I can see the application in low consumption appliances for a short time but how successful would it be in high consumption units like air-con , water heaters , etc hmmm not sure .. 

And the idea itself is not a new one 

Trevor Baylis invented the wind up radio and shot firing or explosives specialists use a wind up gen' to fire a charge .. 

 

4 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Even 1W of LED is enough for the youngsters to do their homework.

 

A step in the direction of a better education if you disregard how great the Thai education system isn't.

we have a few of those light bulbs that run off grapefruits and other assorted fruits and vegies,still waiting for the grapefruit trees to bare fruit.

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Even 1W of LED is enough for the youngsters to do their homework.

 

A step in the direction of a better education if you disregard how great the Thai education system isn't.

It is just false economy if you consider just how efficient electricity is compared to the maximum output of the human body.

 

It would take approximately 10 people working flat out for an hour to produce the equal output of 1 kilowatt hour of electricity.

Not sure what the cost of Thai electricity is but let's say 10 Baht/kWh which means each person can, in one hour earn 1 Baht.

the Amazing Thailand is still amazing!!

8 minutes ago, tingtong said:

the Amazing Thailand is still amazing!!

It amazing that this guy works for the electricity authority, or did work for them, and he clearly has little understanding of what he has put his name to.

 

This is nothing more than an embarrasment to the Thai education system and level of skills.

51 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

He spent 16k on his prototype, he could have bought a couple of 300W panels, an inverter and a deep-cycle battery. 

 

And would now be sitting pretty without having to crank the beast.

 

Exactly, and "crank" was close but not quite the right word

 

I wonder is he related to the gangsters that are convinced they can reduce electricity usage by adding the gadget they invented

18 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

I can see the application in low consumption appliances for a short time but how successful would it be in high consumption units like air-con , water heaters , etc hmmm not sure .. 

And the idea itself is not a new one 

Trevor Baylis invented the wind up radio and shot firing or explosives specialists use a wind up gen' to fire a charge .. 

 

You beat me to it! I was going to mention the clockwork radio too. The idea was for people living with no power to be able to listen to the radio easily.

I see that was back in 1994. It was manufactured in South Africa.

 

Let's face it - it works to a point, so let's not knock the guy too much, at least he was attempting to do something constructive - better than sitting on a bar stool all day picking fault with everything and rabbiting on about his days in the SAS / commando's / seal etc ????

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

But of course, no detail of just how much energy it produces for 8 hours.

 

 

Did you watch and listen to the video?

7 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

You beat me to it! I was going to mention the clockwork radio too. The idea was for people living with no power to be able to listen to the radio easily.

I see that was back in 1994. It was manufactured in South Africa.

 

Yeah sadly he passed away last yr but what a great idea he came up with .. 

The Thai version might work on high consumption things if they upscaled the Hamster wheel generator idea .. and went for a long run .. or spin .. 

 

3 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Yeah sadly he passed away last yr but what a great idea he came up with .. 

The Thai version might work on high consumption things if they upscaled the Hamster wheel generator idea .. and went for a long run .. or spin .. 

 

Ah, do you mean the elephant wheel?

7 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Ah, do you mean the elephant wheel?

Indubitably .. so long as you can keep the leg power off the Chang .. 

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I can't believe Nikola Tesla overlooked this.

ah but he wasnt Thai you see.

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

A 1m³ of concrete (about 2.4 tons) lifted to 3m will have about 70kJ of energy

Would that be enough to do my Wife in?

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

Let's not knock the guy, he's designed and built a useful power supply which is green and should produce enough energy for a minimal lifestyle.

 

It's amazing how little power you can get away with and be infinitely more comfortable than with no power at all.

 

Wire it up to my Wifes  jaw she  could  power a  small moo baan

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, BobBKK said:

He can join the doctors who cured Ebola, the researchers who cured HIV and all the other claims down the years. UNLESS he's right of course than he'll be a multi-billionaire and Elon Musk will be phoning soon.

 

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

They've issued a patent for a clockwork generator, this is not going to end well for him.

 

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

Even 1W of LED is enough for the youngsters to do their homework.

 

A step in the direction of a better education if you disregard how great the Thai education system isn't.

