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Electrical Walkthrough:

Below is a collection of photos associated with our Green Rabbit Prototype. Starting with the battery (photo five), we attempted to place the remainder photos in the order at which the components are visited by our fellow electrons. As a result, a few photos may be duplicates – this is intentional as certain components are visited more than once. Be sure to click on each thumbnail for a detailed description of what is happening.

Luke & Jackie
Luke & Jackie

Luke and Jackie posing behind the Green Rabbit Prototype.

Luke & Jackie
Green Rabbit Prototype
Green Rabbit Prototype

This is an overview shot of our Green Rabbit Prototype.

Green Rabbit Prototype
Front of Green Rabbit Prototype
Front of Green Rabbit Prototype

This is the front of our Green Rabbit Prototype.

Front of Green Rabbit Prototype
Back of Green Rabbit Prototype
Back of Green Rabbit Prototype

This is the rear of our Green Rabbit Prototype.

Back of Green Rabbit Prototype
Battery
Battery

This battery permits us to “Jump Start” (or polarize) the magnetic field on our alternator. After the fields are polarized and the alternator is producing current, we are then able to remove the battery from our circuit.

Battery
Battery & Control Switches
Battery & Control Switches

The switch labeled “BAT” permits removal of the battery from our circuit without physically disconnecting any cables.

Battery & Control Switches
Wiring Junction
Wiring Junction

This image shows a major “hub” in our circuit. Electricity will pass through here in many different scenarios. The first scenario will be for delivering battery power to our alternator for the “jump start” process. Note that battery power will not travel to the load because the load control switch will be off during this stage.

Wiring Junction
Back of Alternator
Back of Alternator

This image shows the wiring required to operate an alternator. It may be hard to tell, but there are a total of three conductors connected to the actual alternator itself. The conductor joined by the orange wire nut is supplying power to the electromagnetic fields and the other two conductors are for electrical output and return.

Back of Alternator
Alternator
Alternator

This is the heart of our project, as this device converts the exerciser's mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Alternator
Wiring Junction 2
Wiring Junction 2

We return yet again to our central “hub” – only this time we are here for a different purpose. Now that our battery has been disconnected and the alternator is turning, assuming the load switch has been activated we will be delivering power to the inverter (as well as to the alternator to sustain its electromagnetic field).

The yellow wire nut is for implementing the load control switch (the white wire is an implicit hot).

Wiring Junction 2
Load Control Loop
Load Control Loop

In order to obtain a current reading, an Amp meter must be hooked up in series with its load (as opposed to in parallel). Assuming the circuit is closed, one cable (set of 2 conductors) brings power into the circuit (and eventually delivers that power to the actual load), another cable goes to the load control switch (and returns power to this location), and the third cable goes up to the Amp meter itself (and returns power to this location). Regardless of color, all conductors in this shot are hot.

Load Control Loop
Control Switches
Control Switches

This is where we are permitted to turn the load on and off. At this point in our electrical trace through, the “BAT” switch would be off and the “LOAD” switch would be on.

Control Switches
Amp Meter
Amp Meter

When the GRM is in use, this multimeter is configured to show how many Amps of electrical current are being consumed by our load.

Amp Meter
Back of Inverter
Back of Inverter

This is showing our incoming 12 volt DC current and how it connects to the inverter.

Back of Inverter
Inverter
Inverter

This device takes our incoming 12 volt DC current and converts it to 120 volt AC current for operation of home appliances.

Inverter
Back of TV
Back of TV

The power cable is on your left – which is connected to our inverter and the Coax cable is on your right – which is connected to Charter Communications Analog cable service. At this point, everything is all set to turn the television on.

Back of TV

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