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You are not getting over ~500W continuously for more than half an hour, an hour maybe if you're really fit. An alternator gets surprisingly hard to turn when i
by jotm 7y ago
You are not getting over ~500W continuously for more than half an hour, an hour maybe if you're really fit.
An alternator gets surprisingly hard to turn when it actually has a full load connected to it. I'd compare it to biking uphill.
Still useful for getting a laptop and two smartphones fully charged when you exercise, though.
- _Wintermute 7y agoAs a keen cyclist that trains with a powermeter, there are very few people on the planet that can produce 500W for an hour, more like 1 minute for mere mortals. I think 150W for an hour would be more reasonable for a typical person, even then you're going to get pretty sweaty.