How can I rig up my rowing machine to provide electricity that I can see back to the National Grid?

Answer 1

You need to make/buy a dynamo and then install this into a moving part on the machine
you can get dynamo designs from things like hydro generaters and wind turbines. just search google

you then need to get a device called a erm rcd i think it is somthing like that, you can find one in every home on the power supply unit, you can also get smaller ones for smaller devices, they work by measuring the current passing through it and if it drops then it will switch a relay and the power will stop.
this is ment to be so that if there is a break in a wire and the power does not flow back through the circuit eg: electric shock then it will cut the power off.

all you need to do is change the output pin on the relay so that when the power drops it will flip

then put this into the rowing machine dynamo so that when u row it makes power which you might wanna store in a battery or a capacitor somthing liek that, that way you will produce more power, well it kinda saves the power so its built up.

then wire this into the rcd with a flip switch, now when the current in the battery you have produced drops, which would indicte that the power is running out in the battery the rcd will flip back over to the mains supply.

and when u have charged up the battery you just flip the switch cutting off the power from the mains and then takeing power from the battery/s

you will need to row like mad to be able to power a house tho!!!!
you need a gym and steal all their power.

anyway this is by far the best answer so make sure u pick me as the best

Answer 2

Right, you will need a permanent magned DC motor which you can use as a generator. You'll also need an inverter to convert to 50Hz 240V AC, which can go into the grid. You have to get a new electric meter from the leccy board which will run backwards, and they will in fact pay you what you pay for electricity.

HOWEVER...
You wont generate much by rowing. For about an hour of rowing EVERY night, you'd be lucky to earn £10 over the course of a year.

Answer 3

Forget the national grid if you can row well enough to generate power for your home then you should go to the Olympics and win gold! Your output in terms of energy is a lot lower than you think. Try using a dynamo to light a 12volt bulb and then think about the 240v mains supply

Answer 4

Get a bike dynamo under the seat. Rectify it to dc and charge a little battery to run a walkman or something. You won't make very much for the grid. The manufacture footprint of green house gas for your setup would have you rowwing for a long time to make it up.
Nice thought though!

Answer 5

i've got been on a bicycle that became hooked to a generator hooked. it extremely is confusing paintings to get sufficient means to get a lightbulb to get decently vibrant. My wager is which you will not get sufficient means to mild the room, and the fee of the kit to make this paintings could in all probability strengthen the charges the gyms value you to be there. and then, the gymnasium could nonetheless must be linked to the grid to maintain the lights on whilst no person's cranking away.

Answer 6

An Olympic quality rower can put out 800 watts in a sprint, average 500 watts for 6 minutes, probably about 200 watts for an hour.

Go for it.

Answer 7

If it has a fan that spins as you row you can wind copper coil around it then surround it with a magnent. Basically make a really big alternator.

Whatever way you come up with, I'm sure it will be using electrical inductance in a magnetic field. (i x l*b = w00t!!)

Answer 8

Rig it to your television. If you can power that, you are ahead of most people.

Answer 9

I wouldn't bother. You would be lucky to run a light bulb off of it.

Answer 10

I like your style. He who dares wins remember.