Ghetto car-home setup?

[WrenchGuy 10+ year member]

I was thinking weld together a stand with an alternator mount and a 1 horse electric motor mount. Run a belt from motor to alt and use an external regulator.

Make a little hideaway and there you go. Something along those lines.

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

I have a dedicated 50A 240V line ran near the bench for the 600A 6V-24V SMPS that I power amps with.

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

wow i did the same thing last week really easy once you know how to do it but no one out there explains it easily. im using one to power a alpine amp and my RCA's are from some old radio that i stole from my garage, only use the radio when im working down there anyways.

i will be using it for my RC cars too, you got a slash those **** things own. i had one 30 feet in the air and landed on pavement and didnt hurt a **** thing, i am trying to break it and cant and now its winter so no morebig *** stunts.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

At 12v its not a big deal.

It's the 300V ones that ****...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

I was thinking weld together a stand with an alternator mount and a 1 horse electric motor mount. Run a belt from motor to alt and use an external regulator.
Make a little hideaway and there you go. Something along those lines.

might have to ry this i have an extra 140 amp alt laying around and an old furnace blower motor . but i cant remember how fast it spins

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

I was thinking weld together a stand with an alternator mount and a 1 horse electric motor mount. Run a belt from motor to alt and use an external regulator.
Make a little hideaway and there you go. Something along those lines.

i have something like this in the works.

old ford crown vic interceptor alternator, so you know it puts out good amps.

a old beefy sewing machine motor. 1700 rpm.

im trying to figure out a bracket to mount the alt.

that means i could have a small sealed battery in my room and charge it and run some decent stuff.

also good to keep un-used batteries going.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

So a mechanical conversion to electrical conversion then another electrical conversion?

That's something only this forum could cook up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

So a mechanical conversion to electrical conversion then another electrical conversion?
That's something only this forum could cook up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

All that plus a house fire:crazy:

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

I just run wires from my car to my house when I want a home stereo.

Park my car in the driveway, put a brick on the gas pedal to keep voltage up.. bada bing, bada boom. Full tilt for hours at a time.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

Thats mine.

Used to be used in ham radio set up.

Also ive seen a set up where an alt was used to charge a battery, to run an electric motor to power the alt to charge the bat........

 

[Plutoman 10+ year member]

I just run wires from my car to my house when I want a home stereo.
Park my car in the driveway, put a brick on the gas pedal to keep voltage up.. bada bing, bada boom. Full tilt for hours at a time.

And way more money into gas than necessary.

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

Also ive seen a set up where an alt was used to charge a battery, to run an electric motor to power the alt to charge the bat........

And they said free power was not possible.fuck you electric company

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

i have something like this in the works.
old ford crown vic interceptor alternator, so you know it puts out good amps.

a old beefy sewing machine motor. 1700 rpm.

im trying to figure out a bracket to mount the alt.

that means i could have a small sealed battery in my room and charge it and run some decent stuff.

also good to keep un-used batteries going.

I'd like to see a pic of this setup //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

And they said free power was not possible.fuck you electric company

They also said something about "conservation of energy", too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Car alternators **** for low-RPM power, even if you had another energy source to drive it.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

And they said free power was not possible.fuck you electric company

heavy duty extension cord to the neighbors house at night FTW //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif