Bike generators are really alternators & put out AC typically. You can't put two in series unless you somehow get them to turn exactly the same RPM and exactly the same phase relationship. Best to rectify & filter (a storage battery can act as the filter) the output of each bike generator and put them in series to get your 12 volts. The direction of rotation of a bike generator makes no difference since they are AC devices. --Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 6:45 AM Subject: Re: CS>RE: a reason to buy 400ppm CS
> Way cool! > Using the gooseneck and an extension with a vane on the back keeps the > wheel turned into the wind. Bending the fork assembley to get rid of the > rake angle so the pivot is in line with the axle helps. [grunt] > Nice thing about the bike generator is that it's made to clamp onto the > forks and will turn with them. Battery can be mounted to turn with the > assembly too..charged and changed. [cordless power..by wheel barrow] > Humm, might could suspend the whole thing from a pully in a tree top to > access more wind. > Considered but not tried...ganging two bike generators [6v] to get 12 v. > There's room for 4 generators on a set of forks. But two would turn > backwards. [is that a problem beyond wiring?] > Humm, where is that old junk bike stuff...? > K > > At 09:07 AM 12/9/01 GMT, you wrote: > >On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 09:47:49 -0500, Ode Coyote <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >> Has anyone ever thought to take an old bicycle wheel, front forks, bike > >>light generator and some plastic jug slices for wind vanes in the spokes to > >>make a wind generator out of it? > > > >Yup. Only I used slats from an old venetian blind (cut to length). > >And a bike light generator is too small. Take the tire off and rig a > >rope around a somewhat bigger generator. The only problem was keeping > >it turned into the wind. > > > >-- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF > > > > > >-- > >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > >[email protected] -or- [email protected] > >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > >
