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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That quantifies it. With 746 W being 1 horsepower, a top cyclist can produce a bit less than 1 horsepower for several minutes before exhaustion. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This demonstrates how much power a solar array produces. A moderate array produces more power than is expended in a bicycle race with a team of seasoned athletes, even more power than a team of work horses. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drake</span></p>
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<p><em>Drake Chamberlin</em></p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2023-03-23 18:19, Kienan Maxfield via RE-wrenches wrote:</p>
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<div>I was just about to hit send on those exact wattages, yes completely agree.</div>
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<div>As a sort of joke, the self discharge of the batteries is probably more than what she could make in a day.</div>
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<div>I tried this back in the 1970's with an exercise bike and a high efficiency generator (still have this if anyone wants it). If I pushed hard I could get it up to 200W, but only sustain about 100W. The only time I used it is when my battery was depleted and I wanted to watch TV. I had a 12VDC 5" B&W TV (so cute), so I would pedal like crazy during the commercials and it would just make it to the next commercial. It was way too loud to do it while watching. I eventually got a generator setup from Backwoods. </div>
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<div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 3:11 PM Ray Walters via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="v1gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;">As I recall from pushing the "wayback" button, Backwoods and Real Goods <br />used to sell something like that in the 90s. I would only see a <br />pyschological benefit, based on the system size. I recall that the <br />charge rate was less than 50 watts, so its really not going to be worth <br />wiring into the system. Maybe she could do what several folks have <br />done: power a TV while you pedal. Anyway, here is device that might do <br />it: <a href="https://www.econvergence.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> https://www.econvergence.net/</a><br /><br />Ray Walters<br />Remote Solar<br /><br />On 3/16/2023 3:58 PM, Larry Brown via RE-wrenches wrote:<br />> Wrenches<br />><br />> I have a client that we did an off grid system for about 4 years ago<br />> The system is performing well<br />> The client would like to keep charged her batteries in the winter with her stationary bicycle operating a small generator<br />> Right now she uses a grid connection that was available and she turns on a breaker if needed to charge the batteries in the winter through the inverter<br />> When the batteries are fully charged she turns the breaker back off<br />> No need for any back up other times of year<br />> That is the only use of the grid<br />><br />> Her request was to be off grid<br />> This set up eliminated the need for her to have a generator for winter low light conditions<br />> So far all is working as designed<br />> But there is talk of adding a gas generator so that if the grid is down, there is a back up available<br />> <br />> The system has 16- AGM Concorde SunXtener Batteries configured in 2 strings of 8 batteries per string<br />> They are PVX 3050T 6 volt batteries operating at 48VDC<br />> They are charged from the PV Array by 2- Schneider Conext MPPT 80 600 Charge Controllers<br />> The system has a Schneider Conext XW+ 5548 Single Inverter<br />><br />> Any thoughts or ideas of what equipment can be matched with a stationary bicycle that might give a trickle charge to the battery bank<br />> Anyone ever played with setting this up?<br />> She wants to try this out and see what is possible<br />> Get some winter exercise and perhaps keep the batteries as close to full without using the grid or a back up gas generator<br />><br />> All suggestions welcome<br />><br />> Thanks<br />> Larry<br />><br />> Larry Brown<br />> Sun Mountain<br />><br />><br />><br />><br />><br />> _______________________________________________<br />> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance<br />><br />> Pay optional member dues here: <a href="http://re-wrenches.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> http://re-wrenches.org</a><br />><br />> List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer"> RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br />><br />> Change listserver email address & settings:<br />> <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br />><br />> There are two list archives for searching. 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