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Topic: Efficiency of collecting energy with a bike

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E started this discussion 9 years ago #57,836

If you hooked one of those electric generating bikes to one of those elon musk batteries, how long would it take to fill up?

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #742,119

Under $20

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 22 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #742,122

@previous (B)

I'm thinking more about time here

dw joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #742,128

What kind of electric generating bike

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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #742,129

@previous (dw)
A waterless waterwheel with pedals

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #742,130

@742,128 (dw)

Idk. Just a average one, whatever that is.

dw replied with this 9 years ago, 33 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #742,131

@previous (assORted !jJEom8Ii3E)
so just the dynamo that powers the light??

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #742,132

@previous (dw)

No no, I'm talking about those home training "bicycles"

dw replied with this 9 years ago, 35 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #742,133

@previous (assORted !jJEom8Ii3E)
oh. idk probably months

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,134

@previous (dw)

Damn. Ty.

Anonymous D replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,135

@previous (assORted !jJEom8Ii3E)
If you pedal really fast it will only take a couple of hours

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 53 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,137

we had a talk about this on irc before when catherine had some weird fantasy about being tied to a hometrainer forced to paddle for electricity. we calculated that feeding any kind of human being enough to keep them alive would be more expensive than the electricity costs

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 30 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,138

@previous (E)

Well if Catherine's fantasy kidnapper has more reasons to keep her alive besides the electricity, then the paddling saves money because the kidnapper would feed her anyway. So the paddling is like a way to pay back the cost of food.

Anonymous E replied with this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,139

@previous (assORted !jJEom8Ii3E)
no he specifically wanted to be a paddle slave earning his keep by generating electricity

DasSheeple !pE87XcIVxw joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,146

If you were a top cyclist you'd generate anywhere between 350-500W. A normal AC unit can consume 3-4kW, so you'd need to 10 Tour de France top cyclist to power one AC unit.

The biggest Tesla Powerwall can store 10 kW of energy, so you'd need like, 24hours with a top-dog cyclist to fill it up.

Wildchild !NvEXY0NyQI joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,151

Yes.

assORted !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 3 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,175

@previous (Wildchild !NvEXY0NyQI)
U sure?

WildChild !uZfz7uPbqg joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #742,179

Is that, in fact, the question of the century?
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