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Uninterruptable Power Supplies have been around for years. Simply put, they are large stacks of batteries that power important systems in the event of a power cut.
The inventors UPS would be able to both receive and supply power in a wide variety of voltages, to the maximum power of which the unit
is capable.
It could, for example, supply your computer with smooth AC power from one bank of batteries while charging the other bank of batteries from your wind turbine, or an experimental solar panel/electric rowing machine/whatever. When the power from the alternaive device ceases or drops below the input needed, it tops itself up from the mains. Data on power supplied and delivered over time could be read from a serial/network port on the UPS.
I was going to save this for the next time we got a rash of gym-power ideas but, it being close to the end of the year, my brain felt like a clear-out.
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What happens when you reach 88 miles per hour? |
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I love it. Good luck selling such a complicated item though, succesfully. |
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most UPS are almost as complicated as this. |
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