JCB Electric Excavator / Mini Digger JCB 19C-1E E-TEC zero emissions electric digger | Fully Charged
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- Опубликовано: 2 сен 2019
- AKA Bob the Builder wrecks his Lawn.
The JCB 19C-1E is an all electric excavator and as Robert Llewellyn demonstrates with even his amateur excavator skills, it's a very capable and agile zero emissions electric digger.
Robert also demonstrates the simplicity of charging an electric digger, discusses the benefits of electric construction equipment and electric construction vehicles.
More specs on the JCB 19C-1E E-Tec mini excavator...
Operating Weight: 1862 kg
Max. Dig Depth: 2.819m
Max. Dump Height: 2.818 m
The charging time is only 2 hours with the optional 380-420V three phase external charger, 8 hours with a 220-240V on board charger and 12 hours with a 110V on board charger.
Noise at the operator station is 10 dB less than the diesel version.
The model used in this episode was the 4 battery pack 20kWh version but even the standard 3 battery pack version is enough for a days work.
More info: jcb.uk/2PEmqKf
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I spent my working career as a crane operator. Every crane I was on was powered by a diesel engine. Because of the nature of the work, I would guess that more than 90% of the time the engine was at idle.
In order to get the power from the engine to the various cable winches a complex system of gears, clutches, and brakes was required. In some cranes a hydraulic system was substituted for the gears and clutches.
I believe most cranes would be vastly improved by making them electric. First of all the batteries could serve as some of the necessary counter weight. Each function could have its own high torque geared motor which would utilize regenerative braking when a load was being lowered. Because of the high torque, clutches should not be required.
Aside from the reduced noise, there would be a substantial reduction in cost given that an idling diesel consumes 2 to 3 gallons per hour. The electric would be essentially consuming zero at idle.
Recovering power from lowering a load is a brilliant idea, it means you'd only lose energy from various losses in the system, but the bulk of the energy you spend lifting something is returned when you lower it again. I imagine if you were using the crane to lift a number of things from a tall building down to ground level (e.g. lifting an empty dumpster up and bringing it down full) you might be able to generate enough electricity to entirely power the crane without needing anything from the grid! I wonder whether an electric crane would have to have the ability to feed power back into the grid for situations like this. It might actually be a net generator of electricity for certain workloads.
Don't some cranes already recapture energy or use a generator like motor when lowering loads?I don't know where the power would currently be going but it sure makes sense for batteries
@@reviewcrewforyou I retired a couple of years ago, and up to that point the only type of crane capable of recovering any energy was the tower crane, which is almost always electric powered. However, I never saw one that actually had any kind of recovery system. That is not to say there wasn't one, just that I'm not aware of one.
FYI--there is an energy storage company that wants to use a tower style crane and concrete blocks...I was thinking other cranes could be used in the same manner if designed to have duel purposes
@@nc3826 There is somewhere that they use train cars filled with something and move them up an incline as energy storage. I've also heard of pumping water up and recapturing when it falls.
I want one... I don't have a need, I just want one.
Oddly enough, I feel the same.
And I can see exactly zero scenarios where I'd actually require to use such a thing... lol
But what about the digger?
I wonder if my wife would notice if I parked it behind the shed. Having one of these would be so cool.
Hahhahaha i had the same feeling
Let's all bob's cone 2gether, and start building green, around the world 🌍
Never thought I'd be watching a guy dig in his garden and feel so entertained about it.
I can watch other people work for hours.
then you should visit India for seeing people just watching the jcb excavating OR just watch the videos about it here on youtube. they're gold lol
The good thing about this beast is if you accidently hit mains electricity, it charges in 5 mins!!!
😂😂😂
lol
To bady one will be dead any way
I love seeing this, I can't wait to see more and more fully electric construction equipment. I myself have been running full size excavators, backhoes, roadside mowers, street sweepers, dump trucks ect for the last 15 years or so and would love to see them go electric. The reduction in noise alone would make an incredible difference plus all the wasteful idling that goes on with diesels, most people have it in their head that diesels HAVE to run all day.
And not having the nasty, carcinogenic diesel fumes even in open air spaces is the biggest benefit, love it!
Have a look at access platforms. Many electric varieties available and have been for years.
