cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 07:13:22PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In other words Back EMF? > > I know a chap who found about that the hard way when he tried to get > something from nothing by charging a battery from a generator which he > turned by having a fan connected to it. :)
What do you mean? A generator or an alternator? Given enough power from mechanical source (wind) to overpower the resistance of the generator it would produce current. Most of them, except for brush dynamos, will produce AC which needs to be rectified back to DC and regulated at a current a little above that of the battery. Whether it is a bicycle or wind generator or your auto/moto charging circuit, isn't it how it all works? Now if you put a 3' fan in a truck alternator and a 100Amph battery I suspect it would take a hurricane to get it moving. > He didn't get electrocuted or anything, the fan abruptly stops turning. This all started from the OP stating that FMIT (on all debian main rep's) records sound without any audio inputs in the system. Thread cannibals! ;)
