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Desulphating Car Batteries

They claim you can refurbish a car battery. How? Right! Sulphation is what happens to lead-acid batteries as they age, and de-sulphation is the

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Electric Garden Tractor Conversion

I have a 1979 Cub Cadet 682 garden tractor with a 17 hp gas engine which provides power to a hydrostatic drive and electric clutch power takeoff for

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EV Transmission, or CVT?

Is a transmission required on EVs? If so would a CVT from a snowmobile offer an advantage? Hi, Jim - No, you don't actually need a transmission

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AC or DC Electric Car Motor?

Either an ac or dc electric car motor has its good and bad, so how can I have the best of both worlds? I am currently building a Cobra replica with

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Torque in an AC Electric Car Motor

How much torque do the AC drive systems generate? Hi, TR - The Azure Dynamics 3-phase AC electric motors - the ones most often used in AC electric

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