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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Does anyone know if this was ever taken to a commercial product and
have any references to it?

Sounds like an extremly simple & practical idea - along the lines of the
wind up radio. Possibilities are endless, hook up a hydralic pump
instead of an alternator & the world is your lobster.

Still cheaper to use an inverter with most vehicles. You then have the
choice of cheap mass produced mains devices.

I wonder why it never made it? Prolly too simple & practical. Most of
the Third World would love the idea.

It sounds like a horribly inefficient way of using fuel and resources.
In a 'third world' country a vehicle with a power take off would make more
sense.

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