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Robert Ray

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My motorcycle is on one now. A must for a bike that sits in the garage for winter. We sell them for bikes, snowmobiles, and even for airplanes that sit in a hangar for a period of time. With the price of a bike battery in the 100.00 range making it last is important.
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I had a bicycling partner when in the Marine Corps and we would take off day rides from Paris Island to Savanah's River Street to grab a beer and lunch or go to Hilton Head if it was during Spring Break and there were college girls on the beach. Forearm rest handlebars were new to me back then but really helped on those century rides and hand/wrist pain.
1 week ago
I have done several different experiments in my greenhouse trying to develop additional heating. I think I might have been working too hard and making it too complicated. This fella has just gone direct from panels to household water heater elements into a container of sand as a solar battery. A 30-gallon drum of sand and two elements might be worthy of a trial run. Might even consider using a steel trough planting bed and the elements below the plant root level? Affixing a water heater element temp switch to the side of the container or some other temperature switch in the planting bed to control the temp. Embedding the elements into a rocket stove heater mass?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6KOWGN6C28
1 week ago
Don't ignore the leaves, as a green in a salad even fava leaf pesto. I use the leaves in more meals than the beans. I want to try fermenting or brining the bean like a lupini this year.
1 week ago
Dirt 200
Garden 200
Food 200
200 sq ft Challenge
200 ft of Calories
1 week ago
I have the very same book, but have never made anything from it. I do carry a parafoil kite under the seat of my car, cause you never know when you might need to take a break.
1 week ago
Be careful testing capacitors, they can zap the peewadding out of you if you don't discharge them.
2 weeks ago