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Posted by Jake In Colorado on December 06, 2004 at 19:05:54 from (63.163.137.227):
One day in math class, a few buddy's and I were discussing homebrew generators. For those who arent familiar with the term, it is basically a term for generators that are built at home. This is one of the plans we were talking about. Get a 12 volt battery, 12 volt motor, 12 volt alternator, and a 12 volt to 110 volt inverter. Make a platform of sorts to set the equipment on. Make a spot for the battery to sit at. At another part of the base, put the alternator and motor next to each other, so that the motor and the alternator can be belted together,"connecting the two pulleys using a belt". Now, wire it up, first, wire the alternator to the battery, then wire a line from the battery to the motor. The motor will turn the alternator, the alternator will provide fresh juice to the battery, and thus the generating process will continue non stop. Now, wire in the inverter, with leads from the battery to the inverter. Now you can have free, continous 110 volt power. Good Idea. If I can, ill post a diaghram. Soon in show class, im going to build a driving generator. Im getting an old John Deere riding mower, fixing it up, taking the deck off, then rigging a pulley system to either a self induction motor, or a generator head, and I turn the mowers pulley on, it will turn the belt, turn the head, and provide power, and I can gnerator power and drive the mower at the same time. Now, Ill I have to figure out is what can I generate power for while driving the "mowernator" at the same time
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