DIY Phone Charger
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@Champo0 4 жыл бұрын
The cat is not dead unless someone looks into the box...
@rkan2 4 жыл бұрын
What's in the booooox!!?? What's in the booox?!
@air-headedaviator1805 4 жыл бұрын
Philosophy saves the day once again!
@CheekiScrubb 4 жыл бұрын
but its both dead and alive
@lazergurka-smerlin6561 4 жыл бұрын
@@air-headedaviator1805 More like quantum mechanics
@zachmaster426 4 жыл бұрын
We can't know that for sure
@RealEngineering 4 жыл бұрын
“Better than anything you made”. Going for the throat Tom 😂
@nomercyriding 4 жыл бұрын
Yea holy cow i was like someone call the fire brigade
@jakobfindlay4136 4 жыл бұрын
i love william but cmon his whole shtick is "oh so swanky janky"
@TheNinj47 3 жыл бұрын
@@adrunkskeleton9046 Regarding Nobel Prizes per capita pretty much the entirety of Europe is far ahead of the USA. Not that it's important but i say this because i guess it hurts you.
@Essa_Mabry 3 жыл бұрын
YOU KILLED THE KAT
@kiq4767 3 жыл бұрын
Almost mentioned you in the video 5:14
@christiangeiselmann 4 жыл бұрын
The obvious thing to do is attach it to a hamster wheel.
@ogi22 4 жыл бұрын
There was once a special, unlimited power device. Just a crank shaft with a cat and a sandwich attached to it. Simple physics - cats always land on their feet and sandwich falls always the butter side on the ground. If you put them together back to back... and skew it on the crank shaft, you have unlimited rotation and power for anything you want ;)
@azzazz430 4 жыл бұрын
@@ogi22 Not unlimited energy though. It's jus conversion.
@jetaddict420 4 жыл бұрын
@@azzazz430 bruh its a joke we all obey the laws of thermodynamics
@pineapplepizza5733 4 жыл бұрын
@@ogi22 then the cat dies
@gibsonf06 4 жыл бұрын
Or.. You know... A $5 American plug
@thezenith3515 3 жыл бұрын
Set it up to a bike and generate while riding
@robjones1328 3 жыл бұрын
exercise and electricity
@gistasbanaitis473 3 жыл бұрын
He can just do it using generative braking with his electric bike
@sirsanti8408 3 жыл бұрын
@@gistasbanaitis473 why not both?
@franksworld9922 3 жыл бұрын
@@robjones1328 exercise and electrify.
@TheOfficialCzex 4 жыл бұрын
You really freaked me out with the cat carrier.
@nathanaelfertich801 4 жыл бұрын
I love cats, it scared the crap out of me
@ketansaart1546 4 жыл бұрын
The video shot cuts after 4:59 .... If you understand what I mean, you will be freaked forever and probably unsub... 😨
@hansdietrich83 4 жыл бұрын
@@ketansaart1546 wat?
@lawnmowerdude 4 жыл бұрын
There’s clearly no cat in it. Do you really think they would record themselves dropping a cat form two stories?
@TheOfficialCzex 4 жыл бұрын
@@lawnmowerdude Thanks, Captain Obvious! I totally didn't watch any of the video after that point so I absolutely didn't hear Will say anything about not actually having the cat in the carrier...
@siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 4 жыл бұрын
How about the complete opposite? Charge the phone by releasing a weather ballon
@larryscott3982 4 жыл бұрын
Or both. Down by weight and up by buoyancy
@charleslambert3368 4 жыл бұрын
Are you releasing a weather balloon or dropping a load of air? See: helium balloon in a car.
@siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 4 жыл бұрын
Fill a big balloon with helium, tie a string to the charger and let go. 4 hours later, phone charged. How long can the balloon keep going up vs dropping something?
@larryscott3982 4 жыл бұрын
Just use a much greater weight and very high gear ratio, ie: a clock work. Higher output generator too. Probably can’t use 3d printed plastic.
@siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 4 жыл бұрын
@@larryscott3982 yeah but the weight has already been done, it's too ordinary now. I'd like to see a big red balloon. That would be a cool world challenge, weird ways to charge a phone
@asliceofbred4882 3 жыл бұрын
4:57 "They had us in the first half not gonna lie"
@AMT911 3 жыл бұрын
yuup
@clayboi6939 4 жыл бұрын
-William has joined the chat. -Practicality has left the chat. -William has killed the cat.
