my excercize bike video

[willib]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4568294317440033985

the video shows the very low friction of the flywheel and alternator combination ,and the flywheel action

the alternator stator is made in sections of three coils each , creatively wired together.

it has 24 poles 18 coils when done ,9 on there so far.

i had a bunch of coils laying around so that is what i used.

the rotors and hub are from a motorcycle front brake and whatever kind of metal its made of it dosent rust , unlike the minigenII's rotors which are cast iron have rusted allready in spots around the magnets

i fliped one of the rotors around so that the gap between rotors is about 2.9" and with 1" wide by .875 dia. neo magnets that leaves a magnet gap of .9 inches

i used the hole pattern the rotors to drill the sprocket that is attached to the rotors .

the drive sprocket to the alternator is also a bicycle sprocket that i attached to the flywheel

[kurt]

your video does not load i had a couple other people on fast connections try it and it just stalls out and goes noware so you mite wanna host it someware else.

[vawtman]

Hi Kurt

 Everything is good for me and think Willib is showing the flywheel momentum until he gets in better shape.

 Kiddin ya Willib

 Nice work and great for kids if they want to watch tv and eat cheetos they can work for it.

[hiker]

works here...dial up-48000bps

looks like he has a small floresent light hooked up to it?

[richhagen]

Nice.  You'll get in shape and charge batteries at the same time.  I havn't had much luck with those trouble lights though.  Yours looks kind of like the ones I got for Fiji.  They had a one transistor oscillator and lasted a matter of hours.  I suspect it will really like the variable output from your pedal gen.  Rich