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Originally posted by notfarnow
Sounds funny, but I've thought the same thing... more like Superman's idea of stationary bikes hooked up to a generator, hooked up to a battery w/inverter.
Have the TV, nintendo etc. wired to the battery. Wanna watch TV or play video games? You gotta get on the bike first and charge the battery.
I think every kid with a TV, comuter or xbox should have this setup... I know mine will. (no kids yet)
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I'm not so sure you could generate enough watts. Figuer that 1hp (that horse power not the printers) is roughly 1000 watts - rough seat-of-the-pants figuering. Take away for frictional los and all that, and you might see 800Watts.
Most people would be lucky to be able to generate 1/8 hp. Thats not alot of power. And it would not be sustained either.
The trick would be to hook it up to a battery and store the juice.