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Fitnerds: Pedal Power Generator for a Greener School

Fitnerds: Pedal Power Generator for a Greener School
End of term school project to promote consciousness on global warming, climate issues and the use of greener technologies.
The main idea is to generate power by pedalling an old bike to generate power,electricity should not be taken for granted, our main goal is raising awareness of the effort needed to create energy.
 What you need
1.Old bike
2. Dynamo generator
3.wood parts (plank for desk or table support)
4 car generator
5.battery
5.Lamp
6.a pair of hands


 
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Step 1Putting it together...

Putting it together...
Place the dynamo on the bike wheel and attach the dymano cables to the bicycle frame, (cables should be attached to the frame to prevent them from hanging)
  The dynamo should have a  rubber surface that is placed against the wheel you should make sure that both parts allow the wheel to spin correctly, this part often comes with the dymano as a screw ring.

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2 comments
Aug 16, 2010. 2:14 PMAAAdrian san says:
thats koolio so Where do you get the Dynamo generator?
May 20, 2012. 5:06 PMPhil B says:
You can find the dynamos here, but the prices seem really high. My wife and I were in Germany a few years ago and I bought a similar dynamo for about 1/10th the price shown on my link.

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