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Rather than using a battery, I would like to feed the generated power back into my wall socket and have an amp-meter read-out attached inline for psychological satisfaction. It seems to me that this would save on parts and maybe even be more efficient. | Rather than using a battery, I would like to feed the generated power back into my wall socket and have an amp-meter read-out attached inline for psychological satisfaction. It seems to me that this would save on parts and maybe even be more efficient. | ||
But I'm no EE. I assume it's possible to do - but what would it take to convert the energy appropriately/safely? How much energy would be wasted in the conversion to 120v | But I'm no EE. I assume it's possible to do - but what would it take to convert the energy appropriately/safely? How much energy would be wasted in the conversion to 120v ac over other applications? I also assume that any modern household circuit could safely handle the additional supply from pedal power. | ||
== "Dynapods" == | |||
"This pedal-powered contraption can run a computer, split logs, or churn butter" | |||
http://grist.org/list/this-pedal-powered-contraption-can-run-a-computer-split-logs-or-churn-butter/ | |||
:An average adult can pedal it to generate 100 watts of electricity, pump 5 gallons of water per minute, grind a variety of grains, operate an air compressor, a hydraulic pump, most any hand-cranked machine, and a variety of small shop tools. It has been found to be particularly suitable for small scale agricultural applications such as cracking grains, churning butter, and pumping water. | |||
[[User:Writtenonsand|Writtenonsand]] 14:01, 24 May 2013 (PDT) | |||
== Renaming from "Pedal power howto" to "How to make a bicycle generator" == | |||
The reasons for renaming were: | |||
* This page was getting practically no organic traffic | |||
* The introduction stated it was a guide to build any type of pedal powered device but the content was more of a guide to build an electrical pedal powered device. | |||
* Despite previous point, a name like "How to build an electrical pedal powered device" has less chances of getting organic traffic than "How to make a bicycle generator" because: | |||
** There are no searches for "electric pedal power" or "electrical pedal power" | |||
** There are searches for "pedal power generator" but it has a Keyword difficulty of 42 (hard) and a global search volume of 900. | |||
** The keyword "bicycle generator" has a KD of 27 (medium) and a global search volume of 2.8K | |||
** The question "how to make a bicycle generator" has twice as much search volume than "how to build a bicycle generator" (although neither has a high search volume) | |||
Latest revision as of 17:54, 1 November 2023
Rather than using a battery, I would like to feed the generated power back into my wall socket and have an amp-meter read-out attached inline for psychological satisfaction. It seems to me that this would save on parts and maybe even be more efficient.
But I'm no EE. I assume it's possible to do - but what would it take to convert the energy appropriately/safely? How much energy would be wasted in the conversion to 120v ac over other applications? I also assume that any modern household circuit could safely handle the additional supply from pedal power.
"Dynapods"[edit source]
"This pedal-powered contraption can run a computer, split logs, or churn butter"
http://grist.org/list/this-pedal-powered-contraption-can-run-a-computer-split-logs-or-churn-butter/
- An average adult can pedal it to generate 100 watts of electricity, pump 5 gallons of water per minute, grind a variety of grains, operate an air compressor, a hydraulic pump, most any hand-cranked machine, and a variety of small shop tools. It has been found to be particularly suitable for small scale agricultural applications such as cracking grains, churning butter, and pumping water.
Writtenonsand 14:01, 24 May 2013 (PDT)
Renaming from "Pedal power howto" to "How to make a bicycle generator"[edit source]
The reasons for renaming were:
- This page was getting practically no organic traffic
- The introduction stated it was a guide to build any type of pedal powered device but the content was more of a guide to build an electrical pedal powered device.
- Despite previous point, a name like "How to build an electrical pedal powered device" has less chances of getting organic traffic than "How to make a bicycle generator" because:
- There are no searches for "electric pedal power" or "electrical pedal power"
- There are searches for "pedal power generator" but it has a Keyword difficulty of 42 (hard) and a global search volume of 900.
- The keyword "bicycle generator" has a KD of 27 (medium) and a global search volume of 2.8K
- The question "how to make a bicycle generator" has twice as much search volume than "how to build a bicycle generator" (although neither has a high search volume)