A great toy
This is absolutely brilliant. The jack-hammer's sound is certainly going to stand out on all-electric work sites!
They'll solve that by boring holes with ultrasound - that too will then be silent - other than the flying debris hitting stuff !
I am a digger operator and so far I've seen working with all sort of diesel engines and all have two things in common:lots of noise and lots of gallons of diesel spend and they are very complicated specially this days with all the pdf filters and recirculation exhaust systems,you name it,and therefore as long as they are well looked after they perform "ok" but if anything should happen it is tremendously expensive to fix them so in other words they are effective but not efficient and this new generation of electric diggers are the normal next step in technical advances.I would love to work on one of these since they are so quiet and easy to maintain
Yeah, that pesky adobe software.
*dpf filters (diesel particulate filters).^^ LOL!
Love seeing these new applications for electric over diesel. Electric is a must for confined spaces.
Mining equipment has been mostly electric for probably 50 years at the very least and most of industry is run by electric motors, so weirdly, the car industry is very much the latecomer to the party. The difference is almost none of this electric mining and digging equipment was battery powered because it was much cheaper and easier to run armoured power lines to the machinery. Some of the really big equipment gets a whole substation to itself. Batteries are the only part of electric vehicles that hasn't been way cheaper than IC powered machinery almost since its inception. In the very early days of cars electric was holding its own with IC and the lack of good batteries and environmental regulations gave IC a massive lead.
peglor
Car companies were actually there before mining... Ford had a electric model T.
Battery size is the limiting factor on bigger machines.
Like when you're confined to one planet.
They tend to use gas powered fork lift trucks inside warehouses as the fumes are less of an issue.
Zery tail swing diesel
I'd love if they made a small electric farm tractor using this system. Agricultural equipment is incredibly diesel hungry, and a huge pollution source. Going electric with small tractors used on farms would make a big dent in pollution and cost savings for small-scale farmers.
There are at least three on the market right now, ruclips.net/video/UUlQGnViw3k/видео.html
There is also at least one Skid-Steer that has been converted to electric. ruclips.net/video/IY6sv7kPIYo/видео.html
+1. 200 IQ mate - this'd save farmers many costs, not mentioning the emissions taxes, fuel duties, etc.
@@taznz1 Can't wait for these to be more common. I have a Massey Ferguson 565-size tractor which is not a huge farm tractor nor a small dinky one, but somewhere in between. There is CONSTANTLY something wrong with old tractors, and an electric drive would make so much sense on a small farm. I don't use it all day, so 3-4 hours of run time is perfectly fine.
They do see NFU news - www.nfuonline.com/cross-sector/farm-business/energy-and-renewables/energy-and-renewables-news/electric-tractors-your-views-revealed/
@@adamp.3739 Farmers don't pay fuel duty so have less financial incentive to switch
Brilliant piece of kit, I am currently working on the railways in the middle of a city at night, one of these would let us do the work with far less disturbance to local residents. Just make it wide enough to fit on the tracks and fit it with wheels to run up and down the tracks and jobs a good 'un.
That is a really good sugestion
This is Unreal, that's unreal like i work in the industry and I'll even hold my breath abit after some of them. Like the smell of diesal is gross, can't imagine how much fumes an operator inhales over a shift, let alone a career. And it's Quiet, this is Worlds apart but very familiar. And a battery life of up to 15 hours..... Perfect!!!
aaron quinn diesel fume is killer.
Do ya wear gloves when you shit? Diesel is the best scent in the morning 🤘🏼
I'd take it down to the shops - to nick the ATM without disturbing the neighbours.
Now there's a thought!
😂 genius. But wait for the electric forklift 😜
Uijnnnjb
+William Hall
LOL dude, electric forklifts have been a thing since forklift was invented imao.
Can Bobby dig it ? Yes he can ! Fab episode sir !
I've been waiting for these. I have a 1.2T digger that runs a Yanmar 3cyl diesel. The reliability, low maintenance and longevity of the Yanmar is quite incredible (this one was made in 1986!) but the noise alone makes EV worth it. The heat off the radiator as well as the exhaust gases are the other real issues for the operator and others on site. Odd though, you guys didn't explain what role the motor plays in this heavy equipment and how it partners with the hydraulics. Hydraulic motors are even simpler and more durable than electric ones. Electric pump with hydraulics doing the work is a perfect match.
