by Ron Foster
“You have the directions handy for hooking the crank-a-watt to a bike?” Charles asked
“Yes have them right here, very simple.” Denis said and handed him the directions.
Bicycle Pedaling
1- Remove the drive belt from the pulleys. Caution: Don't pinch your fingers!
2- Align the 3" generator pulley to the bicycle tire. Using an Allen wrench, loosen the Allen fitting on the pulley. IMPORTANT This is the Allen fitting nearest to you, not the one nearest to the generator! Turn the adjustable pulley in or out, until the desired width is achieved for the bicycle tire.
3- Restrain the generator case so it doesn't move. A rubber bungee strap can be useful!
4- Pedal at will!
“Well that’s certainly simple enough, now what is this master use you thought of for it?” Charles asked.
“We leave it hand crank and put it next to the toilet?” Dennis said grinning.
“Do what? What for?” Charles asked confused before it dawned on him Dennis was going to use it to power a 12v pump to fill the toilet tank from a rain barrel he had outside the window.
“You get done with your business, you flush and hit the fill switch and give it a few cranks. Shazzam Instant indoor plumbing.” Dennis said smiling.
“Ha! Poo Power!” Charles said chuckling.
“Damn I wish, I bet Engineer775 from YouTube could figure out how to hook it to a methane digester but that’s application is beyond me. I got that Crank-A-Watt™ from his practicalprepper.com website by the way. He is the alternative energy guru for all the preppers and I wish I had him around to ask some questions from right now.” Dennis said thinking back on all the knowledge he had gained from watching the mans videos or looking over his website.
“What kind of questions would you ask him?” Charles asked.
“Well the one that really intrigues me is running a big 12v battery charger off of the Crank-A-Watt’s inverter. Probably be a trickle charger but run that to a battery bank with another trickle charger running back to the Crank-A-Watt in sort of a loop. I know you can’t get more power out than you put in but if you’re stepping up the juice it seems like a lot less cranking to get more out. By the way I can put a solar panel on that Crank-A-Watt also. As much sun as we get around here normally I probably wouldn’t have to hardly ever crank it. I can also hook it to more or bigger batteries as a standalone system. There are all kinds of things I guess we could experiment with given a bit more insight.” Dennis concluded.
“Hell we could probably make some money that generator just setting up to recharge peoples phones and things.” Charles speculated.
“I thought about that but its also ideal for first responders to keep police and fire fighters radios charged and ready. I would be scared they might commander it or something.” Dennis stated.
“I see your point; hey we could build a fire under that 55 gallon drum and pump water in for a bath.” Charles said.
“I already thought of that, I got it set up high enough on cinder blocks that I can shove a Stovetec under it. Using it keeps me from worrying about burning down the house because it’s a contained fire. “Dennis replied
“I am going to go get the radio so we can listen for some news while we are out here” Charles said
THE END OF BOOK TWO, A PREPPERS PERSPECTIVE
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