Fan = generator?

[SanchoP]

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[Big Kriss]

Yes,It will.

 

[headstrong]

what if we get 30 rats and put them on wheels with dynamos and connec them to our PSU?? will our pc's start up

 

[wcoetzee]

what if we get 30 rats and put them on wheels with dynamos and connec them to our PSU?? will our pc's start up

It will be a 30 Ratt PSU

 

[headstrong]

Cool. It's for a project thing.

I'm gonna try (with probably limited success) to stick the fan in the wind, and measure the relationship between the increase in wind speed and voltage/current.

What will increase as it spins faster? I assume the voltage will increase, as that is what is used to control fan speed...

Sounds like a cool project....current = Voltage/resistence so im assuming that the current will increase as the voltage increase because the resistence in constant? right?

 

[detritus]

It will be a 30 Ratt PSU

Groan...

 

[headstrong]

It will be a 30 Ratt PSU

Eskom proof lol

 

[Nerfherder]

A cpu fan wont catch any wind... take the blades off and attach a model aeropane blade.

 

[Nerfherder]

Oh and incase you are trying to get enough power to run stuff... a spinning bike at top speed makes about 680w.

So I dont think that it will do much.

 

[Nerfherder]

Also put the fan down a tunnel, this will give you a grater windspeed.

 

[Tux]

hand in a bnch of "dead" fans and tell em your project got loadshedded

 

[HavocXphere]

Umm, you'll be generating alternating current and the timing between the switch will vary. You'll have to do some soldering to get DC from it.

 

[werner]

Oh and incase you are trying to get enough power to run stuff... a spinning bike at top speed makes about 680w.

So I dont think that it will do much.

only if you got a horse pedalling it.
1hp=750w, way beyond what a human can do.680w is just as unbelievable
or you got some over-unity bicycle there
how did you get to that figure??