@loen9591 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@nubyup 3 жыл бұрын
181 likes
@sirbreadstick5664 3 жыл бұрын
@@nubyup not any more
@rasmus9311 4 жыл бұрын
Tom seems exhausted by all these high energy americanos
@rasmus9311 4 жыл бұрын
I mean no hate i'm subbed to both peter and william
@JonnyRobbie 4 жыл бұрын
yeah, I didn't really like this video that much. mainly because of the influence of the disgusting editing style and grimases and other childbait stuff.
@4pThorpy 4 жыл бұрын
@@JonnyRobbie so the part where they're having fun? come on Jonny, don't be a stick in the mud he's on holiday
@JonnyRobbie 4 жыл бұрын
@@4pThorpy You might misunderstand. I like the usual Tom's videos. That's why I'm subscribed to him after all. What I despise is the sort of forced hyperenergetic shit / jumpcuts / jingles / grimases / etc. where it almost feels disgenuine and hard to believe they are not "acting" for the video and I think they are having "fun" for the video and not for themselves. Now, I don't think this video goes all the way to that side. But it definitely have a feel like it's been influenced by that.
@geogmz8277 4 жыл бұрын
@@JonnyRobbie I really don't know why I read your comment with the Sheldon Cooper voice in my head.. 🤣
@Pwn3dbyth3n00b 4 жыл бұрын
You're the only person I know who would buy a 1 star rated product on Amazon
@AbhishekThakur-wl1pl 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao so true.
@mwbgaming28 4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he paid nearly $40 for it, I bought one of those on ebay ages ago for $4
@RobinDobbie 4 жыл бұрын
Can't go by how many stars something has. You might see a useful description of how something's poorly made in a review, but those are known to disappear now, too. So you basically can't put any faith in Amazon's review system. It's corrupt.
@mwbgaming28 4 жыл бұрын
@Zane Zuccaro the one I bought off eBay worked for all of 5 seconds before literally flying apart
@duronboy2 4 жыл бұрын
Could you not?
@umxrr8677 4 жыл бұрын
2:07 that laptop charges with USB-C and there is a power brick back there
@fernando47180 3 жыл бұрын
Are you suggesting I use a laptop power brick to charge my phone? Sounds like a great idea!
@umxrr8677 3 жыл бұрын
@@fernando47180 its about charging the phone through the laptop while its charging
@hwilkes2048 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like there is more potential in this project. Better quality, more gears, higher weights. Would love to see a part 2
@TheMadJagger 8 күн бұрын
and with two baskets to travel back and forth
@JulianHaardt 4 жыл бұрын
The moment you realize he charges his Laptop via USB-C, while modeling the parts in CAD.
@klightspeed 4 жыл бұрын
Shhh - Don't take away his excuse to make impractical yet educational gadgets.
@lushcassidy 4 жыл бұрын
@Thebrightestbrick88 most phones support several voltages and are smart enough to not fry themselves. I think it's one of the many advantsges of USB type C. I know mine supports up to 18v, for example
@foresthillwolf7998 4 жыл бұрын
@Guybrush Threepwood the cable he uses for his computer can charge his phone
@karmanyaahm 4 жыл бұрын
@@lushcassidy It's 18 watts at varying voltages, and if a device doesn't support dynamic voltages, smart chargers(USB PD) just falls back to 5v
@larryt5537 4 жыл бұрын
I've got an idea ...a power adapter to plug in the wall...why would anyone at home try to do this?
@barronrisling5354 4 жыл бұрын
Every youtuber I've watched who participated in this get-together has had a substantial change in editing style during it and it's been hilarious! I gotta say Tom seems most resilient against the Osman Effect though
@SinanAkkoyun 4 жыл бұрын
XD
@SinanAkkoyun 4 жыл бұрын
Peter is still the same lol
@metacob 4 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting how makers seem to be reclusive hermits most of the time, but turn into super sociable and supportive people whenever they meet other makers.
@air-headedaviator1805 4 жыл бұрын
metacob birds of a feather fly with more confidence, together.
