Can the flywheel just be the transformer, does anyone know, or is there too much field resistance to make that useful? Every DIYer should know about some old mill designs, in which a drive shaft ran along some length of the structure, with gearing stations along it for different tools... a terrific model to follow. This page has an example of power distribution: http://www.deltamill.org/exhibits.html
As to DIY hydrogen potential, there are concerns like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement so it seems specialized materials are a must. Thick page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_technologies :) ben ps - there is a good general page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgeneration also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelton_wheel On 2/24/07, dooger watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ben Barrett wrote: > Need better "batteries"? Use simple potential energy to raise a big weight, > and let it down slowly, say geared to a flywheel or something... > the weight can be raised slowly by wind, bicycle power, etc ;) This brings up a great point--the potential of flywheel technology. Remember hearing about a kat--think he was in So Cal, who built a flywheel car, back in the seventies. Had a wonderfully heavy flywheel that took over an hour to get wound up to speed--but then it seems like it gave the car a range of nearly a hundred miles. Can't remember if it was mounted parallel or perpendicular to the ground--but I know there were gyroscopic issues with the first design. Made the car incredibly stable--but it didn't want to go around corners. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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