Anyone here have any knowledge they can share?
Im pretty serious about this project and any advice on any of the components will definitely help me.
Im looking to create a good makeshift bike generator that I pedal on to charge a reserve/battery.
Im pretty lost, I've read others projects but everyone seems to use what was laying around, some take apart treadmill motors etc.
Some determine how to create their build for a specific battery and amperage, Im still confused about watts/volts/amps to be honest.
Do I start by looking at how much energy im going to want and find a battery that meets it, then work backwards from there? working out the angles and things like how many rotations the wheel needs to make in comparison to the motor to output a certain current.
Any advice on any of the components id likely run into or use is appreciated.
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Bumpy
>>1025184
This is a slow board, Your thread will be on page 1 for couple hours mate. No need to bump 10 mins after
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Build-A-Bicycle-Generator/
>>1025177
This is almost a meme on this board anon. It boils down to sure, you can do it. It'll take pedaling for like 12 hours to charge your phone, and you might make enough power in an hour to toast a piece of bread, and that's at Olympic level cyclist standards. Basically, when the professor had Gilligan pedaling the bike to power the transmitter, it was a load of shit.
>>1025211
That's not entirely true. You can charge a phone or low power radio easily, it is just a question of why would you
>>1025218
I'm not OP but I've considered making a stationary bicycle generator because then I could at least get some exercise and generate some half-useful amount of power while I'm shitposting.
Back when I was still in school, we build a 500W grid tied inverter powered by a bike. I recomend getting your hands on a 3 phase low rpm gemerator. (These are used for low powered wind generators). They are a bit expensive though.
>>1025297
This is what we used;
GL-PMG-500A.