@64_bit80 4 жыл бұрын
prob b/c camera man john
@bigbo1764 3 жыл бұрын
As an American, I’m so sorry you had to see Los Angeles, I swear our entire country isn’t like that.
@DrGreerIsRight 2 жыл бұрын
Never come to the south.
@starsandwars5509 2 жыл бұрын
@@DrGreerIsRight u from new york? Yea you've never been here
@jnqt 2 жыл бұрын
sounds like someone who’s never been to LA
@Zt3v3 4 жыл бұрын
Cool to see you kicking it with two of my other favorite creators. William to laugh, Peter to fly, Tom for a bit of serious Science learning stuff.
@Nighthawkinlight 4 жыл бұрын
I think you could make this work reasonably well if you used an entrapment to lower the weight MUCH more slowly, and a coil spring to buffer out the release of the energy from each entrapment click.
@IndraKurniawan-vk2qb 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could make your own version, i would love to see it :)
@TomStantonEngineering 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! However, even if 100% efficient, the gravitational potential energy required to charge a phone is a lot, and therefore very unfeasable
@MaxUgly 4 жыл бұрын
Someone do the math, please! I mean, would it be like a small truck lowered from the Eiffel Tower?
@mads7790 4 жыл бұрын
@@MaxUgly You would need between 32 -34 kJ of energy. Which is equivalent of dropping 102 kg 32-34 meters. And this would be at 100% efficiency.. You would need to lower something like a french bulldog from the the Eiffel Tower.
@matrick1356 4 жыл бұрын
@@TomStantonEngineering what would the voltage output of the gravity phone charger be? im doing the math fro @MaxUgly
@Jer_Schmidt 4 жыл бұрын
2700mAh*3.7v=10Wh. 10Wh converts to 26552 ft-lbs... yikes lol
@kutsen39 3 жыл бұрын
It looks like it might be... 30 feet down? Let's say 30ft down, the coke bottle weighs 4.4lbs, so that's... 3900 times?
@Alicia-un2kj 3 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmm yes inded sience stuff i dont understand yes i very much agree with you
@kutsen39 3 жыл бұрын
@@Alicia-un2kj Jeremy used electrical properties to derive how much energy the battery stores from its amperage and voltage rating, and put it in foot-pounds. All I did was find the weight of a bottle of Coke and an estimate of how far they were dropping to figure out how many foot-pounds the bottle needed to drop to the bottom. I then took that number and divided it from how many foot-pounds you would need to charge the battery. Does this make sense? If you care enough, I can try to explain what doesn't make sense.
@Alicia-un2kj 3 жыл бұрын
Kevin alg thanks for the imformation.
@jogadorjnc 3 жыл бұрын
@@kutsen39 On the other hand, at 100% efficiency they could fully charge the battery by dropping a single 360kg boulder over those 30ft.
@zeekjones1 4 жыл бұрын
We need to go slower!!! Time to gear it down at least 1000 times, or at least as many before you burn out the board from over too many RPM.
@ilioscio 4 жыл бұрын
This collab trip has been the best thing, you look like you're having so much fun.
@recklessroges 4 жыл бұрын
Needs higher gearing and a rapid reset path, (a way to pull the chain back up while bypassing the mechanism.)
@SlendisFi_Universe 4 жыл бұрын
Elevator counter weights with release system
@shaneebahera8566 4 жыл бұрын
you could put the chain on a ratcheting mechanism so that when resetting you can do it quickly without winding it back
@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah there is a special way the gears are arranged to make that gravity light work. I saw a video about it.
@SlartiMarvinbartfast 4 жыл бұрын
How about water power as seen in cliff railway systems ? (on a much smaller scale of course).
@sandiego29061993 4 жыл бұрын
I miss the calculation about how much energy is stored in the cat when lowering. And how efficent the system is 😯
@thecaptainnoodles 4 жыл бұрын
R/iAMVERYSMART
@mission101 4 жыл бұрын
Noah Ali what no. They were just saying they missed the bit where Tom included all the nerdy engineer stuff like the weight of the cat in this case and the full efficiency of the system
@thecaptainnoodles 4 жыл бұрын
@@mission101 maybe I should go on r/iamnotverysmart
@jamesbrown99991 4 жыл бұрын
Potential energy of cat is quite low. Cat would provide more energy in combustion engine.
