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solarseg
12-17-2003, 08:31 PM
http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/story/0,4567,102819,00.html

Here is the perfect size cell for a seg.[8]



dhugger
12-17-2003, 08:50 PM
We need to get some kind of fuel cell on the HT... it'd go forever

-Derek Hugger-
segwayowner
12-17-2003, 09:11 PM
but will be impossible to refill

DES: Segway owner....
it has a nice ring to it
JohnM
12-17-2003, 09:22 PM
quote:Originally posted by dhugger

We need to get some kind of fuel cell on the HT... it'd go forever

-Derek Hugger-


But not in New Hampshire, Derek.

NH Statute 269:7 Hazardous Materials. No person shall carry or transport on an EPAMD hazardous materials.

Hazardous materials includes compressed gases.



JohnM
If riding 2 hours is fun, then riding 20 hours is 10 times more fun.
RUSA #235
segwayowner
12-17-2003, 09:29 PM
does that include oxygen?

DES: Segway owner....
it has a nice ring to it
SegwayBill
12-17-2003, 10:31 PM
Yes,compressed oxygen is included.

In 3 to5 years they will probably figure out a way to safely carry compressed gas.

Bill
gotseg
12-18-2003, 10:18 PM
Hopefully with the technology in composit material, ie: carbon fiber, and what not. Im sure that companies are creating much stronger containers for compressed gas.

gotseg?
lipinsky
12-19-2003, 12:11 PM
quote:Originally posted by JohnM

quote:Originally posted by dhugger

We need to get some kind of fuel cell on the HT... it'd go forever

-Derek Hugger-


But not in New Hampshire, Derek.

NH Statute 269:7 Hazardous Materials. No person shall carry or transport on an EPAMD hazardous materials.

Hazardous materials includes compressed gases.



JohnM
If riding 2 hours is fun, then riding 20 hours is 10 times more fun.
RUSA #235


So then the Segway can not be used by EMS folks who carry O2.
dhugger
12-19-2003, 08:09 PM
I'm sure that if a fuel cell HT was released that got 200 miles per gallon of hydrogen (and if hydrogen was readily available), the state of NH would rethink that part of the law.

-Derek Hugger-
gotseg
12-19-2003, 09:16 PM
Hopefully BP will lead the way.

gotseg?
JohnM
12-19-2003, 11:44 PM
quote:Originally posted by lipinsky

So then the Segway can not be used by EMS folks who carry O2.


There are no EMS folks using Segways in NH. And AFAIK, NH is the only state with such a restriction. Why? Your guess is as good as mine.

I didn't write the laws. Or cheer every time another state passed laws that made no sense. These laws are what Segway supporters settled for and now have to live with.

JohnM
If riding 2 hours is fun, then riding 20 hours is 10 times more fun.
RUSA #235