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Message #10720
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: BUDSCOTT@aol.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, 23 February 2000 9:48
Subject: Re: Ah! The Fallacies of BEAM.Re: .....solar walker.....
>hundreds of dollars!!!!!!!!!! my goodness, and i thought i paid the price
by
>using motors that cost about 5 bucks! i kinda looked a building a solar
>walker too, but the ease of NiCd batteries was way too tempting although
>bulky! i'll stick to being a cheap skate! I believe that beam-online might
>have a circuit for solar powering a walker, though it might be under
>construction like the rest of the page. what might prove better is to
upscale
>the bot some, and use higher output larger solarcells, then you can use a
>circuit that will trigger when it's dark or somthing and use NiCd's as
>instead of a cap, that would be a big pain, but its a way of going about
the
>problem!
>
> -Spencer
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