Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I found a company in Vermont that sells a pedal-powered generator. For best results you hook it up to a 300 watt inverter (that provides 800 watts peak power) and pedal away to keep a 12-volt battery charged up to provide the power to the inverter. No worry about having to buy gasoline, getting carbon monoxide poisoning, no polution at all! Plus, you get a good workout. I'd get one if I could afford it. Link: http://www.windstreampower.com/humanpower/ppg.html RawSeattle , " Nick Hein " <nick.hein wrote: > > Here is a website I found with some instructions on making a pedal powered juicing machine. It's also fairly easy to convert a conventional blender or food processor to pedal powere in a similar way. If you need an old bike let me know, I can direct you to a generous Seattle source. > > http://www.geocities.com/woodyroyparker/juicycle.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Ron, We've built something similar in our local community bike shop for $50 worth of recycled and salvaged parts. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you an article I wrote on how to build it. There are considerable losses in converting from mechanical energy to electrical and back (>50%), so the generator is good if you need electricity and exercise. Otherwise the mechanical pedalled devices get more work out for the same input effort. Nick - Ron Koenig RawSeattle Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:50 PM [RawSeattle] Re: Coping with storm - pedal-powered generator I found a company in Vermont that sells a pedal-powered generator. For best results you hook it up to a 300 watt inverter (that provides 800 watts peak power) and pedal away to keep a 12-volt battery charged up to provide the power to the inverter. No worry about having to buy gasoline, getting carbon monoxide poisoning, no polution at all! Plus, you get a good workout. I'd get one if I could afford it. Link: http://www.windstreampower.com/humanpower/ppg.html RawSeattle , " Nick Hein " <nick.hein wrote: > > Here is a website I found with some instructions on making a pedal powered juicing machine. It's also fairly easy to convert a conventional blender or food processor to pedal powere in a similar way. If you need an old bike let me know, I can direct you to a generous Seattle source. > > http://www.geocities.com/woodyroyparker/juicycle.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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