@foresthillwolf7998 4 жыл бұрын
@@thecaptainnoodles or r/ihavereddit
@MichaelSHartman 3 жыл бұрын
This is like a cross between Wallace and Gromit, and Wiley the Coyote. 😄
@Lord.Kiltridge 3 жыл бұрын
Although your gravity device needs refinement, it is a LOT more interesting to watch than my cheaper and easier solar panels. May I suggest a weight that fills with water at the top and empties at the bottom where a much smaller counter weight can then bring it back to the top? You will need more gears and a stronger chain I think so it will drop MUCH slower.
@Johnlee-ej7yx 4 жыл бұрын
5:00 thank God someone let the cat out of the bag!🤣
@randomdude9135 4 жыл бұрын
Dog doesn't exist, dimbo.
@jesuschristislordoflordsan427 4 жыл бұрын
◄ Proverbs 26 ► …18Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, 19So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?"
@collinschlegels4444 4 жыл бұрын
That scared the heck out of me lol
@imagineaworld 4 жыл бұрын
I knew the damn cat wasnt in there and my heart still jumped haha
@jesuschristislordoflordsan427 4 жыл бұрын
◄ Proverbs 26 ► …18Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, 19So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?"
@RuchitBreme Жыл бұрын
0:17 me: just goes and buys an adapter. tom: just makes a charger.
@infidelmarine5826 3 жыл бұрын
My heart dropped when the rope broke with that cat but at the same time I was thinking "somethings fishy"
@NautiluStudios 4 жыл бұрын
That bag drop part made my heart freeze for second, scared the crap out of me
@lawnmowerdude 4 жыл бұрын
Do you really think they would publish a video dropping a cat two stories?
@I_like_pi_ 4 жыл бұрын
@@lawnmowerdude There are worse things on the internet.
@davidberriman5903 4 жыл бұрын
If the cat had been in the bag, would it have been catatonic by the time it reached the floor?
@trekintosh 4 жыл бұрын
Thank god Tom is still professional and making good videos when visiting the Osmond mansion. Peter was just a gibbering maniac for his videos.
@terriblegoatman826 4 жыл бұрын
2:42 DO NOT HOLD YOUR PHONE OVER THAT EDGE I AM HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK RIGHT NOW
@jacobmartinelli7496 3 жыл бұрын
more gears, wind up (like alarm clock) and a screw gear, from the wind up's unwinding spring part, to provide enough torque for the rest of the gears for a windup charger that can be wound within 30 seconds and last for at least 12 hours (like a windup clock would) (don't forget the auto escapement mechanism, unless you'd use a pendulum)
@ryanm.191 4 жыл бұрын
It’s not long until you turn into Michael reeves
@IndraKurniawan-vk2qb 4 жыл бұрын
0:29 Automatic chopstick xD
@slatetechnologies1724 2 жыл бұрын
“All the plugs here don’t seem to work.” As an ElectroBOOM fan, I can tell you that Tom and Mehdi are both correct.
@huckfin1100 4 жыл бұрын
As the bottle drops it tightens a spring hits return knob at bottom starts again ! Its really simple
@apbosh1 4 жыл бұрын
Why when 2 tubers get together it has to turn into a comedy show?
@dansv1 4 жыл бұрын
It sucked.
@jetison333 4 жыл бұрын
Cause people like to have fun, probably.
@apbosh1 4 жыл бұрын
@@jetison333 do people like to have fun at partys? I don't get it.
@jetison333 4 жыл бұрын
@@apbosh1 yeah
@apbosh1 4 жыл бұрын
@@jetison333 thanks for the detailed response.
@kliether33 4 жыл бұрын
Will Osmand, Peter Sripol, and Tom Stanton in one video!?!?!?! Hell yes, the golden trio has arrived.
@MrOliver1312 4 жыл бұрын
Believe jabrillis is in the background at one point
@jimmyoverly3512 4 жыл бұрын
Tom has more talent and knowledge than Peter and William combined.
@Invatator 4 жыл бұрын
Yes. Indeed, jabrils was there as well
@Rockzilla1122 4 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyoverly3512 you really do be out here all over this comment section to keep on being an asshole
@tech4682 4 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyoverly3512 you should not compare. Keep it to yourself, you gonna look like an asshole
@CryptoTonight9393 3 жыл бұрын
What you need is an escapement. Something like large clock mechanisms use. Basically you spin blades to use air resistance to slow down or regulate the release of potential energy.
