Okay now I just know there are those of you out there that would love to know what is inside of these hand crank generators that we see all the time on ebay and in stores huh?
Well, I bought one of these just to tear it a part so we can all see what is inside of one these.
The only thing I think is strange about this flashlight is the fact that it stores the current from the crank handle into a capacitor instead of into a battery bank.
Here are some screenshots of the movie I took while tearing this apart to see what was inside of it.
A battery bank would make the amount of current you generate with the crank last alot longer then just dumping the current to a small capacitor. Usually when you crank the handle on one of these the energy is stored into a small battery or a small bank of batteries which makes that energy available to you for a longer period of time.
One of the very nice things that this one also offered was an outlet that would allow for you to charge your cell phone by plugging in a wire to the side of the generator and the other end to your cell phone.
Very nice thing to have in your car when you need to make a call and the damn thing is dead cuz you forgot the plug it in to charge it;-)
At any rate at least they work and are not hard on planet earth. Plus its always ready for light when you need it. No batteries!
Just crank it a couple of times and you got light or a cell phone charger or an AM-FM radio.
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