https://github.com/moralcode/ergpower
My attempt at generating green power using a Concept2 Ergometer.
https://github.com/moralcode/ergpower
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My attempt at generating green power using a Concept2 Ergometer.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/moralcode/ergpower
- Owner: MoralCode
- Created: 2020-12-09T07:12:06.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-04-14T02:58:37.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-13T08:19:50.395Z (12 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Homepage: https://moralcode.github.io/ErgPower/
- Size: 6.89 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# ErgPower
This is the public repository documenting my attempt to replace the flywheel of a Concept2 Ergometer (AKA Indoor Rowing Machine) with a generator so the excess energy generated from rowing rowing can be used as a source of green power rather than being wasted by air resistance.
## Origin Story
This project came about as a means to fulfill a few different purposes:
- To continue the legacy of [John X
Linnehan](https://gainesvilleiguana.org/2020/articles/john-x-linnehan-from-priest-to-activist/),
a Florida-based activist who fought for “peace, social justice, and
environmental sustainability”
- To add indoor rowing machines to the list of green energy-producing
fitness equipment like the ones that are made by [The Green
Microgym](https://www.thegreenmicrogym.com/)
- To apply some of the the work done in a
[paper](https://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-043015-110538/unrestricted/MQP_FINAL.pdf)
from Worcester Polytechnic Institute investigating the potential for
power generation using a Concept2 Indoor Rowing Machine (Ergometer)
You can read more about the details of this project by visiting https://moralcode.github.io/ErgPower/