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|    Daniel who wants to know to All    |
|    Re: converting exercise bike to power ge    |
|    28 Oct 12 19:30:19    |
      From: me@here.edu              > wrote in message       > news:1b7a1a70-ce61-4986-a076-44cb483cfcb2@googlegroups.com...       >       > Please don't try to talk me out of it. I want to do it. So I would       > appreciate constructive advice. I am leaning towards a car alternator       > because they are easily       > available, cheap and have the regulator built in. Thank you.              Too late. As has been said before we humans are only good for a couple       hundred watts max, and a car alternator is only 50% efficient, hence it is       still a bad idea.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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