The system will include a battery, so that you don't have to pedal 12 hours a day to make your plants grow.
I am not sure how much human intervention this system will require. As much as real gardening I suppose
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The system will include a battery, so that you don't have to pedal 12 hours a day to make your plants grow.
I am not sure how much human intervention this system will require. As much as real gardening I suppose
At first I was thinking about another way of building my Cyclo-Greenhouse, much DIY, that would be more in Hack-A-Day spirit.
Prototype 1 would be the safe way of testing the concept, prototype 2 would the fun way!
It would be more interesting to build a prototype from scratch, and smart people have already tried to build pedal-powered things :
https://www.notechmagazine.com/2011/05/pedal-powered-machines.html
And this one is exactly what I am trying to achieve
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2022/03/how-to-build-bike-generator.html#chargingbatteries
The idea is to either build a frame or reuse a vintage exercise bike and build a generator and converter.
the idea is to reuse a vintage flywheel exercise bike, but to put an old electric bike wheel on it and generate electricity with it.
Constraints for the prototype
frame
either an old stationary cycle where I could fit a generator, or a few soldered tubes, a seat and a handle bar. We need a handle bar to properly cycle.
generator
https://www.k-tor.com/shop/generators/power-box-50/
this pedal powered generator can directly charge a 12V lead battery, it is the simplest solution
battery
classic car lead battery
greenhouse
There the greenhouse itself, Ideally I would take a proper one with real glass, but it's too big an investment before being sure the concept works.
lighting
Concerning the LED system it looks like I need to have different kind of leds one to make the plants grow and another to get flowers.
water
A system to water the plant may be required, otherwise a human intervention is needed.
I don't think I will use hydroponics, but it remains an option.
heating
I suppose a heating system is required to prevent the plants from freezing (and maybe to better simulate the summer)
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