Exercise Bike Generator
Producing electricity with your own muscular strength - very informative!
Online since: 29/04/2008,
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One of my first self-made generators was an exercise-bike generator.
I used an old exercise bike, removed the front wheel, and mounted a generator in its place.
The generator is built on two rotating metal plates, each of which is fitted with 16 block magnets Q-20-20-10-N,
for a total of 32 magnets.
The stator is located between the rotors and includes the spools.
I constructed the spools by hand using lacquered copper foil.
This generator works very well.
To be honest, too well!
I have performed several load tests, e.g.
with two 12V/55W-light bulbs for car headlights.
Here you have to be careful not to pedal too quickly, otherwise the light bulbs burn out.
I had no problem reaching 30 volts.
At this voltage, the 12V car headlamps burn out.
First they glow white, then blue, and then suddenly puffff.
I also tried producing enough electricity to run a color TV.
This worked very well and it seems to me the perfect solution for "couch potatoes": as soon as you stop pedalling, the picture disappears! :-)
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Block magnet 20 x 20 x 10 mm, holds approx. 12 kg, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated
| 1 pc. | 5,79 EUR ea.* | |
| from | 3 pcs. | 5,15 EUR ea.* |
| from | 10 pcs. | 4,59 EUR ea.* |
| from | 20 pcs. | 4,31 EUR ea.* |
| from | 40 pcs. | 4,07 EUR ea.* |
| Ask for a rebate from 350 pcs. | ||
Available: 2 966 pcs.
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