Gravity Powered Ceiling Fan

In this drawing you see that the machine is rocking a canvas fan blade back and forth.

Gravity powered ceiling fan.

Air vent 1 500 cfm black galvanized steel electric power roof vent. The power was only out for 3 hours but there are stories about this area loosing power for 9 days. Wouldn t it be great to be able to use those and build fans for ourselves and friends family to save money and not have to depend on the electric company. These ventilators provide natural ventilation and are used for intake and relief applications.

Or a 100 watt inverter to powers a normal ceiling fan. Strong weathertight hoods on these gravity exhaust and supply ventilators feature interlocking arched galvanized steel panels and include a preassembled bird screen. Gravity ventilation gravity ventilators are used to equalize a building s positive or negative pressure created by other fans in the system. I m not an engineer but i think the regular slow speed on an electric ceiling fan would be fine.

Later men developed belt driven fans powered by waterwheels and later on a simple weighted device where through a series of weights and pulleys the machine moved the fan. Self powered the gravity light uses gravity to create clean energy includes 2 led lamps with lamp brightness of up to 15 lumens hang in any non electrified space for instant lighting country of origin. Most of the parts could be re purposed things that others throw away. Could use a low voltage switch to limit the power used when inverter isn t needed.

Inspired by the values of democratic design and do it yourself culture the core idea of the project is to share a simple mechanic recipe to tap into gravity in order to power objects. United kingdom see more product details. Personally i m all for a 12 volt earth battery charging up an old car battery that powers an old treadmill motor that runs a belt to the fan. As a starting point the machines are mechanical fans exhibiting an accessible tangible and contemplative way to produce energy.

Also people are always giving away or selling cheap broken outdated fans.