Mitch King The electric motor will simply drive the pump that makes hydraulic pressure and will run variably to match required pressure/load/travel-speed. Hydraulic motors and actuators run every aspect of movement or motion. Including spreading the track stance. I thought for this story it would have been worth summarising for people not exposed to them. Incredibly easy to adapt the standard design to electric power.
Love to see a cabbed one with a heater being used in dead of winter work for 8 hrs
@@saff_cozzie you've got 2 options fort that either use a webasto heater which can run on kerosine which is about 20% cheaper than red diesel or use an electric heat pump which will also give you air conditioning in the summer.
@@electronicinduction4116 I can't see there being too many takers for the kerosine heater option on a zero emissions vehicle that appears to have more than enough spare battery to run for the day and keep a heat pump going too.
Cassette Walkman
I don't think it's a variable speed to match input. When Robert turned it on he said you can hear the pump, plus it wouldn't be responsive enough to match the fast changing inputs.
Robert keeps surprising me : one episode he’s picking up his new Model 3, the next one he’s tearing his garden apart with a JCB electric excavator. Keep going Bob the Builder ! :)) !!
Im a experienced crane operator and see many useless operators on site that claim to be "the best digger driver" and you are better than most on that machine, i tip my hat to you.
Amazing! Love it.
He looks so happy, he and his little electric digger :)
yeah it made me happy
Good job Robert aka Bob the builder. I've been a digger driver or should I say 360 excavator operator for 20 years and the small ones in summer are noisy and hot unless they have working aircon.
I'm sitting in my 14 ton digger at the moment on my tea break watching this and I can't wait to try one. By the way Robert we have a vacancy for you on our site if you fancy a career change. P.s cant wait for the new Red Dwarf.
Keep up the good work.
your a twat and not a machine driver of any kind
I want one! Brilliant use of battery electric power...
Awesome! It only makes sense that these types of machines are electric... from the mechanical side to the economics side it's a full circle better way. As is with any electric-powered machine...
Track maintenance should be a priority too (as subways and trains have poverlines to reduce the battery demand).
@@fionafiona1146 absolutely!
Didn’t know I was interested in electric diggers. Turns out I am! Great unexpected episode 👍
If I'm j
This is channel is wonderful
The way you present electrified cars and other stuff is just mind blowing. Always with humor and with lots of technical info or user info. But this one you have just nail it.
Thanks Richard, a really nice and encouraging story. This is exactly what the commercial sector needs. Not only does the equipment make sense, and are a natural progression away from diesel, having the added benefit of reducing running costs. But the noise reduction will be a game changer. While I see the benefits in being able to operate closer to residential areas and probably for longer periods past the time loud equipment will be forced to stop. The real benefit in my view will be the reduction of damage caused by lack of/miss communication between site staff which commonly results in broken cables and pipework or building damage. These mishaps cause a project's costs to rise significantly due to the additional monies spent on repairs, insurance claims and time to make good any damage. And while this machine can't fix a bad operator, it will enhance and empower a good operator, which in turn will benefit the project it's deployed on. Nice one JCB! come on Telehandlers and skid-steers.
I would really like to see an electric telehandler to replace the ones at my workplace, which I think can lift 10k+ lbs. They're occasionally left idling for over 30 minutes and every now and then the exhaust gets into my office and lingers for hours. Unfortunately, given the culture of not caring about pollution and misconceptions about electric vehicles, I'm certain they would be slow to adopt electric alternatives if they were available and at least as good as the diesels.
These things can't come soon enough. It's so much easier on everyone when you don't need to hear or smell these things, and zero emissions. Once everything at a job sites starts becomming electric, people will surely figure out how to get electricity to a job site. Solar, a trailer full of batteries, hooking up service early.
6:26 "Then I get an extension cable. ... Not wound up. Very important."
This is they first time I've heard this mentioned by an EV advocate. I had to learn it the hard way. My first ever EV experience was renting an i3, driving it to my parents' house, plugging it in via a partially wound up extension cable, and disaster ensuing.
