Re: Watts/Mile

[jerry dycus <jerry5335@yahoo.com>]

       Hi John and All,
          Could you charge waitng for and/or on the
ferry?  Others have.
                  jerry dycus
--- "John G. Lussmyer" <Cougar@CasaDelGato.Com> wrote:
> With my Sparrow, I've been trying to keep fairly
> detailed records for my 
> commute on power consumption.  I keep my Emeter
> displaying KWH used.
> Here are the 3 day averages for my commute.
> 
> 			ave watts/mile
> Ave Home To Ferry	185
> Ave Ferry To Work	222
> Ave Home To Work	198
> 	
> Ave Work To Ferry	148
> Ave Ferry To Home	195
> Ave Work To Home	179
> 
> As you can see, my commute is NOT over flat road
> with no hills.  On the 
> trip from Home to the Ferry, I travel 17.5 miles
> over rolling hills, and 
> overall loose about 200' of altitude.
>  From the Ferry to work, it's 9 miles, up a BIG
> hill, down the other side, 
> then up a smaller hill.  Total gain of about 400' (I
> think).
> The numbers seem to match up with that.
> 
> So, do these kinds of power consumption look
> reasonable?
> I'm averaging about 5.25 KWH used going to work, and
> 4.73 KWH coming 
> home.  (and I hope it's obvious that I charge at
> work as well as at home.)
> 
> How many trips before my 13 Optima YT's can't do
> this any more?  (Yes, I 
> know, killing the pack, etc.. blah, blah, blah :-/  
> )
> --
> John G. Lussmyer      mailto:Cougar@CasaDelGato.Com
> Dragons soar and Tigers prowl while I dream....	
> http://www.CasaDelGato.com
> 


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