

<http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpg>

 

[bitrex]

On 2/3/20 1:24 AM, bitrex wrote:

Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is as
good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line somehow.

   Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or common yet
then?  It must have been in a city where there was AC power, but did
they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one
time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


   Contradictory.  Gruesome, but not so much...  Funny that word
rarely comes to mind.

   Thinking of Trump...  now the thought of that retarded bastard
trying to 'run things' is gruesome.


Found a video of one in action, the one in your photo with the lady
looks like an AC charger because it's got a knob on the center in the
front, looks to me like that's physically connected to the mercury arc
rectifier behind the panel by a rod to agitate the mercury

Or something to do with the start-up process I couldn't quite follow the
presenter's explanation.

 

[bitrex]

On 2/3/20 12:44 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:LNNZF.69095$tu4.55070@fx07.iad:

On 2/2/20 8:37 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that
time, none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion
engine cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white
ladies. I guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not
considered "manly", either.


Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly low
voltage DC on that stand, no?


Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is as
good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line somehow.

Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or common yet
then? It must have been in a city where there was AC power, but did
they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one
time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


Contradictory. Gruesome, but not so much... Funny that word
rarely comes to mind.

Thinking of Trump... now the thought of that retarded bastard
trying to 'run things' is gruesome.

Found a video of one in action, the one in your photo with the lady
looks like an AC charger because it's got a knob on the center in the
front, looks to me like that's physically connected to the mercury arc
rectifier behind the panel by a rod to agitate the mercury if it's been
sitting a while:

<https://youtu.be/wj9_Elf0OfE>

 

[ehsjr]

On 2/2/2020 5:26 PM, Winfield Hill wrote:

DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote...

You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics

Can't tell which ones are new, relevant to your post.

Click on the MODIFIED radio button in the upper
right hand corner to sort by date.

Ed

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:e0PZF.21178$UC6.3790@fx09.iad:

On 2/3/20 12:44 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:LNNZF.69095$tu4.55070@fx07.iad:

On 2/2/20 8:37 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of
exposed conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that
time, none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion
engine cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white
ladies. I guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not
considered "manly", either.


Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly
low
voltage DC on that stand, no?


Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is
as good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line
somehow.

Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or common
yet
then? It must have been in a city where there was AC power, but
did they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one
time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


Contradictory. Gruesome, but not so much... Funny that word
rarely comes to mind.

Thinking of Trump... now the thought of that retarded bastard
trying to 'run things' is gruesome.


Found a video of one in action, the one in your photo with the
lady looks like an AC charger because it's got a knob on the
center in the front, looks to me like that's physically connected
to the mercury arc rectifier behind the panel by a rod to agitate
the mercury if it's been sitting a while:

https://youtu.be/wj9_Elf0OfE

Wow... they were not worried at all back then about shock or death
I guess. Much less asbestos or mercury... The connector had
cylinders of asbestos and mica separating the DC conductors on the
car connector. Looks like it would still work if those resistors are
all still 'good'. The contact points might need a bit of abrading to
get bare again...

I wonder how rich one would have to have been back then to decide
to get all that put into your garage.

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:48PZF.49388$AD6.15977
@fx11.iad:

On 2/3/20 12:44 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:LNNZF.69095$tu4.55070@fx07.iad:

On 2/2/20 8:37 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:erKZF.219980$hD4.21589@fx47.iad:

On 2/2/20 4:41 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
You guys argue about how to do it...

I want one of these "charging stations". Lots of exposed
conductors
everywhere. Hahahaha!

Anyway I posted a few new pics...

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/xfb6s1pae0xkc/FavPics


That was one of the selling points of electric cars in that
time, none of the dirt, grease, and grime of early combustion
engine cars. They were more "ladylike" and proper for white
ladies. I guess the electrocution hazard when charging was not
considered "manly", either.


Well, it was charging batteries, so would have been fairly
low
voltage DC on that stand, no?


Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is as
good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line
somehow.

Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or common
yet
then? It must have been in a city where there was AC power, but
did
they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market one
time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


Contradictory. Gruesome, but not so much... Funny that word
rarely comes to mind.

Thinking of Trump... now the thought of that retarded bastard
trying to 'run things' is gruesome.


Schematic:

http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpg

Cool... thanks. I like the adjustments for reactance. I guess
the arc rectifier aged over time and settings had to be adjusted.

And then there were lag/lead issues with the power grid itself back
then too, before capacitor banks were being hung on the lines.

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:I3PZF.261653$aD6.18943@fx38.iad:

On 2/3/20 1:24 AM, bitrex wrote:

Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is
as good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line
somehow.

   Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or
common yet then?  It must have been in a city where there was
AC power, but did they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market
one time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


   Contradictory.  Gruesome, but not so much...  Funny that
word rarely comes to mind.

   Thinking of Trump...  now the thought of that retarded
bastard trying to 'run things' is gruesome.


Found a video of one in action, the one in your photo with the
lady looks like an AC charger because it's got a knob on the
center in the front, looks to me like that's physically connected
to the mercury arc rectifier behind the panel by a rod to agitate
the mercury

Or something to do with the start-up process I couldn't quite
follow the presenter's explanation.

There was a knob on the front that swivels the arc rectifier left
and right, I suppose to slosh the mercury if there was no initial arc
on the primary initiator.

Funny, we have battery chargers now that are half wave diode packs.
The seventies versions were so bad that they would not taper down the
charge rate, and you could easily ovewrcharge and blow up your
battery.

That thing looks like it would cost a quarter the price of the car.

 

[bitrex]

On 2/3/20 10:12 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:I3PZF.261653$aD6.18943@fx38.iad:

On 2/3/20 1:24 AM, bitrex wrote:

Beats me, your guess as to how that charging stand operated is
as good as mine. 100-year-old lead-acid charging systems I know
nothing of I'd imagine they have to plug into the AC line
somehow.

   Do you think AC power distribution was standardized or
common yet then?  It must have been in a city where there was
AC power, but did they even have "receptacles" yet?

I saw an electric wound-cauterizing machine at a flea market
one time, probably WWI vintage or 1920s maybe, it looked like a
smaller version of that. Gruesome but it likely saved lives


   Contradictory.  Gruesome, but not so much...  Funny that
word rarely comes to mind.

   Thinking of Trump...  now the thought of that retarded
bastard trying to 'run things' is gruesome.


Found a video of one in action, the one in your photo with the
lady looks like an AC charger because it's got a knob on the
center in the front, looks to me like that's physically connected
to the mercury arc rectifier behind the panel by a rod to agitate
the mercury

Or something to do with the start-up process I couldn't quite
follow the presenter's explanation.


There was a knob on the front that swivels the arc rectifier left
and right, I suppose to slosh the mercury if there was no initial arc
on the primary initiator.

Funny, we have battery chargers now that are half wave diode packs.
The seventies versions were so bad that they would not taper down the
charge rate, and you could easily ovewrcharge and blow up your
battery.

That thing looks like it would cost a quarter the price of the car.

Yep, exposed conductors everywhere, that old-time knife switch had
~120VAC on the contacts if it was an AC model, probably sparked like a
bastard if the reactance control was set up wrong. Whatever....

 

[bitrex]

On 2/3/20 10:16 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

Schematic:

http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpg


Cool... thanks. I like the adjustments for reactance. I guess
the arc rectifier aged over time and settings had to be adjusted.

And then there were lag/lead issues with the power grid itself back
then too, before capacitor banks were being hung on the lines.

PS: The best part about the impeachment was watching every "small
government" defender-of-the-Constitution Republican senator have to lick
Trump's balls to save their own skins! The past two times there's been
some amount of dissent on both sides but they all got down and slobbed
the Donald's dementia-addled old nuts eventually, this time.

It was almost worth the price of admission I mean to be fair I can't
think of a better job for many people currently in the Senate...