@Ross Bourne It's a problem with extension reels, not with EVs. But many people's first experience of the phenomenon will be when charging an EV, simply because the continuous high power draw is not something they would normally use their extension reel for. electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/192923/why-is-it-dangerous-use-a-coiled-extension-cord It's more likely to affect people with little-to-no EV experience (perhaps as a driver or perhaps as the owner of a property allowing an EV to charge there for the first time) so gives a bad first impression. So I think EV advocates/professionals should probably do more to make people aware.
Congrats, Robert! Absolutely outstanding work for an amateur. Now, you're a pro. Well done, you! Thx for showing us the future of construction.
Robert is digging it!
Thanks for training on SI units :)
Amazing there are so little of these kind of machines. Forklifts have been electric for decades.
they dont dig holes idiot
@@martinjeffery3590 Don't be an ass! Why are you so mean?
Brilliant, just brilliant! wouldn't even have thought about a digger been electric
My Favourite Channel on the Tube - its great to watch people who are really enthusiastic about the subject! Great Vid!
Electric vehicles of all types really taking over slowly but surely
This is a good thing.
Building over head lines is cheap than batterys and quite convenient for urban public transport
there is still trade offs...like how good is its thermal management...it may not be of much use in extreme cold weather.. since digger rarely used when the ground frozen....
"overhead lines for digger" LMAO
N C
They actually freeze a lot of ground to make it easier and safer to dig.
ah thanks fully charged you put a smile on my dial today
If this channel was 100% of videos of Robert operating electric-powered machinery set to country music I would still watch it.
this would revolutionize urban construction
What an awesome little peace of kit. I can't wait for a company like JCB to have a proper go of a farm tractor. John Deere did a half baked attempt at it to prove it wouldn't work so they could keep selling there antiquated fuel hungary tractors.
Most farms have 3 phase so rapid charging is possible and most tractors get parked at night at the farmsted
Farm tractors don't work that much. A few days in the spring, and, then at harvest time. Maybe 30 --40 days a year. But when they work , it can be 20 house a day of run time. This is not a good use of electric equipment. Electric machines should work every day to cover the capital costs.
@@kkarllwt some farms and some tractors and some crops are as you describe. Some aren't. Some crops are harvested all year and tractors run for a couple of hours every day. Some crops are harvested for a few days 24/7 and no one wants to stop for maintenance. Some tractors have huge power demands, dragging wide ploughs. Others bumble around spreading, spraying or carrying feed.
@@kkarllwt since I'm a dairy farm of 28 years. I can tell you that's not the case for most tractors and telly handellers on dairy and beef farms they run about 4hrs minimum every day 365 days a year.
Electric tractors would never work
I used to do shed building and on the bigger jobs there'd always be a fight over who gets the electric scissor lift. Soo much nicer to use.
Surely something stops being a shed when a scissor lift is involved.
that's very good for the health of the operator, no diesel fumes, no diesel engine noise, now we need something for the hammer drill thing like water cutter tech XD
Well that's the longest I've seen Bob Womersley talk for without swearing!
I assume the motors are brushless?
I always wanted a mini digger, for all I have no practical use for one, I just wanted a toy, Now I got to get this one. Wow what a machine. Great Video!!!!
This is seriously cool! Kudos to companies like JCB (and Komatsu, with their mining trucks) for making things like this electric!
Volvo are also making their mining trucks electric as well.
I imagine Robert's wife gave him the look when he said he was going to do this.
I bet she has stopped caring!
@@DavidKnowles0 There's a lovely bit in Bob's last book with her berating the kids who are in Australia saying "get a job if you need money your dad deserves a Tesla" she still cares.
Spent many years as a banksman, breathing in the stinking diesel fumes. great idea
Employer should have provided PPE.
Another great video. I wish more of the others who make these style videos had your gift of video production and narrative skill.
Definitely intrigued by this! This will be extremely popular with the equipment rental shops because in comparison to the diesel ones the maintenance will be cut in half! Great video!
Excellent channel gents. Really enjoy your content. Like the range of products you are covering too. Who would of thought it. Electric digger. Keep up the great work. 👍🏼👍🏼
Can't come soon enough
We have just got 4 new 30-19e JCB telehandlers.
They are the nuts.
Working in a builder's merchant in Bedford, UK.
Anyone else notice the Faraday Past T-shirt!? haha awesome video.
