Quote:"On Friday, Governor Newsom asked Sridhar to try re-purposing some old ventilators. There are thousands that are sitting in basements unused, needing new filters, batteries, refurbishment. The original manufacturer had said it might take a month.
...
Five hours after getting the ventilators from the state, Sridhar completed the work on the first one.
A day later, they finished 23 more.
Governor Newsom is now asking Bloom Energy to do more. Now the company has approval to refurbish 25 more in California and expects to begin similar refurbishment work at its Newark, Delaware plant this week.""
https://abc7news.com/6046881/
not ventilators but a new way to make a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR)
Quote:Ford is re-purposing seat-cooling squirrel-cage-type blower fans from F-150 trucks to pull in air through the filters and blow the air into the feeder hose for the hood. The 12V needed to drive the fan is provided by what looks to be a standard power tool battery pack, the kind you’d use in something like a power drill.
https://jalopnik.com/fords-quickly-desig...1842476673
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Eric
"the older we get the better we were"