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Well since the solor thing got hammered I have come up with another way to get the 5 VDC for free. I found a small DC motor that came from a kids toy. I attached a small propeller from a model plane to the DC motor and some electronic bits and pieces from a old radio. When I stick the motor out the window and get my pedicab going 10 KM per HR or faster I can get 5 VDC.
Only slight problem is it takes about 50 KM to charge the player and the guy peddeling my rickshaw is getting beat since the temp's are getting into the 27-30 degrees C now.
Now if I use a bigger prop maybe my rickshaw driver will only need to run at 2KM per hour to generate enough juice to power the player....he will be real happy about this development.
sdz
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