When you plug the wires of a servo to a battery, electricity comes in, turning the servo right? Well, when YOU turn the servo, electricity goes OUT through the wires. Soooo if you hook a capacitor up to those wires, it will store the energy coming out of the wires and can power a small device like an LED.
you could improve this even more by attatching something to the servo to crank it easier... like a handle.
cool little emergency thing.
claydude333 3 years ago
hah funny
rodstartube 4 years ago
sweet. I'm going to build one of these, but with a reflective cover. I have a lot of bad servos that I thought were useless.
heribertor88 4 years ago
Haha! Sweet! That's rather clever.
Marcivo 4 years ago
I just updated the description. See the project site for more information. Thanks for looking.
The crank is used to charge/recharge the flashlight.
cougarvt 4 years ago
wot kind of bat did you use?
bestsellerseries 3 years ago
its uses a 0.22 farad capacitor, there is no battery.
cougarvt 3 years ago
i think a cr2032 lithium ion battery would last longer just an idea i believe it would fit in the housing
firedude201234 2 years ago
i dont get it, whats the little crank supposed to do? also, whats the point of this?
a little explanation would be nice
hozXploit 4 years ago
When you plug the wires of a servo to a battery, electricity comes in, turning the servo right? Well, when YOU turn the servo, electricity goes OUT through the wires. Soooo if you hook a capacitor up to those wires, it will store the energy coming out of the wires and can power a small device like an LED.
joeyisfunny 3 years ago
Its basically a little generator.
joeyisfunny 3 years ago