@olfmombach260 4 жыл бұрын
This went from 100 to 1 real quick
@Rouverius 4 жыл бұрын
Wait! Where's the buttered toast to tape on Jimmie the cat's back? Oh, _Gravity_ powered phone changer.... huh. 😁 Hey, Merry Christmas.
@p_mouse8676 4 жыл бұрын
Looking at the little board, that's also not the most efficient circuit to use. It looks like they are using just a zener to clamp the voltage. Which means that you're wasting all the other energy. I would look into a buck/boost converter (SEPIC to me very specific). I bet that your phone will already charge a lot better. Funny episode, I was just missing a bit the physics/math behind it. You can actually calculate and predict pretty well how much energy you can get out of this. With proper gears and mass you'll be surprised that this is actually not a very stupid idea at all.
@1Hippo 4 жыл бұрын
Modern Li-Ion batteries actually contain quite a lot of energy. If you calculate the potential energy (see the comment from the user science below) and assume 100% energy conversion efficiency it would still take for example 480 kg on a 10 m drop to fully charge a typical 3500 mAh phone battery. If you want for this only for a emergency situation you could drop 14,4 kg down 10 m to get 3% charge back.
@p_mouse8676 4 жыл бұрын
@@1Hippo Correct. That's also why it's not really the most efficient way of doing it. But the thought behind it and mostly WHY is a very interesting exercise to do. That's what I meant that the idea by itself isn't stupid.
@lapasteque899 4 жыл бұрын
Hippo his calculation was shit no fucking celle phone battery is 47 KILO joules the one he specified was 722 j or 0,722 k j not quite the same
@1Hippo 4 жыл бұрын
@@lapasteque899 3,5 Ah * 3,7 V = 12,95 Wh 12,95 W * 3600 s = 46,62 kJ
@slatetechnologies1724 2 жыл бұрын
“Better than anything you made.” I think that would be something that Tom would say to Simone Giertz.
@MatthewCarlsen 4 жыл бұрын
This is such a unique idea and project! I’m very impressed with you knowledge and expertise in innovation! We share the same passion😀
@ryanp541 4 жыл бұрын
This would be a great optimisation and efficiency series. Obviously these aren’t practical but from a process point of view, it would be great to see how it much it could be refined. And what methods are used to achieve better efficiency
@exactpause9218 4 жыл бұрын
I love it how almost all makers I watch know each other and work together. I've even seen Jabrils. Thats awesome!
@vipervidsgamingplus5723 3 жыл бұрын
You made a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist without someone purposeful creating it.
@SvenDansk7 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting project. I think it would be cooler to develop a portable treadle powered generator so you can sit at a desk or table and charge using your foot while you eat, read, or write with your hands. You could probably fit it into the size of a briefcase for travel. Totally easier than buying an outlet adapter! ;)
@nono9370 4 жыл бұрын
Any Hydro dam is technically gravity powered.
@luca_sbll 4 жыл бұрын
It also technically is solar powered, since the sun makes the water evaporate and then fall as rain, feeding the hydro dam
@nono9370 4 жыл бұрын
Luca Isabella then again we are moving around the sun due to gravity.
@luca_sbll 4 жыл бұрын
@@nono9370 Well I think we can say an Hydro Dam needs both gravity and solar energy to work then 🤔
@kopanvezer 4 жыл бұрын
Well.. Wind turbines are gravity and solar powered too in some ways
@JimFortune 4 жыл бұрын
0:04 "Coming in to Los Angeleez, Bringin' in a couple of keys, Don't check my bags if you please, Mister customs man....."
@drumkommandr9779 4 жыл бұрын
The b-roll of you scrolling past all the international plugs to the hand crank made me burst out laughing in an ER waiting room so loud they checked on me
@Azzie492 4 жыл бұрын
maybe if you use two water containers 180 degrees apart that self emptied on reaching the ground you would only have to keep refilling the empty one as it reached the top. You would also need to apologise to the ground floor tenants for flooding the area.
@RBurwell 4 жыл бұрын
Funny when you think clocks have worked like this for years.
