Wind Charger

[tyfy]

With the number of posts about solar charging and power monkeys I thought I would post this that I have just stumbled across.

HY Mini Wind Turbine

Anyone seen this before? Know what they are like?

Richard

 

[Toddy]

No idea about the wind charger, but that site is full of toys

Get thee behind me


cheers,
Toddy

 

[Karl5]

Don't know how efficient that would be, but surely it must beat the snot out of my handcrank charger.
I have to work myself numb on that to get 5 min talking on the mobile from it.
And still I've had an occasion when I was praising the gods that I brought it along...

/ Karl

 

[squantrill]

Save yourself 39.99 and leave your mp3 player at home charge up a nokia le ave it switched off till you need it should last a month or so like that !!!

 

[philaw]

When I'm hiking I charge my phone in pubs and cafes during the day. I'd be a little sceptical about a wind system that small, because if you camp in a sheltered spot you'd find little wind and it's eratic at ground level anyway. A spare battery might be more reliable, but less fun!

 

[John Fenna]

For a month long exped I just take along a spare battery for my phone - it weighs next to nothing and is small as well.
When it is not being used for booking hostels/transport or for my letting the wife know I am still alive it is switched off.
In the past the one battery has lasted well, but when I had to arrange rescue and medical care for one team member I needed the spare!

 

[dwardo]

I Wonder if somone makes a mini hydro-electric charger you could place in a small brook or river It would take no further effort than setting the thing and you could leave it all day. I know its kinda enviroment specific but hey..

 

[RobertRogers]

check out http://www.firebox.com/product/2120/I-Am-Not-A-Paper-Cup on the site

The last time I squeezed silicone it was a couple cup sizes larger than that...

 

[squantrill]

Take a lemon and a bag of sugar!! I remeber doing this at school it keeps a little wind mill turning for days Im sure there isenough to trickle charge a phone!!

The water wheel option wouldnt work you wo uldnt get enough power from a hand held device, although the water turbines they are installing in Anglesey looks cool

I would still opt for turning it off

 

[rik_uk3]

I Wonder if somone makes a mini hydro-electric charger you could place in a small brook or river It would take no further effort than setting the thing and you could leave it all day. I know its kinda enviroment specific but hey..

You could make one to use when your taking a pee?

 

[edispilff]

Here's an idea:

We take out the magic little kinetic energy chargers out of the fancy watches that don't need rewinding or batteries.. wire them all up in series/parallel, and hang them from a small tree branch shaking in the wind...???

 

[spamel]

When I'm hiking I charge my phone in pubs and cafes during the day. I'd be a little sceptical about a wind system that small, because if you camp in a sheltered spot you'd find little wind and it's eratic at ground level anyway. A spare battery might be more reliable, but less fun!

Ahem! You're not eating right mate! A bean feast is what you needs, proper cowboy food!

 

[Jared]

Remember watching a programme about those wind turbines that you can put up in your garden. And it basically said that they're too small to of be any benefit. So no doubt these are gimmicks.

 

[dwardo]

You could make one to use when your taking a pee?

Drinking pots of coffee all day then larger all night i could power half the uk

 

[Minotaur]

Here's an idea:

We take out the magic little kinetic energy chargers out of the fancy watches that don't need rewinding or batteries.. wire them all up in series/parallel, and hang them from a small tree branch shaking in the wind...???

Have wondered about this?

Could you not have one in the back of a rucsac?

Wonder how they work?

 

[ZDP-189]

I used to do that (financing renewables) as a job. It was a lot harder in those days.