Building a hand crank phone charger (AKIO TV)

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, we build a human powered generator to charge a smart phone when there's no power.
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@Ilikecakebutlovedoughnuts 7 ай бұрын

You had my sub at "considering how useful and practical my other contraptions usually are" 🙌

@curiosity_saved_the_cat 24 күн бұрын

Maybe it's possible to rapidly charge a supercapacitor with a large generator and then use the stored energy to charge the battery.

@utubemouse 4 ай бұрын

Would love to see your reviews of similar products available commercially. Thanks for this information.

@EdmundWChan Жыл бұрын

thank you! good info. I always wanted to make a bike that can charge my phone!

@AKIOTV Жыл бұрын

With a bike you could potentially generate far more power. You could run a PC with that.

@kreynolds1123 3 ай бұрын

If one has to spin their generator a bit too fast to get useful voltages, they might want to use a full wave voltage doubler that: 1) rectifies the AC to DC. 2) doubles the peek AC to DC voltage - diode voltage drop. 3) Smooths the output voltage. It's easyer to google full wave voltage doubler but here's how to build it. Get rid of the 2 bridge rectifyers and get 2 diodes per phase. Lastly, you'll also need 2 capacitors. Full wave voltage doubler. 1) Connect the coil_output_A to both the anode of diode_D1, and to the cathode of diode_D2. 2) Connect the cathode of Diode_D1 to the + terminal of capacitor_C1, and connect the anode of Diode_D2 to the - terminal of Capacitor_C2. 3) Connect coil_output_B to the - terminal of capacitor_C1 and to the + terminal of capacitor_C2. 4) Voltage doubler output is taken from the + of capacitor_C1 and the - of capacitor_C2. Both phases can share the same same capacitors.

@-30h-work-week Жыл бұрын

If using the right generator on a bike (but still small sized), what RPM will it need to reach in order to ouput the same W and Amps as the phone's normal charger? -- so that we can charge the phone in 2+ hours, same way the normal charger does.

@AKIOTV Жыл бұрын

Depends on the exact generator type, but in general (regular speed) phone charging uses about 5W of power. Most people pedal at 100+W on a bike, so plenty of power would be available. If your generator is geared/rubs against the tyre it can operate at very high speed compared to the bike wheel, potentially allowing for impressive output from a small device (higher speed = better power density)

@decentkiller1236 Жыл бұрын

i looked this up due to the fact I had an idea on how to make an electric bike that doesn't require power and can charge 100% using just the pedals. i believe it will work just need to test it when i can build it.

@kreynolds1123 3 ай бұрын

Given a stepper motor with two coils that are driven 90 degrees out of phase (most stepper motors) it is possible to wire the coils in serries and get a higher output than each on its own. Although you can't simply add the two voltages, you can use The vector phase difference amplitude of 2 coils with the same output but 90 degrees difference is 1.414 × that of one coil on its own.

@BeastOuncelifeian 8 ай бұрын

Can you give links to the additional electrical components? I want to build one. I'll use a longer handle though. THANKS in advance.!

@FixitEasyDIY 10 ай бұрын

Very good brother ❤

@snoopsanctuary Жыл бұрын

Perhaps adding a gearbox would work

@mj1824 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, gear differentials my man. Throw a big ass gear on the crank and a fairly small one on the shaft and you can trade out resistance for RPMs

@rjds1800 10 ай бұрын

Flywheel & gears required

@doubleooh7337 Ай бұрын

The risk of blowing the phone outweighs the benefits

@Ferd414 10 күн бұрын

Done even halfway right, the risk of "blowing" the phone is somewhere between "slim" and "none".

@mikebond6328 6 күн бұрын

Fear mongering.

@doubleooh7337 6 күн бұрын

@@mikebond6328 why don't you show us how its done?🤣

@powerROBY 4 ай бұрын

hi, using this engine I would like to make a 12 volt battery charger to position my gokart as a chain tensioner...how many amps can I get? the battery is 6.5 amps...

@BootlegSonicToy Жыл бұрын

Can you add a small solar cell and add both type of power at the same time?

@Teknopottu 9 ай бұрын

Yes, you could. A small solar cell is putting out little power but if left on a window, could charge a small power bank if given enough time.

@trevorclover Жыл бұрын

Does the amperage matter? Might be fun to attach to a bike or something

@AKIOTV Жыл бұрын

on a bike I'd use a different type of generator because then high rpms are much easier to achieve

@trevorclover Жыл бұрын

@@AKIOTV can we see a video of that :3

@coding32111 Ай бұрын

@@AKIOTVi am adding it to a bike so could you show

@kreynolds1123 3 ай бұрын

One can full bridge rectify each phase off a two coil stepper motor add a capacitor across its + and - outputs. Which Smooths the outputs and temporary stores power. Then connect the - of bridge_recitfyer_1 to the + of bridge_rectifyer_2. The doubled output is then taken from bridge_recitfyer_1 + and bridge_recitfyer_2 -.

@HYPERPLASMATIER 5 ай бұрын

Wind up phone charger go brr

@AKIOTV 5 ай бұрын

haha

@anandhakrishnanpj5460 6 ай бұрын

attach a dead weight with string rolled over the shaft of the stepper motor so if u let the weight fall it will rotate the shaft and produce electricity?

@AKIOTV 6 ай бұрын

certainly possible, but you'd have to lift it back up every now and then of course.

@Nate-oi7ri 5 ай бұрын

@@AKIOTVand if i just add a gear system to reduce the rate of the weight falling and increase height so i don't have to lift it every now ?

@Nate-oi7ri 5 ай бұрын

@@AKIOTVone more thing, is there any difference while cranking the Motor without the phone connected and with the phone ? Like is it hard to crank with the phone connected?

@AKIOTV 5 ай бұрын

@@Nate-oi7ri It is harder to crank with the phone connected. Many people assume that a generator turns easily no matter the load, but a generator is harder to turn as more power is drawn. The laws of physics always apply: if it makes more power, you need to put more power into it as well. If you geared it so thw weight falls slower, it produces less power and run for longer. But the energy supplied per fall of the weight is unchanged. The potential energy in a weight is m x g x h, so dropping 10kg from a height of 1m gives 10 x 9.8 x 1 = 98J of energy. A phone battery holds about 36000J of energy, so you'd have to re-lift the weight 368 times for a full charge.

@Nate-oi7ri 5 ай бұрын

@@AKIOTV thank you so much