Large "Motorcycle" batteries are 28 Amp Hour
(looked at them yesterday)
Let's devote 20AH to 1 hour of cutting
(that's about 50% of the stall power figures from
my chart)
and 8AH to 1 hour of movement(?)...
That gives us 1 hour work time per charge.
7 days * 12 hours give us 84 charge-discharge
cycles per week.
I'm thinking the lifespan of these batteries
is only a _few_ hundred charge cycles...
That'd mean purchasing a new battery every
2-3 weeks....
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The power density of gasoline is starting to
look REAL appealing.
I _DON'T_ like the idea of automating a
gas powered cutting blade though!
What about one of those small "Honda"
gasoline powered generators for power.
Gas --> 12V --> move and cut.
-Monta Elkins
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