It is amazing how little noise it makes. I'd always assumed that some of the noise came from things other than the diesel engine. A guy turned up to lop some branches off my tree with an electric chainsaw recently, almost silent. He said it allows him to start a lot earlier in the morning because he isn't waking everyone up. I am sure the local wildlife appreciate the lack of noise too (if not the lower tree).
I bought an electric chainsaw earlier this year. It certainly is not silent !
@@millomweb I didn't think they were either before I heard his one. It was a lime tree so maybe it cut easily but It didn't make much noise at all (I think I was also expecting the noise of a petrol one so that may have made it seem quieter than it was to me - either way a massive improvement.
@@robsmith1a I'm guessing noise sources are:
chain
Chain drive gears
motor and most noise from the motor fan. I suspect if I block the air vents to the motor on mine, it'd seem quiet too.
Think of the noise of electric hand drills, angle grinders and cut-off saws. All motor fan noise!
You’re a funny dude!
I love that machine. Go ELectric ⚡️
Very enjoyable!
It is probably too late to do you any good, but it is a huge time and mess saver to put down a roll of plastic sheet or some tarps where you plan to dump your dirt, and then when you're finished, you don't have the hassle of trying to get all of that dirt that has worked its way deep into your grass... just push the dirt off of the plastic into your freshly excavated ditch.
You're a wonderfully entertaining fella, as evidenced by the fact that you are probably the only blogger around that could keep your subscribers interested throughout a vid about digging!
Kudos!
I have lived on a building site for over a year now and if they were using electric powered construction machines it would make living here much more bearable. An amazing British company leading the way in Electric construction machinery 👍🏻👍🏻
With each passing second, the insanity of the internal combustion engine becomes more apparent. It was vital in its day but anyone who can't see that day is over is crazy. Pollution, noise, dependence on dodgy fuel sources etc. It's so antiquated it really feels like some crazy thing people used to do, like gas lighting or putting salted meat on a cold shelf. Full electrification of vehicles/equipment cannot come soon enough. Especially as a cyclist, I'm not a fan of being poisoned by ancient technology when there's no technological reason for it
Right, I'm crazy. Anyone interested in my new engine ?
retread01 evs have been around for longer then the internal combustion engine they just never took off because the range was rubbish. Everything in evs is ancient apart from the batteries. Do you think engines have not advanced in the 200 years they’ve been around? There a lot cleaner now and more efficient. And how is oil a dodgy fuel source it won’t last forever but it works quite will. Internal combustion still is better for lots of things like racing. My motorbike makes about 38hp can do about 1h 30 mins on a tank of fuel an electric one only makes 20hp and can last about 40 mins and a race can last 3-5hrs so you would need 5-6 batteries.
Great video, have you considered putting up a time lapse video of Bob's digging?
I enjoyed fully charged shows opening audio effects for that symbol in the beginning of every video in Dolby Atmos.... 👍
This was very enjoyable! Wouldn't mind more of this. :D
Next time if there is a next time. Put down plywood boards or some tarps, which will help protect the ground. And makes that last part of backfilling, that much easier.
Like so many plants, this particular one, is near enough silent. However, while the machine itself is quiet. Certain operations are not. If you value your hearing, wear ear defenders.
Only the breaking is noisy?
He forgot to put a tarp down.
vince King - Any amount of load noise, even for short periods, has a detrimental effect on hearing. If you’re in a work/s environment, where you have to raise your voice even a little to be heard. Then the level of sound in dB is too great.
Some HSE notes on hearing protection
HSE wording is in [ ]
Employers_ [Provide your employees with hearing protection if you cannot reduce the noise exposure enough by using other methods.]
(Since this is a paid production, even though this is the operator’s own garden. He/Fully Charged effectively is the employer.)
Given the confines of filming, I would suggest the only reduction to the noise exposure, would be if someone else could be the operator. But that wasn’t going to be the case. So ipso-facto, he should have been wearing ear defenders.
[The Regulations do not apply to:
• members of the public exposed to noise from their non-work activities, or making an informed choice to go to noisy places]
[The values are:
lower exposure action values:
• daily or weekly exposure of 80 dB;
• peak sound pressure of 135 dB;
upper exposure action values:
• daily or weekly exposure of 85 dB;
• peak sound pressure of 137 dB.]
