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|    Kurt Weiske to Ed Vance    |
|    Re: Hydro went off - agai    |
|    09 Dec 20 07:01:00    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 2594.coffeekl@1:218/700 24378ad0       REPLY: 3286.klatsch@1:2320/105 243583d4       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 Sep 30 2020 MSC 1927       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.179 Sep 30 2020 MSC 1927       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins <=-               EV> I'd think it would take a set of Gears to increase the Speed the Mill        EV> Wheel        EV> rotates at to turn a Generator so it would create 50 (60) Cycle/Second        EV> A.C. Voltage, as a Mill Wheel doesn't rotate very fast, maybe 3 full        EV> turns per Minute I'd guess.              It could charge a battery, which would then be used to provide current       into the grid. There are lots of applications where you use       self-generated electricity during peak times.                            ... Shut the door and listen from outside       --- MultiMail/XT v0.52        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 19/36 90/1 102/401 103/705 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 116/18 120/302 331 340 123/131 140 124/5016 153/105 135 757       SEEN-BY: 153/802 6809 7715 154/10 203/0 214/22 218/0 1 401 410 700       SEEN-BY: 218/720 802 810 820 840 221/0 1 6 360 222/2 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 452 664 1016 230/0 150 152 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/110 206 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/67 155 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 282/1031 1056 288/100 291/100 111 292/854 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 335/364 340/400 341/66 342/17 200       SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/81 120 460/58 640/1321 712/848 770/1 801/161 189       SEEN-BY: 2320/105 2452/250 3634/12 4500/1 5020/1042 5053/58       PATH: 218/700 261/38 153/757 221/6 1 280/464 229/101 426           |
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