"Robert Woodard" <woody_at_kayaktrips.net> > Which begs the question: How long before we see a vhf battery that can be > recharged by turning a crank for 3 minutes? ;) That gave me a chuckle! I have not done the complete calculation, but I bet I'd have to be a lot buffer to get the equivalent of 1400 mAh out of my arm in three minutes! I think that's about 84 Joules ... or about (84 J) / (180 sec) = 0.47 W. Seems awfully low. I bet I did something wrong! Of course, it could always be ... crank to talk ... now that would knock the cell phone minutes down a bit on my son's cell phone! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 11 2005 - 13:08:26 PDT
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