I've seen bikes in science museums hooked up in such a way to generate electricity.
It seems like all the time and power involved in home exercising could generate much electricity. I have 5 runners and cyclists in my family.
I've seen bikes in science museums hooked up in such a way to generate electricity.
It seems like all the time and power involved in home exercising could generate much electricity. I have 5 runners and cyclists in my family.
Enough to power the matrix, for 4 movies!!!!
This is actually pretty easy to figure out. All you have to know is how much power you can produce on the bike.
Let's assume that all five of you can maintain 200 Watts for 8 hours a day (you probably can't).
That's 5 * 8hours * 200 Watts = 8000 Watt-hours, or 8 kWh per day. Most places that's about $1 worth of electricity. Additionally, since you're only producing about 1000W at any given time, you couldn't power most appliances, but could certainly light your house.
fanatic runner & racer wrote:
It seems like all the time and power involved in home exercising could generate much electricity.
I kW-hr costs about 12 cents. That means if all 5 of you can cycle on 100W for an hour, you'll produce a total of 6 cents' worth. Is that what seems like much to you?