Can you use and DC motor? Is there an upper limit to how much power you could create? Im going back to school and This is the type of thing I would love to get into.
@lewisflight Well theoretically, you could generate as much power as your legs can output, minus the losses of transmission. It's difficult enough to maintain 15 volts though.
@lewisflight Well theoretically, you could generate as much power as your legs can output, minus the losses of transmission. It's difficult enough to maintain 15 volts though.
Permanent magnet (DC) motors work forwards and backwards. Rotating the shaft creates electrical energy, but electrifying the wires work the opposite way to create mechanical energy.
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lewisflight 10 months ago
Can you use and DC motor? Is there an upper limit to how much power you could create? Im going back to school and This is the type of thing I would love to get into.
lewisflight 10 months ago
@lewisflight Well theoretically, you could generate as much power as your legs can output, minus the losses of transmission. It's difficult enough to maintain 15 volts though.
JuhCoby 8 months ago
@lewisflight Well theoretically, you could generate as much power as your legs can output, minus the losses of transmission. It's difficult enough to maintain 15 volts though.
JuhCoby 8 months ago
Um.....hells yea!!!!!
lewisflight 10 months ago
how did u convert the motor into a generator?impressive
mouayad888 2 years ago
Permanent magnet (DC) motors work forwards and backwards. Rotating the shaft creates electrical energy, but electrifying the wires work the opposite way to create mechanical energy.
JuhCoby 1 year ago
Did you do any testing to find out what voltage/currents you could get from the motor?
awizardalso 2 years ago
The motor was putting out around 14 or 15 volts at the rate i was pedaling in the video. I could probably get it up around 17 or 18 in short bursts.
JuhCoby 2 years ago