@QlueDuPlessis 4 жыл бұрын
Centuries
@SlartiMarvinbartfast 4 жыл бұрын
That was my first thought too.
@integza 4 жыл бұрын
Is like I'm watching a nerd version of the vlog squad. Amazing!
@TylerBenney 4 жыл бұрын
After watch this I went and got one off these off of amazon for £3 , is quite a fun thing to play with.I connected it to a power bank I have and it does charge it but I would definitely be there for a good day doing it .
@kingofsalts386 3 жыл бұрын
The cat is like "I AM NOT SITTING IN IT AFTER THAT"
@nickpastore807 4 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, I love you guys all hanging out together because I watch all your channels separately. Tom you should make the gear ratio insane and drop like a 20 pound weight over the course of like 20 minutes. You'd have to make a metal housing, chain and gears, but I'm sure it would work well!
@natttomes4588 4 жыл бұрын
if i did my math right it would make about 27 watts
@chriswright1389 3 жыл бұрын
@@natttomes4588 I am no math guy but don't you need to know how fast the weight bis moving.
@joyfuflower 4 жыл бұрын
I saw the title and though "Oh, like the gravity light!" and then 1:30 in...
@amusik7 Жыл бұрын
This gives me some appreciation toward the fact that we have abundant energy available all the time. You see how much work is required to load a simple phone battery 🔋
@gormauslander 4 жыл бұрын
Also, there are USB chargers you can get at almost any store in the USA that work with freedom outlets
@morkovija 4 жыл бұрын
I wish it was some sort of massive inertia wheel that you spin up once and then charge as it slowly comes to a stop
@ethanhermsey 4 жыл бұрын
your giggling gets me every time ;p
@grovecitysirens_GCS 3 жыл бұрын
The generator had 1 STAR and he didn't notice or care
@originalwolf8297 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it already soes, but if you configure it so that pulling up provides charge as well, it might take only half the time. For example if yopu have supply of water at the top, you could make a pully system that fills at the top, goes down, somehow drains or tips the jar at the bottom, then goes up again and is filled again and so on
@markusthiel7687 4 жыл бұрын
Love the colab stuff! But why does William know everything even if he doesn't? 😂
@andreaspanayiotou7779 4 жыл бұрын
Phone battery gets problem Repair guy : so whats the prob Tom: I charged my phone Repair guy: this shouldn't be a problem Tom :Well.......
@quantumlife6501 4 жыл бұрын
i have a really clever way to get the weight back upward then permanantly charging or making power
@gaza102289 3 жыл бұрын
What if the generator was a ratchet system and the spool was connected to a clockwork mechanism (Or some other sort of energy storage). When the basket gets to the end it lands on an angle that deposits the weight on the ground. Without the weight or the friction of the generator, the clockwork mechanism is able to re-spool the chain raising the basket back up. You put a new weight in the basket to restart the process.
@dansv1 4 жыл бұрын
This video was so lacking in substance that it must be considered a non canon Tom Stanton video.
@jimmyoverly3512 4 жыл бұрын
LOL this comment deserves more upvotes
@jansenart0 4 жыл бұрын
I have wanted this setup since I saw the gravity lights made for non-infrastructure areas.
@classydays43 4 жыл бұрын
Ok, what you need is two weights. One is a bucket of water that, when filled, is greater than the weight of the other which could be a rock or something. A clutch in the gearbox could run a reverse gear so the dyno drives the same direction each time a weighted object descends. When the bucket is filled, it carries down to the bottom and lands on an offset surface that tilts the bucket on its side, tipping the water out. Because the rock at this point is so much heavier than the empty bucket, it could run on more pulleys to reduce its ratio as it gets to the bottom. When the rock gets to the bottom, it lands on a platform connected to a set of rods and stuff that opens a water valve at the top from a resevoir, filling the bucket. When the bucket is full, the cycle repeats. The only thing you would need to do is refill the tank, but if it's connected to a downpipe from the guttering (tank overflow runs back to downpipe), that step could be overcome entirely.
@aaronbobanthomas6522 4 жыл бұрын
Add a flywheel to it so that even after the load has reached the ground the phone still will be charging. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Sheckshe 3 жыл бұрын
Villagers when you look at them: 6:28 I’m surprised nobody had pointed this out
@docink6175 4 жыл бұрын
doesnt it charge in reverse?