But as he is ultimately being paid for the production; he is not a ‘member of the public’. The regs covering [regulations protecting workers in the music and entertainment sectors from exposure to excessive noise] are still legally relevant and covered by the HSE.
I am 17 and starting get titinus form a Sander, I narrowly escaped. Wear full ppe now
vince King - I do hope your level of tinnitus levels off and that you have good hearing all your life. Each of us only has one body; it’s much more fun being able to still do what you want in advancing years. Because you and or your employers looked after it before.
Earth-shattering speed! :-)
Glad you liked the pun!
Those skilful hands look like they could craft a fine pair of shoes to me.
Nicely done.
Totally enjoyed that introduction to an electric JCB. I remember some time ago speaking to an old timer who was a labour back in the day when the JCB first started appearing on sites. Apparently when a JCB was first introduced to a trench building job on the side of the road for example. it would do a job that would take 30 man one week to complete and the JCB would do the same job in one day. The old timer told me that when they would see a JCB arriving on site they used to say ah the job is completely bollixed now.
I'd have scraped my gravel to one side first so it didn't get all contaminated with dirt, or at least put something down to keep them separated. Also I spotted that 90-degree sharp corner marked out on the garage concrete: doesn't your conduit have a bend radius?
Top toy though. I just need a pad in the country and some excuse to dig a big hole... (I have hand-dug quite a big hole round the side of my house in order to insulate it down to the foundations. Not an idea job for a digger that one - bit delicate (and 'sideways')).
Everyone should be able to trash their garden/drive/garage floor with one of those.
I wish I could find one for hire in the states here. Absolutely brilliant!
Brilliant! I never knew hydraulics were so quiet, once you remove the noise of the engine that powers the pump.
This is awesome and could be very useful when doing emrgency works and not waking everyone.
Could it be used whilst plugged in? If it’s just digging and not driving around much maybe?
I'm guessing the 2kW wall wont be able to run the motor (Amps are insane with battery vehicles) and charging/discharging at the same time, has historically not been good for battery longevity. Maybe they could make it so it extends longevity, by not charging, but sending mains power to the motor and having the battery pull the slack. But by the looks of it, unless its running 24 hour shifts, it's not really needed :p
Good question. Not that you'd really need that. At least at Rob's rate (down by 20% in 3 hours) you could dig 15 hours without recharging. So unless you have got a 24h worksite, there will always be time to recharge it to full.
At the speed it drives, the traction motors probably use much less power than the hydraulic pumps so standing still probably wouldn't save much. The video says it charges at 1.8 kW for eight hours and that covers a normal day's work, so I guess that means it uses roughly 1.8 kW in operation. I guess that would allow it to run off a standard wall socket without needing batteries, but something tells me you'd probably need a higher current socket to actually do it (maybe 20 A or so). Still, I am surprised as I would've expected it to need considerably more power, but I guess that's because I'm thinking of electric cars. They seem to have quite large power ratings due to the peaks they pull when accelerating, which wouldn't be the case here as everything would be running at a fairly consistent rate - highway driving if you will.
@@Berkeloid0 The drive is done hydraulically as well, there isn't a separate drive motor its just an electric motor coupled to an hydraulic pump running everything.
@@zaragonrl Interesting. I wonder whether in the long run it would be cheaper to replace them with electric motors or whether hydraulic ones (including the lines to run them) would work out cheaper?
hey bob!! good to see you!!
here is a construction tip put down a tarp before you dig!! it makes refill of the trench super easy!!
a cleaner finished job site for sure!!
the best thing on electric is you do not have to change the engine oil!!
it needs a stereo!! lol!!
then you can play all the noisy engine sounds!! LOL!!
these work well in areas like digging near sewer gas or explosive dust...
2 hour speed charge.. lol a 6 pint lunch!!
they need quick change battery's so you could swap out battery's for job sites that run 7/24!!
Obviously another hard day at the office for Mr. Llewellyn. Another nice episode revealing the invasion of electrically powered tools.
And the silence, good Lord, the peaceful field. Amen. 😀
these jcbs are everywhere in india, the damn fossil..
jcb meme's though
Never thought they would build a unit that was all electric ! I never would have know with out your channel.
