We hope you like our new look and new functionality. We are a group of alternative energy enthusiasts who want to spread the message that it's FUN and EASY ...
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Our first thought was to use a DC hobby motor to generate the electricity, so we could charge up some NiCad batteries to run a light. However, we immediately ran into the same problems as when we built toy wind turbines using hobby motors -- at the required low RPMs, most hobby motors...
DanF got this beautiful old Wisconsin from a local pawnshop for only $200 in 2003. It had been there a year priced at $1200, then $900. It sat so long they couldn't get it started any longer and cut the price to $200. DanB was (fortunately) with DanF at the time, and said there wasn't...
We are a group of alternative energy enthusiasts who want to spread the message that It's EASY to make your own power FROM SCRATCH. Otherpower.com's headquarters is located in a remote part of the Northern Colorado mountains, 12 miles past the nearest power pole or phone line. All of ...