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Welp time for another game of Russian roulette in regards to pulling a bus out. Right now there's at least 15 operators waiting to receive a bus to pullout for the PM shift and a lot artics weren't being put out for obvious reasons. I had to pull in #4033 after the kneeling function started having issues along with not having an operable horn.

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1 hour ago, YoungBusLover said:

Welp time for another game of Russian roulette in regards to pulling a bus out. Right now there's at least 15 operators waiting to receive a bus to pullout for the PM shift and a lot artics weren't being put out for obvious reasons. I had to pull in #4033 after the kneeling function started having issues along with not having an operable horn.

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3 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said:

I say at the end of the line cuz stopping & charging in the middle of the route its gone make cta even slower

True, but depending on the route, if it has a short turn ( i.e 47th at Kedzie Orange Line or 63rd at 63rd and Kedzie. Or 79th at 79th and Western) that could be a possibility.   I'm not suggesting that a bus running the full route charge at a short turn, but short turns should have charging stations too.

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Just now, artthouwill said:

True, but depending on the route, if it has a short turn ( i.e 47th at Kedzie Orange Line or 63rd at 63rd and Kedzie. Or 79th at 79th and Western) that could be a possibility.   I'm not suggesting that a bus running the full route charge at a short turn, but short turns should have charging stations too.

Aw yea that a work on a full route it does short runs

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54 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

True, but depending on the route, if it has a short turn ( i.e 47th at Kedzie Orange Line or 63rd at 63rd and Kedzie. Or 79th at 79th and Western) that could be a possibility.   I'm not suggesting that a bus running the full route charge at a short turn, but short turns should have charging stations too.

52 minutes ago, Shannoncvpi said:

Aw yea that a work on a full route it does short runs

Well the goal is to have both run longer than 4 to 5 hours a day, the wall mounted chargers we have here at the garage from what i've seen can only support one bus at a time unless there is another one located in the shops and I haven't seen #700 & #701 getting charged at the same time. If I'm being honest both can run for up to 12 hours a day if not longer because after seeing #701 on cottage for most of the day a few weeks ago shows me that the route there on doesn't matter its more so about not over working the only available electric equipment you have on deck. #700-#701 rarely get put on block runs and usually get swing runs that don't go over 4 hours in most cases, Cottage grove though was an odd ball. As more #600s have started to roll in we'll see more activity with both series hopefully across the system and perhaps give better feedback towards future endeavors.  

 

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6 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

Well the goal is to have both run longer than 4 to 5 hours a day, the wall mounted chargers we have here at the garage from what i've seen can only support one bus at a time unless there is another one located in the shops and I haven't seen #700 & #701 getting charged at the same time. If I'm being honest both can run for up to 12 hours a day if not longer because after seeing #701 on cottage for most of the day a few weeks ago shows me that the route there on doesn't matter its more so about not over working the only available electric equipment you have on deck. #700-#701 rarely get put on block runs and usually get swing runs that don't go over 4 hours in most cases, Cottage grove though was an odd ball. As more #600s have started to roll in we'll see more activity with both series hopefully across the system and perhaps give better feedback towards future endeavors.  

 

Makes sense

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20 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

Well the goal is to have both run longer than 4 to 5 hours a day, the wall mounted chargers we have here at the garage from what i've seen can only support one bus at a time unless there is another one located in the shops and I haven't seen #700 & #701 getting charged at the same time. If I'm being honest both can run for up to 12 hours a day if not longer because after seeing #701 on cottage for most of the day a few weeks ago shows me that the route there on doesn't matter its more so about not over working the only available electric equipment you have on deck. #700-#701 rarely get put on block runs and usually get swing runs that don't go over 4 hours in most cases, Cottage grove though was an odd ball. As more #600s have started to roll in we'll see more activity with both series hopefully across the system and perhaps give better feedback towards future endeavors.  

 

Makes sense

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