 

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

I can see the application in low consumption appliances for a short time but how successful would it be in high consumption units like air-con , water heaters , etc hmmm not sure .. 

And the idea itself is not a new one 

Trevor Baylis invented the wind up radio and shot firing or explosives specialists use a wind up gen' to fire a charge .. 

 

 

46 minutes ago, Reigntax said:

It amazing that this guy works for the electricity authority, or did work for them, and he clearly has little understanding of what he has put his name to.

 

This is nothing more than an embarrasment to the Thai education system and level of skills.

Did any you guys really watch the video? listen to what he say? 

 

He has to many order for it to do himself.

A million units around the world. He is an electric engineer and study in Chicago. 

He not say it can power an aircon etc. Good for other application. Like where no power. Not need oil like the generator. Free power.

 

The governor come to help him to get investors with auction to make more production. 

He only spend 16,000 baht so far. Look like he will make more profit than this. He have the “patent” already.

 

Any you guys invent something? Make the profit? Or just complain?

 

Good story. No need to complain everything if you can not understand. Ridicule everything but you not understand what he say. Sound like you have hope he will fail. Sound like jealously.

 

He not claim it good for every way, just some situation. 

 

1 hour ago, Reigntax said:

It amazing that this guy works for the electricity authority, or did work for them, and he clearly has little understanding of what he has put his name to.

 

This is nothing more than an embarrasment to the Thai education system and level of skills.

He study in Chicago USA

The clockwork radio

 

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I can't believe Nikola Tesla overlooked this.

Simple reason, he was not a Thai

We have something similar over here in the UK but we call them wind turbines, I don't think the old guy has invented anything, he's just altered a few things to suit his needs, fair play to him though.

17 minutes ago, Yinn said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did any you guys really watch the video? listen to what he say? 

 

He has to many order for it to do himself.

A million units around the world. He is an electric engineer and study in Chicago. 

He not say it can power an aircon etc. Good for other application. Like where no power. Not need oil like the generator. Free power.

 

The governor come to help him to get investors with auction to make more production. 

He only spend 16,000 baht so far. Look like he will make more profit than this. He have the “patent” already.

 

Any you guys invent something? Make the profit? Or just complain?

 

Good story. No need to complain everything if you can not understand. Ridicule everything but you not understand what he say. Sound like you have hope he will fail. Sound like jealously.

 

He not claim it good for every way, just some situation. 

 

So does he say how much energy it produces for the eight hours he says it will run?

That's what a lot of posters want to know.

 

55 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Did you watch and listen to the video?

No can do battery flat 

The device looks really fake as hell. The bit on the top looks very much like an audio amplifier for a car. 15 minutes of winding to power a lightbulb for upto 6-8 hours seems like nothing new, as everyone else has alluded to already. 100% fake - are you sure it's not the Thai version of April fools day?

 

It's funny how the thousands of physicists around the world with PhDs couldn't invent this but an old Thai man with no teeth can put a few electronic looking things together with a lot of wires and out-do them. Absolute garbage - think I'm going to start ignoring the Thai news from now on. Maybe next month we'll hear about an old Isaan man with cancer who found a way to go to the moon for only 10 baht?

52 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Free power

No such thing anywhere in the universe, unless he's  giving them away and a monkey to wind the handle and  unlimited  nuts to feed  the monkey?

54 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Like where no power. Not need oil like the generator.

Buy a bicycle  wheel attach a dynamo, you can run a light like this  all day and  night if  you keep turning the handle.

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

Good story. No need to complain everything if you can not understand. Ridicule everything but you not understand what he say. Sound like you have hope he will fail. Sound like jealously.

 

He not claim it good for every way, just some situation. 

Not ridiculing it Yinn but there are limitations to what handcranked generators can power .. And as has been shown the idea is not a new one .. Slightly off course what might be of greater benefit to provide power are mini wind turbines that are becoming more and more popular and some are capable of a not insignificant output .. Sufficient wind power to spin them notwithstanding of course .. 

I think this is interesting.

7 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

and, there's no such thing as a new idea https://thegadgetflow.com/blog/wind-up-generator/

 

Yes its been done before:

 

 

So.... a hand crank generator?

Nothing new....but he is Thai so credit to him for trying. Most Thai men would not think about anything but their daily food and whiskey.