There are two important considerations to think about when replacing your batteries. First, it is important to use the correct battery. The recommended battery is a heavy-duty deep cycle type battery. Please note that a marine battery is typically a hybrid between a starting battery (SLI) and a deep cycle battery. While the marine and car batteries are often cheaper, they are not recommended for this application. The second important note is that the connections to the batteries must be checked regularly for tightness. The proper torque is between 65 and 70 ft/lbs. If the connections become loose there may be arcing between the cables and the battery, this is extremely dangerous and could cause failure of the battery(s) or the motor.July 13, I know about that too. The new green ice resurfacers use electricity instead of propane which is what traditional ice resurfacers use. It definitely is better for the environment, but it's also much more expensive than a Zamboni. And I think it was also said that the green ice resurfacers have some technical issues that have to be dealt with. So I don't think that they are going to replace Zambonis yet. My university has an ice rink and the university owns both a Zamboni and a small electricity run resurfacer. They use the small one to perfect the corners and hard to reach parts of the rink. But they haven't replaced the big Zamboni with a green resurfacer. When I was in middle school, I remember our neighbor had a backyard ice rink that they made by letting water freeze over in winter. They even had a miniature ice resurfacer that they attached to their ATV grass mower. It would scrape off the top part of the ice and then they would pour more water on top for a fresh new layer. I know that Zamboni had been ruling the ice resurfacer market for a long time. But I read recently in the paper that the ice rinks used for the Olympics will now be using ice resurfacing machines that run on electricity and that are better for the environment. If these new resurfacers have been preferred for the Olympics games, I think it won't be long until most Zamboni resurfacers are replaced with the green alternative. I think this is a great change, we need to prefer equipment that is less damaging to our environment. It's unfortunate that Zamboni didn't think of a more environment friendly ice resurfacer before its competitors though. It doesn't even matter if you're only going 9 mph.I went ice skating last week for the first time. The city apparently is stopping at nothing to become more eco-friendly. Including hybrid gas-electric cars and pickup trucks, Toronto's green fleet now totals approximately 365 vehicles. “In this upcoming ice skating season, the IceCat, Toronto’s first electric ice resurfacer, will help the city go green,” Mayor Miller said. In the meantime, Toronto’s Mayor David Miller is happy to show off his city’s $160,000 IceCat, which will be used on the outdoor rink at Nathan Phillips Square. More battery powered electric ice resurfacing machines are expected to appear in local and NHL rinks next season. The researchers behind the study are calling for rinks that use traditional resurfacing machines “to either replace them with electrically powered models, retrofit them with pollution control devices, or increase ventilation,” according to Reuters Health (pdf). A study in the American Journal of Public Health found electric ice resurfacing machines cut the concentration of nitrogen dioxide in indoor ice skating rinks by as much as 87 percent. And it isn't unusual for explosions to occur as the result of people mishandling the propane tanks on resurfacing machines.īeyond that, there are mounting concerns about the health effects of fossil-fuel burning ice resurfacing machines. The following year, a hockey arena in New Brunswick was evacuated for the same reason. In 2005, a Zamboni leaking carbon monoxide during a hockey game in Illinois sent seven people to the hospital. The machines have been getting some bad publicity lately.
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