I've seen at least one good web site out there discussing pedaling to generate electricity for home use. Here is an example I like: Pedal Power Generator - Electricity From Exercise http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen.html
But this is time nuts. Has anybody looked into low powered sources of time/frequency? What would a time-nut do if living off-grid? (Or just being a nut and going for low power?) Ballpark for a bicycle is 100 watts. If you do that for an hour a day, you get 4 watts averaged over 24 hours. You could double that by working harder or longer, but 10x gets tough. If I did the math right, tvb's numbers say a TBolt takes 3.25 watts (after warmup) http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/tbolt/power.htm That doesn't leave much leftover for lights and such. How good a clock could you get at much lower power? I guess I'm looking for something (logarithmically) between a watch and a GPSDO. Solar is another possibility. I think that just turns into how much space you have and/or how much you are willing to spend for solar panels. (and where you live) -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
