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  • Author Author: Catwell
  • Date Created: 12 Dec 2016 3:01 AM Date Created
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Engineering THE WALKING DEAD - the perpetual motion generator

Catwell
Catwell
12 Dec 2016

CLICK THIS INFORGRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW!

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http://twitter.com/Cabe_Atwell

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  • Catwell
    Catwell over 8 years ago in reply to hnrbnd +2
    Jay Watson, I don't believe that zombies from The Walking Dead universe were found or shown to eat for energy. Their systems were reactivated by the virus. They stop moving only when they are completely…
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 8 years ago +1
    Interesting idea. I thought that zombies migrate to humans in order to convert them into zombies. If that is the case you'd need something at the end that the zombie thought was a human, ie more than 1…
  • spannerspencer
    spannerspencer over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1 +1
    Yeah, like a carrot and stick kind of set up, to keep the zombies in motion. The movie practically writes itself.
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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 8 years ago

    Interesting idea.

     

    I thought that zombies migrate to humans in order to convert them into zombies.

    If that is the case you'd need something at the end that the zombie thought was a human, ie more than 1 human to look after them??

     

    I like the poster, but one tiny little error is that the alternator field wire needs a lamp/load in order to limit the current and therefore gain the refrence voltage ...

     

    Hopefully you survive the next apocolypse and can put this into action ...

     

     

    Mark

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    Catwell over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1

    MCB1,

     

    I did know about the field-node. A big old resistor would work.

    I left it out, since I didn't want to get too deep into the mechanics.

    However.... Perhaps I should add it.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Cabe

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    mcb1 over 8 years ago in reply to Catwell

    Big resistor works.

    Problem with some of these things is that someone will copy it (yes they do have the internet but we see all sorts here).

     

    Just put a little box at the connection point away from the Alternator.

     

    It's a great concept though ... well done.

    PS where does one find 250 treadmills and inverters laying around ... after the apocolypse ??

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    Catwell over 8 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Treadmills:  All the now abandoned gyms and fitness centers, large apartment complexes, colleges

     

    Inverters: Hardware stores, big box places, those enormous Amazon warehouses. (Watch for zombies and Amazon robots!). But…. It isn’t impossible to build an inverter too. I didn’t add that to the infographic, but it could easily be done. Just trek to the nearest electronics storehouses for rummaging. I’d be the first at the element14 store!

     

    I'll add the resistor or a placeholder to the field wire!

    C

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    mcb1 over 8 years ago in reply to Catwell

    All the not abandoned gyms and fitness centers

    Only ever seen pictures, but yes that would cover it.

     

    Sync'ing the inverter outputs might be the big headache, but only if you wanted to connect to a grid, where there is a single Juman guarding 250 of them.

     

     

    This almost sounds like a Myth Busters Episode ...

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    mcb1 over 8 years ago in reply to Catwell

    All the not abandoned gyms and fitness centers

    Only ever seen pictures, but yes that would cover it.

     

    Sync'ing the inverter outputs might be the big headache, but only if you wanted to connect to a grid, where there is a single Juman guarding 250 of them.

     

     

    This almost sounds like a Myth Busters Episode ...

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