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|    Winston to John    |
|    Re: pedal power    |
|    14 Jul 12 22:20:12    |
      From: Winston@Bigbrother.net              John wrote:       > I am thinking of setting up a bike trainer to a alternator to generate       > electricity. Can anyone tell me if you can get bike trainers,       > alternatiors mains grid tie in inverters etc as a pre-built package from       > any place? Or alternatively if you wanted to do this yourself DIY on the       > cheap, does anyone have any links to plans and parts, and also ideas on       > costs? I believe I can get an inverter quite cheaply here in the UK, so       > that just leaves bike trainer and alternator.       >              John, Nooooooo! :)              Whatever power you generate will be needed to drive the fan       to forestall heat exhaustion.              BTDT, lost the teeshirt.              --Winston              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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