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:qtM_F.178887$Mc.43127@fx35.iad:

On 2/3/20 10:16 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:

Schematic:

http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpg


Cool... thanks. I like the adjustments for reactance. I
guess
the arc rectifier aged over time and settings had to be adjusted.

And then there were lag/lead issues with the power grid itself
back
then too, before capacitor banks were being hung on the lines.


PS: The best part about the impeachment was watching every "small
government" defender-of-the-Constitution Republican senator have
to lick Trump's balls to save their own skins! The past two times
there's been some amount of dissent on both sides but they all got
down and slobbed the Donald's dementia-addled old nuts eventually,
this time.

It was almost worth the price of admission I mean to be fair I
can't think of a better job for many people currently in the
Senate...

It will bite them in the ass. The speech given by Mitt Romney was
spot on, and I think HE should be our next president. He is the only
guy on the hill with half a clue about the people in the nation and
just what party division does.

 

[bitrex]

On 2/6/20 2:03 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:qtM_F.178887$Mc.43127@fx35.iad:

On 2/3/20 10:16 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:

Schematic:

http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpg


Cool... thanks. I like the adjustments for reactance. I
guess
the arc rectifier aged over time and settings had to be adjusted.

And then there were lag/lead issues with the power grid itself
back
then too, before capacitor banks were being hung on the lines.


PS: The best part about the impeachment was watching every "small
government" defender-of-the-Constitution Republican senator have
to lick Trump's balls to save their own skins! The past two times
there's been some amount of dissent on both sides but they all got
down and slobbed the Donald's dementia-addled old nuts eventually,
this time.

It was almost worth the price of admission I mean to be fair I
can't think of a better job for many people currently in the
Senate...


It will bite them in the ass. The speech given by Mitt Romney was
spot on, and I think HE should be our next president. He is the only
guy on the hill with half a clue about the people in the nation and
just what party division does.

The only people a Trump thinks are bigger losers than people who won't
do what he wants are people who will do anything he wants. Talk about
expendable!

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:e4P_F.16825$py.10060@fx31.iad:

On 2/6/20 2:03 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
news:qtM_F.178887$Mc.43127@fx35.iad:

On 2/3/20 10:16 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:

Schematic:

http://evadc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpg


Cool... thanks. I like the adjustments for reactance. I
guess
the arc rectifier aged over time and settings had to be
adjusted.

And then there were lag/lead issues with the power grid
itself back
then too, before capacitor banks were being hung on the lines.


PS: The best part about the impeachment was watching every
"small government" defender-of-the-Constitution Republican
senator have to lick Trump's balls to save their own skins! The
past two times there's been some amount of dissent on both sides
but they all got down and slobbed the Donald's dementia-addled
old nuts eventually, this time.

It was almost worth the price of admission I mean to be fair I
can't think of a better job for many people currently in the
Senate...


It will bite them in the ass. The speech given by Mitt Romney
was
spot on, and I think HE should be our next president. He is the
only guy on the hill with half a clue about the people in the
nation and just what party division does.


The only people a Trump thinks are bigger losers than people who
won't do what he wants are people who will do anything he wants.
Talk about expendable!

Unless they are "family" of course.

Those losers can be as loser as can be and he stands blind to it.

 

[Rick C]

On Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 2:17:34 AM UTC-5, bitrex wrote:

The only people a Trump thinks are bigger losers than people who won't
do what he wants are people who will do anything he wants. Talk about
expendable!

I remember how Chris Christie introduced Trump at some public event and Trump then dismissed him and told him to get on the plane and leave. lol

Trump literally cares about no one other than himself. He has changed his positions on issues significantly over the years. While that is not itself a bad thing to do, it seems pretty clear he has been checking to see which issues he can use to manipulate the public most easily.

Not only does Trump make me want to abolish the electoral College, he makes me want to change the US to a parliamentary system where the leader serves at the pleasure of the parliament and can be removed. That happens from time to time in the UK keeping the public in control. It also allows more influence from smaller parties which can form coalitions. No more dominance by the two parties.

But this is pretty far from the original topic of the thread. I guess it's time to let this one sleep.

--

Rick C.

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