http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Blog of almost daily workouts on the PPPM - Pedal Powered Prime Mover - to generate electricity for use in my home office. en-us Copyright 2007, The WEBworks http://www.got.net/~davidbu/davidbu/avatar.gif http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen.html David Pedaling the PPPM http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html This ride, I Human-powered my laptop, charged an electric drill battery, and charged my roombe, eGo scooter, mobile phones and tablet, portable power station, and more! Big event this weekend - Dancing in the Street. Lots of fun and I'll be in shape for it! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Time to charge the iPhone! But that's not all. I'm also powering my laptop, and charging my tablet, 12 volt spotlight, radio, eGo electric scooter, Roomba and portable power pack - all at the same time! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html I splurged this weekend and went to a restaurant. Now I have to ride away the extra calories! I'm powering my laptop, charging my tablet and mobile phones, charging my roomba, and even more! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Nice fast ride charging the eGo after using it and its trailer to buy a week's worth of groceries. I'm going to be working all weekend - and riding, so I'll need the fuel! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Keeping the pace going. Friday is coming fast. I have invented a way to monitor brush length in the PPPM generator and I'll build a prototype this weekend. Meanwhile I'm powering my laptop and charging everything! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Trying work week. Extreme effort and late nights. I still have time to ride! Charging my eGo electric scooter, roomba robot vacuum, portable power station, and powering my laptop, all at once. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Powering my laptop while I study for work. Charging iPhone, portable power station and roomba all at the same time! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Brisk ride on the hottest day of the year. Riding in one place makes it even hotter! The PPPM pedal generator has a fan (powered by the rider of course) to help, but it's still a hot workout. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html A tough ride after a looong day. Very hot weekend is forecast. I'll be riding in the mornings for sure! This evening I charged my Roomba, eGo electric moped, tablet, mobile phone, portable power station, and powered my laptop - all at once! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Hard ride after a long work day. Charging an 18v drill pack along with the Roomba, plus powering the laptop = a real workout! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Nice Sunday evening ride charging all my favorite devices: Roomba, oGo electric moped, iPhonr and tablet, portable power station, and of course powering my lap during the ride. It's inspiring! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Hi Norm, I have a car charger for the drill batteries so I just pedal at my normal pace - which is FAST - and I can charge 18 volt packs. Even the big Lithium ones! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Another drill battery to charge. I break sweat at 10 Watt-hours, and ride hard from there on. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Fast ride after too much work! I charged my electric drill, Roomba, portable power station, eGo electric moped, and powered my laptop for studying. A huge project is comung at work - boy am I glad I am in shape. Thanks to the PPPM pedal generator! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Great ride! First day back after the (short) holiday and I was hit with an avalanch of work. I'm powering my laptop while I catch up on email. I'm charging my iPhone, tablet, Roomba, eGo electric moped, 12 volt power station, 12 volt spotlight, and more - all at once! All off the grid - powered by me! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Nice strong ride after a couple of days off. Now I'm behind! I'll catch up by charging my iPhone, Datsun Roadster battery, tablet, movie camera, portable power station, radio, spotlight and powering my laptop - all at once! 110 Watt pace, one hour to go. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Nice hard ride charging the eGo electric moped after pulling my trailer to #freshandeasy to buy a week of food! One hard pedal generator ride completely charges it back up! Now I'm powering my laptop for casual web browsing. All green; all me! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Fast ride at the end of a hard workday. I feel my troubles spinning away. I'm powering my laptop and charging my eGo electric moped, Roomba vacuum, iPhone, tablet, and more. The Arctic continues to melt more each year. What are YOU doing to bring it back into balance? http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Today will be a tough day at work. I'm fired up after charging my roomba, electric drill, roomba, eGo electric moped, portable power station, tablet, iPhone, and powering my laptop - all at once! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Brisk ride on a cool morning. I charged my roomba, tablet, iPhone, AA batteries, portable power station, 12 volt spotlight, and more. I powered my laptop and studied for work, and also topped off my main battery bank. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Nice hard ride after a day of housework. I'm ready for the workweek! I charged my electric drill, new tablet, iPhone, two mobile phones, roomba, and I charged up the battery on my parked car. That was enough! I didn't have enough extra for the laptop this time. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Brisk late evening ride after a long busy day. Today I added a tablet to the list of devices I charge while riding. Thihs evening the tablet and the Roomba (and lots more!) are off the grid and powered by me! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html OK - tonight I am charging: Roomba vacuum cleaner, Sonicare, iPhone, two other mobile phones, Movie camera, portable radio, 12 volt spotlight, portable power station, NiMH batteries, running a LED spotlight, an LED bar light, and powering my laptop - all at once! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html I'm busy planning my workday while i charge all my devices. I have the roomba, my cameras and mobile phones, iPhone, portable power station, and eGo electric moped all plugged in to ME. I'm also powering my laptop so I can check work email. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html This morning I charged all my small devices: Movie camera, still camera, iPhone, mobile phone ( two of them), NiMH AA batteries. I also charged my portable power station and powered my laptop for casual web surfing - all at once! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html A brisk ride feels great after a long workday. My PPPM replacement brushes arrived today. I'm hoping I can refurbish several PPPM generators. Nice smooth ride. Beautiful day. I charged everything! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Late Sunday ride after a busy weekend. Plenty of small devices to charge, from yhe eGo ele ctric moped and the roomba to my movie camera and iPhone. I'm a little tired from mowing the lawn - with a push mower of course! I could mow an acre with these legs. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Tough ride after a long hard work week. Still, I was able to charge the eGo electric moped continuously after riding it with its trailer to #freshandeasy to buy a week's worth of groceries! http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Off to the races after a hard day of work. The PPPM pedal generator is singing as thye flywheel spins. I'm at 1 100 Watt pace and charging the main battery fast. I'm also cherging my iPhone, roomba, eGo electric moped (shopping tomorrow - powered by me!) and powering my laptop. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html Pedaling steadily at 110 Watt pace. I'm powering my laptop for casual web surfing and work email catch-up. Surplus is charging my roomba and my large battery bank. http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/workout.html I have added my movie camera and my Echo SmartPen to the list of devices that I charge while pedaling. Two more devices off the grid! They are charging right now while I power this laptop. I'm also charging an eGo electric moped, portable power station, battery radio, and more!