Love seeing this Industrial tech adopted in new countries. I remember seeing electric diggers in Japan 20+ years ago working near a residential neighborhood. That one was considerably larger than the the one profiled here. The telematics as well, especially for commercial building sites is growing in importance - being able to collect and analyze site activity with real time data potentially can cut way down on project overhead costs. I believe it was Mitsubishi pioneering that part - with one of the girls being programmable, self operating heavy equipment.
You really want to be using ear defenders when using that jackhammer, even if the digger is electric!
Logic change, just replace the diesel motor for an electric hidraulic pump and a battery. A lot more efficient! And clean! And silent! The hidraulic hammer is still loud, though 😁.
Just needs a rubber tip to quieten it down ;-)
@@richbuilds_com 🤣
The diesel motor was driving the hydraulic pump. All functions were hydraulic. Just a different motor and energy storage system.
kkarllwt exactly right. Very similar pump just driven by an electric motor
fullycharged viedo about the E-Dumper ! I would love it!
Brilliant machine. As the JCB guy says, "It's the future"!
They could put solar panels on the roof, 2 sides and back, like a fold up cabin, to charge during the day.
Solar panels like this would be very inefficient and wouldn't contribute much charge (you would be lucky to get 2-3% charge from them over the course of a day) and are quite expensive. It's a common suggestion, but it doesn't add up in reality.
Keith Milner
Same reason they don't add them to EV's.
Crazy that a days work consumes about the same energy as 0.65L of fuel. Really makes you think just how wasteful those diesel motors are
Ross Bourne
30-40%...
Mercedes has a engine that's over 50% efficient
Ross Bourne
Yeah, but nothing competes with the energy density of fossils even with the lack of efficiency.
Ross Bourne
And when they do, people will transfer over.
M Hadi
Yes, it's not the 1980's technology has improved.
Have you noticed cars have been getting better mpg, we haven't been adding energy to the fuel. We have worked out how to use it more efficiently.
thenewswheel.com/mazda-skyactiv-3-engine-to-achieve-56-thermal-efficiency/
And here a link to help you understand thermal efficiency.
And you'll see big diesels are near 50% efficient.
www.nuclear-power.net/nuclear-engineering/thermodynamics/thermodynamic-cycles/diesel-cycle-diesel-engine/thermal-efficiency-for-diesel-cycle/
@M Hadi - look it up. high speed diesels run about 35% efficiency. slow speed diesels, like the kind used in transport ships, that bring ev proponents their new cell phones and all the new slave labor fashion from the gap, approach 50%.
and the original poster is correct. For small stuff the energy density of batteries is fine, but people that think electric is gonna take over the heavy mining or shipping industry are smoking crack. Theres actually an electric ship on youtube. It has a battery bank the size of a small apartment, and it gets 4 km range on a full charge. So, in order to make sure its not a completely useless floating piece of garbage, it also has a diesel motor intalled. 4 km. on electric, then the next 200 on the diesel.
Nice, crazy that there aren't more of these in the world.
It is good to hear JCB is getting in early on producing their products in electric for the construction industry. So many benefits. Look at the boring company who use electric for cutting holes to make roads underground.
cam legs
How do you think the Channel Tunnel was dug...The Boring Company wasn't around then.
"The cells are made in Sunderland..." That'll be Renault, then!
Not Nissan then?
@@drdoolittle5724 Joint venture I think.
Hopefully Robert took the bloke for a nice drink and snag a invite to look at the battery and motor suppliers!
@@drdoolittle5724 Nissan and Renault are pretty much one and the same these days. They have a partnership and will share pretty much all their vehicle drive trains and floor pans.
@@cinnamondonkey2397 Thanks - never heard of them! But there is a difference between a 'battery manufacturer' and a battery 'cell manufacturer'... and my suspicions are confirmed with this excerpt from your linked article.... " Support from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) played an integral role in the early stages of Hyperdrive’s seven-year history. The High Energy Density Battery Project (HEDB), in partnership with Nissan..."
There should be a law that makes all ice cream vans electric as well. Next will be cranes I hope. They need to be heavy anyway...
Gary Duff
Tower cranes already are.
Problem with mobile cranes is, i don't think it would fly with the client when you tell you need to charge and can't do their lifts.
