Justgrazing Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 the Amazing Thailand is still amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 2 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I can't believe Nikola Tesla overlooked this. ah but he wasnt Thai you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 The clockwork radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycu Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 2 hours ago, NCC1701A said: I can't believe Nikola Tesla overlooked this. Simple reason, he was not a Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonowl Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycu Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 55 minutes ago, Yinn said: Did you watch and listen to the video? No can do battery flat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkingOrders Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I think this is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richiejom Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 So.... a hand crank generator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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