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The first charging station that Merritt  has is in the parking lot of the local arena, by the shaded area, next to the Baillie house historical site and downtown tourist info center. The local farmers market made a barrier to it on Saturdays and October 1st saw a crew of three working on what the lead hand said is a new charging station it is a few yards to wards Voght street and it seems that it will give  curb side access to it from the street,this will is not possible with the one in the parking lot and access to it is from Merritt or Mamette Avenue. This may be a little less convenient for those that are not inclined to look for them.

There is a no parking here to the corner sign  accross from the new installation.

There are 5 240 volt charging stations in Merritt and are on the smart phone location indicators.

Some long-range EV’s take up to 3 days to charge at  home on a 120 volts however there are 240 volt chargers available to be installed at home that cut that time  to a couple of hours. If you are inclined to spend 2 thousand dollars this is a good option http://www.pge.com/includes/docs/pdfs/shared/environment/pge/cleanair/ev6pt4.pdf

A source says that you can also get an adapter and use an already installed 240 volt dryer connection. Getting rid of an electric clothes dryer for a EVs convenience would seem appealing to many in the environmental movement. govern your self so.

Today in history: October 3, 1873

Captain Jack is hanged.

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There was a presentation by Sand back Technical,  Pentiction, at the public library Tuesday evening. The presenter had slides and two printers as well as a table full of 3D printed items. The items had been layered from scans or schematics  and included teeth, plastic wheels,gears and a range of reproduced items.

The presenter said that the items are built by layering 16 microns at a time. And that the medical part of 3d printing has made a human bladder from stem cells and saline. He also said that Ford is the largest corporate applied of the technology and have made whole car doors py 3d printing. Nick Gates a sales and marketing rep with Sand back used the term added and subtracted manufacturing. the technique has a forensics side where a bullet to dangerous to be removed can be scanned and made with striations and all .

3d printing has been in use for 20 years with the latest innovation being Objet coming in 1999.

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