@@Robert-cu9bm They normally remain stationary when in use. You should be able to isolate the battery, and run them directly off the grid.
LueLou
But that would involve the site installing 3 phase, just for them to do a lift.
4:46 The FULLY CHARGED logo is in the Zero Emissions branding on the back of the digger. Brilliant!
#604 and #15!
I want to thank my mom , my cat and dog for making this achievement possible.
I wouldn't be here without you guys .
meow meow Woof Woof!
How long will it be before the H&S brigade insist on it making 'MORE NOISE'!!?
Yep, I know the company I work for would have beeper horns going the whole time with flashing lights all over it
Needs a beep beep sound.. else an idiot will get crushed.. and there are many idiots
@@khavaliar that's why you should have a safety people near by during operation. I thought they have safety people around heavy machinery already. Am I wrong?
@@Mr_Battlefield honestly for the sake of saving lives & avoiding costly and time wasting lawsuits... it's not safe to have a really quiet machine.. at least flashing lights or a noise. Someone could bend to pick up a load then doesn't here it being reversed. Gets his foot mushed
@@khavaliar It already has twin flashing lights on the roof (from what I saw in the video)
Just to say JCB is in the bres#t camp.
We was doing a long walk and accidentally walked into JCB test track on the other side of his mansion. We had a little chat with the driver. We walked on into part of his mansion estate, pass the staff courtyard and helipad. All electrified of course.
All public foot path Btw
CAT Build a fully electric (subway) drill
Their thousands of employees, suppliers etc aren’t all though
So many amazing benefits to these. Awesome stuff.
I had been somewhat skeptical that a 1 to 2 ton mini excavator would be capable of working a full day on site, tracking, work lights on, etc, but I realise that these battery packs and motors are well matched to the machine's intended role.
Commercial competition will encourage manufacturers to further develop these machines and ultimately, the owner, Operator and environment benefits.
Stop saying electric is the future it's now,
snowmanmike welcome to the world of tomorrow!
I'm buying parts to convert my little excavator to battery electric :) fed up with the noise!
I want to convert mine too. Do you know how to do it?
@@chrisphillips1948 yep, but I'm an electrical/mechanical engineer with a ton of lithium battery experience so for me it's easy.
Any tips, or resources you can recommend to help me out?
@@chrisphillips1948 get yourself over to the second Life storage forum, watch every video by Daniel romer (DIY tech and repairs) here on RUclips, learn about what/how a lithium ion BMS works (Google) and go from there. The mechanical bit is easy, it's just a motor and coupling to a hydraulic pump. Making good, reliable and safe electrics when dealing with battery power that has the ability to burn your house down is the skilful part
@@dorsetengineering thanks for the info. Really appreciate it.
This same tech in a skid steer would sell like crazy. The amount of work done inside buildings with skid steers is ridiculous. I'm also eagerly awaiting a machine with 24" - 30" bucket as that too is going to change the industry in a big way.
Love it, more equipment please, skid steer, lawn tractor, golf grooming equipment, farm equipment, then the big stuff in a couple years.
Electric zero-turn mowers are already available in the US.
A trencher would have done that job in half an hour Bob. I wonder if there an electric version of a trencher 🤔
JCB could make a chain digger attachment for it. 👌
Electric DitchWitch 👍
Is there anything more manly than an excavator?
Wait a minute ... Is that your Model S? When was this filmed?
a month or two ago, he was all over twitter showing off the fact he had a electric trigger to play with.
The Tesla in the video is Roberts model 3 that he picked up earlier this month.
@@dr-k1667 Look at the headlights, the door handles
and the chrome parts on the back: it's his old Model S.
@@useyourbrain2174 My mistake. Thank you for the correction.
@@dr-k1667 There is no reason to apologize
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I bought a very old antique ex railways battery powered forklift as scrap, I never knew that the technology existed back then, it had about a cubic meter of batteries which doubled as the counterweight, it had 2 large DC motors, one directly connected to drive the front axle and one for the hydraulics, very impressed.
I love it! Thanks Robert.
Robert, keep that digger away from the Tesla. Why the 3 phase electricity?
i am guessing 3 phase, so he can charge car at max amps! and to run all the electric machinery more efficiently!
To get beyond 7 kW.