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Subject Author Date Would This Work? Curlyque 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Eeyore 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Bob F 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Ken Maltby 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Bob F 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Eeyore 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Ken Maltby 06-01-2008  Re: Would This Work? Eeyore 06-02-2008
Posted by Curlyque on June 1, 2008, 8:46 am Please log in for more thread options Piezo crystals make small amounts of electricity when they vibrate. LEDs use small amounts of electricity. Would the typical vibrations around a home excite the crystals enough to light LEDs, or would it just take too many crystals to be practical? Or is it just a stupid idea to begin with? Curly. Posted by Eeyore on June 1, 2008, 9:26 am Please log in for more thread options Curlyque wrote: > Piezo crystals make small amounts of electricity when they vibrate. Very small. Microwatts mostly unless they are very large examples. > LEDs use small amounts of electricity. Not really true. 20 - 50 mW would be quite typical. > Would the typical vibrations around a home excite the crystals enough to > light LEDs, or would it just take too many crystals to be practical? > > Or is it just a stupid idea to begin with? I'm afraid so. You could probably use electromagnetic generators based on magnets, springs and coils to tap into draughts and stuff though. Graham Posted by Bob F on June 1, 2008, 12:21 pm Please log in for more thread options > > > Curlyque wrote: > >> Piezo crystals make small amounts of electricity when they vibrate. > > Very small. Microwatts mostly unless they are very large examples. > > >> LEDs use small amounts of electricity. > > Not really true. 20 - 50 mW would be quite typical. > > >> Would the typical vibrations around a home excite the crystals enough to >> light LEDs, or would it just take too many crystals to be practical? >> >> Or is it just a stupid idea to begin with? > > I'm afraid so. You could probably use electromagnetic generators based on > magnets, springs and coils to tap into draughts and stuff though. There were skis manufactured with this combo. Led would light when skis bounced. Same with running shoes. Posted by Ken Maltby on June 1, 2008, 6:43 pm Please log in for more thread options > Piezo crystals make small amounts of electricity when they vibrate. > > LEDs use small amounts of electricity. > > Would the typical vibrations around a home excite the crystals enough to > light LEDs, or would it just take too many crystals to be practical? > > Or is it just a stupid idea to begin with? > > Curly. It was my understanding that the crystals worked under compression, not simple vibration. Perhaps you could make a pair of shoes that could charge up a battery over time then drive some LEDs for a limited period. If we still had the spirit of the turn of the century inventors, there would be little generators putting a spring in our step and charging our cell phones or i-Pods. They could be based on the bicycle bell mechanism. They would be complements to our solar PV shirts. Luck; Ken Posted by Bob F on June 1, 2008, 7:00 pm Please log in for more thread options > >> Piezo crystals make small amounts of electricity when they vibrate. >> >> LEDs use small amounts of electricity. >> >> Would the typical vibrations around a home excite the crystals enough to >> light LEDs, or would it just take too many crystals to be practical? >> >> Or is it just a stupid idea to begin with? >> >> Curly. > > It was my understanding that the crystals worked > under compression, not simple vibration. > > Perhaps you could make a pair of shoes that could > charge up a battery over time then drive some LEDs > for a limited period. > > If we still had the spirit of the turn of the century > inventors, there would be little generators putting > a spring in our step and charging our cell phones > or i-Pods. They could be based on the bicycle > bell mechanism. They would be complements > to our solar PV shirts. Actually, in the process of generating electricity, they take the spring OUT of your step. Or the skis, the advertised function was to absorb vibration. On the shoes, it was just visual. Although, at least one criminal was caught because the police could see the flashing LEDs on his shoes as he tried to get away through the woods at night. Similar Threads Posted Re: Hydrogen boost will work! August 13, 2008, 11:33 am Re: Hydrogen boost will work! August 13, 2008, 9:29 pm Composting toilets; Do they work (at lest for my application)? March 17, 2007, 6:38 pm Solar-Hydrogen House Still A Work In Progress November 10, 2008, 4:43 pm