@jrunsvold 4 жыл бұрын
@1:53 Missed opportunity to say "That idea has potential"
@maxuso1 4 жыл бұрын
you could install this with some kind of propellers on a river. this would provide you a constant current.
@bloodsweatandtearsforeverl9833 4 жыл бұрын
You almost had it, just keep adding gears
@NathanHaaren 4 жыл бұрын
exactly what i was thinking, if u add so many gears that it takes the weight 4 hours to drop 2 metres then you can get a constant power output you could maybe even use your own body weight in a 15 minute drop to fast charge your phone to 50%
@usssmartdoofus516 4 жыл бұрын
Did you replace Micheal Reeves as William osmans roommate now that Micheal is a part of offline tv?
@DreamsCatcher101 4 жыл бұрын
I have made one similar. Same contraption but instead of gravity I set mine to run with a water wheel.
@TecSanento 2 жыл бұрын
I discovered that stepper motors produce way more power and you can use them with existing Timing belts
@zell9058 4 жыл бұрын
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20
@samuelfellows6923 4 жыл бұрын
Douggernaut84 - ✝️ 😉
@fred_e 4 жыл бұрын
Brace for impact
@jimmyoverly3512 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not Christian, but I appreciate where you're coming from and a I agree with you.
@lasersbee 4 жыл бұрын
2:57... Where Tom is highly professional in his projects and actions... you Peter are a childish clown...
@Tobias94b 3 жыл бұрын
Loved to see you with Peter, cause I also watch all his homebuild plane stuff 😁
@Akuba 3 жыл бұрын
I though "What when the cord rips, poor cat" and a second later it happens .... thanks for the heart attack!
@alialwaily71 4 жыл бұрын
🐈+🏗= 📲🔋
@nathenschafer7147 4 жыл бұрын
I like how these are not click bait and i havent even watched it
@scottgriswold384 3 жыл бұрын
That looked WAY easier than cranking the original crank charger for 4 hours.
@charmctrain4574 4 жыл бұрын
loving the touch of comedy in this vid, an improvement from when i started watching back at 5k subs
@edward657 4 жыл бұрын
GemmellFilmsHD HD That’s quite liberal use of the word comedy. More just weird jump cuts, zooms and over-acting
@charmctrain4574 4 жыл бұрын
Edward oh sorry I didn’t realise you were the final decision on what is comedy. I liked it and thought it was funny therefore I consider it comedy
@charmctrain4574 4 жыл бұрын
Edward I thought I’d made the video more digestible and enjoyable and t he re was just enough for it to also be informative.
@SparkyLabs 4 жыл бұрын
well predictably not the greatest project.
@gormauslander 4 жыл бұрын
You need it geared so far down that you don't need to moderate the speed, like the gravity light
@stevengulick5736 4 жыл бұрын
what you shouldve done is after you drop the weight you take the beads out and feed them in the opposite direction so as you pull the weight back up it still charges
@Forakus 4 жыл бұрын
Boring and lazy excuse to run a commercial for Skillshare.
@creedofthemachine9903 3 жыл бұрын
An interesting modification would be to add a fly wheel that would spin in addition, so even after the weight had hit the ground it would keep spinning and charging the phone
@HariKrishna-mr5jm 3 жыл бұрын
Cat has this ability to jump from any building with minute scratches
@alirezaghaderi 3 жыл бұрын
You are the best Man :))) died laughing :)) most talented engineer I saw
@bigbo1764 3 жыл бұрын
You probably need to increase the gearbox ratio so that the weight drops even slower while maintaining the same output rpm
@blakegabriel0 4 жыл бұрын
Even tho I knew there wasn’t a cat in the bag, I still literally winced when it fell
@therealaspect5890 3 жыл бұрын
I mean you could have just attached a motor onto the hand crank or something... but yea. It still works.
@prashanthkumar0 3 жыл бұрын
4:51 i was about to scream
@fryncyaryorvjink2140 4 жыл бұрын
You should make a Stirling engine generator for your phone. They run on a temperature differential. The free piston type is I think the most efficient, it's basically a tube with a piston inside. Since the groin is the warmest part of the body, you can tuck it into your fly, that way the cold side is out in the air for the greatest differential. Then you can walk around town charging your phone!
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