date-created: '2009-05-05'
date-updated: '2025-12-17'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Waterpod/Tour de Volts'
description: 'This page is about the "Tour De Volts" project for the Waterpod from the Spring 2009 "Introduction to Design" class at Cal Poly Humboldt. We propose to use a bicycle as a power source to provide a bit of extra energy to the Waterpod. Specifically, we''ve used a bike trainer to convert a DC motor from a scooter into an electrical generator. This will be on the Waterpod for six months and will serve as an educational tool.'
keywords:
    - bicycle
    - 'bicycle energy generator'
    - bike
    - waterpod
    - 'Bike trainer stand'
    - bolts
    - fuses
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Waterpod/Tour_de_Volts'
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        user-handle: 'User:Etb9'
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image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/2/23/Bikepic3.jpg'
variant-of:
    title: 'Pedal powered generator'
    web: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Pedal_powered_generator'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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    name: 'User:Etb9'
    affliation: 'Cal Poly Humboldt'
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documentation-language: en