OnlyForever88

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Hello friend! I love your attention to detail on your design. If I could make a suggestion, i have seen other designs work better by making a tube with holes all the way to the bottom to direct the air flow to be pushed back up through the ice, a man on youtube does this concept on a cooler and proves the efficiency of it and ryobi has a cooler for sale that uses this concept as well. Summer is upon us, stay cool!

They sell thermal wrap, saw one that needs to be powered. I haven’t looked up if someone’s made a diy write up on here but maybe you can be the first!

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside …

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside of drill, would the energy exerted to power created increase in efficiency by using gears and a higher rated KV motor? Question 2: would using a heavier flywheel help efficiency? I feel my findings would surmount to similar values you have given, at best (150watts for 30 min), but in terms of race cars, a light weight flywheel is beneficial to increase rpms and help in curved track racing, while stock weight (or heavier) flywheel is beneficial over a lighter one in a straight drag track race. Being that I (my body) is the “engine”, it would come down to what power I am able to give and for how long I think. I feel I’m over thinking this at this point so I’ll just wait for a reply if you’d be so gracious.

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside …

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside of drill, would the energy exerted to power created increase in efficiency by using gears and a higher rated KV motor? Question 2: would using a heavier flywheel help efficiency? I feel my findings would surmount to similar values you have given, at best (150watts for 30 min), but in terms of race cars, a light weight flywheel is beneficial to increase rpms and help in curved track racing, while stock weight (or heavier) flywheel is beneficial over a lighter one in a straight drag track race. Being that I (my body) is the “engine”, it would come down to what power I am able to give and for how long I think. I feel I’m over thinking this at this point so I’ll just wait for a reply if you’d be so gracious.

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside …

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside of drill, would the energy exerted to power created increase in efficiency by using gears and a higher rated KV motor? Question 2: would using a heavier flywheel help efficiency? I feel my findings would surmount to similar values you have given, at best (150watts for 30 min), but in terms of race cars, a light weight flywheel is beneficial to increase rpms and help in curved track racing, while stock weight (or heavier) flywheel is beneficial over a lighter one in a straight drag track race. Being that I (my body) is the “engine”, it would come down to what power I am able to give and for how long I think. I feel I’m over thinking this at this point so I’ll just wait for a reply if you’d be so gracious.

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside …

Thanks for the reply! I feel the majority of my noise was coming from the motor. I took all the gears out, cleaned and greased them and spun them without the motor by hand and there wasn’t much noise but I would imagine at high rpm’s the noise would increase but I hope not much 🤞🏼. I have ordered an rpm reader and plan to check the speed in each of the three gear positions available on the drill I used by inserting a gear with shaft in place of the motor to take the reading at that point. Hypothetically, if the rpm’s increase; my RC motor choice would change from a 140kv, to whatever my rpm/12v would be. Say it’s 280kv or more; my assumption coming from my motor volt readings increasing by 1/3 from spinning motor without gears; outside of the drill and then using gears; motor inside of drill, would the energy exerted to power created increase in efficiency by using gears and a higher rated KV motor? Question 2: would using a heavier flywheel help efficiency? I feel my findings would surmount to similar values you have given, at best (150watts for 30 min), but in terms of race cars, a light weight flywheel is beneficial to increase rpms and help in curved track racing, while stock weight (or heavier) flywheel is beneficial over a lighter one in a straight drag track race. Being that I (my body) is the “engine”, it would come down to what power I am able to give and for how long I think. I feel I’m over thinking this at this point so I’ll just wait for a reply if you’d be so gracious.

Hello! Love your contribution to Instructibles with this write up! It made me dive in to try my own generator using an old “Yellow” drill. Success... kinda. I got 10 volts and 6.5 amps but it’s pretty loud and I have neighbors, an advantage of using a drill is that it has different gear ratios to make the motor spin faster but with more effort. But i like the trade off seeing as that’s one of the perks of using an actual bicycle with gears, which is to make the wheel spin faster at higher gears, using a drill gives that perk to the stationary bike method. Question 1: Is your motor loud? Question 2: Is a voltage regulator to something like 13.5 Volts to not have to worry about going over 15 Volts something you would consider?