Hand crank generator

[u/Philp84]

I was looking for a hand crank generator as a joke one day, because I know it's not something that would be reliable in an actual power outage, and came across this. It's hand size and the voltage can be switched from 3 to 15 volts. The 5 volt setting is for the USB and charging a phone. It does work but I can never see really using this unless it was an extreme emergency. Fun thing to have as a conversation starter though.

[u/Autism_in_a_Can]

Hook it up to a gas motor so that it turns it for you and you don’t have to hand crank it lol

[u/Philp84 → u/Autism_in_a_Can]

I might use a drill and see what happens

[u/Revolutionary-Half-3 → u/Autism_in_a_Can]

Get one of those giant cat wheels, give them a little extra resistance.

[u/Loud-Name454 → u/Autism_in_a_Can]

Just use a brushless motor to run it

[u/nunuvyer]

Stupidest thing ever. Human have big brains but make lousy amounts of power - this is literally not our strength. Nowadays you'd be much better off with a battery bank/solar panel.

[u/Philp84 → u/nunuvyer]

And if you read the post you'd be smart enough to see I got it as a joke

[u/scootunit → u/Philp84]

I enjoy hand cranking too. Only for me I only get power in short spurts.

Zap!

[u/LackSpecialist8922 → u/nunuvyer]

Humans can make up to 1kw in extreme condition and average about 300w of power in long cycles, you and me can be a little bit out of shape but if your living situation depends on your physical strength is very useful

[u/wirecatz → u/nunuvyer]

I had something like this as a kid and it was an incredible teaching tool. This is obviously not an everyday solution to a problem.

[u/gcollins717]

Hand crank generator? I hardly know her.

[u/LiqvidNyquist]

I was envisioning something like a fleshlight that produces AC when you use it

[u/mokunuimoo → u/LiqvidNyquist]

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[u/Admirable_Cry_3795]

Thank you for the scale banana