On (23 Nov 97) Roy J. Tellason wrote to Ian Woofenden...
 IW> You subscribe to _Home Power_ magazine, I hope!
 RJ> Nope.  I don't subscribe to *any* magazines at this point in
 RJ> time, unfortunately...
 IW> Then it would probably be the best $22 you'd spend this
 IW> year...
 RJ> I'll give it some thought,  and see if I can't find a copy of
 RJ> it on the newsstand,  at least.
I hope you find it, but I wouldn't expect to see it on too many
newstands. Check with your local food co-op, or just send the dough
for a sample issue. Once you start reading, you may be sorry you
ever missed an issue.
 RJ> Got some stuff in the mail yesterday regarding inverters,
 RJ> thanks to a post in here.  
 IW> Trace?
 RJ> Yep.
Excellent company and excellent products.
 IW> Anyway, big wires are for big currents, and running a forklift
 IW> at low voltage takes lots of amps.
 RJ> But these are all higher voltages yet.  The pallet jacks are
 RJ> 24 volts, while the forklifts are either 36 or 48.  On the
 RJ> other hand,  the _chargers_ have gauges that go up to a couple
 RJ> of hundred amps,  and that probably accounts for it.
Yep!  That's a lot of current, and if you have any significant wire
run, the wire size will be quite large.
 RJ> There are something like 75 or so of those chargers in the
 RJ> battery room, can you imagine what the electric feed into
 RJ> there must be like?  I wonder what they'd be looking at saving
 RJ> if they covered the roof of the building with PV panels,  it's
 RJ> a 600,000 square foot warehouse...
They wouldn't be saving anything if they are already on the grid. :(
                        Ian
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