Electricity From Your Legs
Would this make you train more? It would be like getting paid. Pair this with a Tesla power wall and you could go off the grid.
Who wouldn’t want to get paid to train?
Would this make you train more? It would be like getting paid. Pair this with a Tesla power wall and you could go off the grid.
Who wouldn’t want to get paid to train?
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jason
8 years, 3 months ago
The other challenge is cost. $maybe a $1000 for that bike. You could purchase electricity off the grid for a lot less. That is probably 20-30 years of electricity.
But grid electricity is not reliable. True in the developing world. But cheaper to fix than giving every family a bike like this.
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Wig
8 years, 3 months ago
I made one of these off my exercise bike and could only hit 200w measuring on the AC side of an inverter (the system was probably 80% efficient). This thing looks too expensive for 3rd world. What he needs is a old bike, reconditioned generator, a 12v battery and some 12v lights and appliances. I like the gravity light idea;
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Rob Gretchen
8 years, 3 months ago
Ummm…. I don't think this was meant to run 1st world homes with jacuzzi tubs and the latest heating/cooling systems. Its primarily intended for 3rd world countries where keeping a light bulb going is often an impossibility.
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Steven Reschke
8 years, 3 months ago
Let's not be so critical. At least this will let you spend thousands of dollars on a device so that you can use pedal-power to recharge you cell phone.
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Taz123
8 years, 3 months ago
I've always wondered if you could generate some power from the stationary trainer.
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zb
8 years, 3 months ago
Haha, these are always hilarious. A fit person might be able to maintain 250W for an hour. That's .25 kWh. An average home uses 10 kWh per day and much more if they have electric heat/cooling. So no, this definitely won't power your home.
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muldman
8 years, 3 months ago
Unless your house only uses 200Whr of electricity a day, this isn't going to let you go off grid. A single bright LED light bulb (9W) requires 216Whr to run for an entire day.
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