This site has a lot of data just scattered about. The following hierarchy can resolve the shotgun approach to data.
Each at the top level should be a separate page. Sub-topics can be promoted to a page if there is sufficiently large information to be had.
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Objectives and Requirements
- Objectives
- Requirements
- Power
- Clean off-grid power
- Flexibility
- Delivery and conversion to multiple outputs/interfaces
- Adaptable
- Reliability
- Safety
Generation
- Generators
- DC Brushless
- Alternators
- Human Input
- Bicycle-Driven (ie, bike-on-stand approaches)
- Frames & Modifications
- Stands
- Pedal-direct (ie, hacked parts to stationary
- Coupling to motor (ie, belt? Chain?
- Wind Supplemented
- Solar Aided
Consumption
- Rectification
- Bridge
- Regulation
- Linear
- Stepped
- Storage
- Battery
- Batteries
- Charge Controller
- Device (ie, cells, laptops)
- Regulation needs
- Interfaces
- 5v & USB
- 12v & Cigarrete Lighter
- AC Inverters
Safety & Loss Prevention
- Safety & Damage Liabilities
- Hazards to Humans
- Mechanical (Sharp edges, moving parts, etc)
- Electrical (shock, explosion, fire, etc)
- Impacts to local environment
- Footprint
- Sound / Noise
- Loss Management
- Breakage
- Critical points of failure
- Transportation or Relocation
- Theft
- Key components to protect
- Catastrophic (Site destruction)
- Temporary Relocation
- Evacuation Teardown Plan
- Off-site caches
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Management & Promotion
- So now your group has power... how do you manage & promote it?
- Ownership in organizations that deny ownership concepts
- Sharing with other organizations / sites
- Transportation concerns
Design Library
- Choosing your designs
- Coupling (pedal-to-generator)
- Tire to Flywheel / Axle
- Belt driven (belt around rim or tire)
- Chain driven (chain from cassette to sproket on generator)
- Electrical
- Rectification
- Charge Controller
- Inverters
- Stands
- No-Weld
Contact Us
- Submit Errata
- Suggest Info