Dry Your Clothes While Grabbing Power From Wind

[Guest]

The more clothes you dry, the more power you get.

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[sliem]

So I hang my clothes on this thing, and clothes will catch all kinds of bugs, smoke and stuff on it. Awesome.

 

[Hellbound]

lmao.. Just go look at your current fan. See all the dust and dirt on it? Thats whats going to end up on your clothes. And this thing is outside, so bugs are an added bonus.

 

[ordcestus]

unfortunatly alot of these enviromentally friendly devices are just like this. Impractical and don't work nearly as well.

 

[joytech22]

What happens when laundry day comes, and all you have to hang up are socks?

 

[maestintaolius]

"Levi Strauss & Co. (you know, the makers of Levis jeans) are currently running a design competition to emphasize the environmental benefits of air drying."

I'm going to have to get out my Old Curmudgeon Hat here and say, "What's wrong with just using a clothesline?" I use one because it's free vs my gas dryer and I would have thought cost alone should have been justification and I'd rather do things outside than in my lower level of the house. I also wonder about the moment arm requirement of getting a blade turning that's composed of wet denim.

 

[kingssman]

WTF happened to an old fashioned clothes line???

 

[babydevil05]

hohoho........
i like to see someone's bra hanging round and round and round

 

[babydevil05]

hohoho........
i like to see someone's bra hanging round and round and round

 

[digiex]

It won't work because of D R A G...

 

[sabot00]

[citation][nom]digiex[/nom]It won't work because of D R A G...[/citation]
Drag is what makes it work, as there is no trust, so all the energy comes from D R A G.

 

[Caffeinecarl]

Want a better idea? Take the basic design of this thing, and instead of using it to dry your laundry, take some older clothes that you don't wear anymore, stretch them over the frames, and just leave them on there. Even better, you can do that just by hitting up the thrift store to get some old jeans and fitting them over the blades. Even better, you can get better efficiency by ensuring there's no gaps in the blade structure.

Also, by doing this, you're avoiding using steel or fiberglass which use a lot of resources to create. So maybe after five years or so the old jeans might be UV faded or torn by the weather. There's plenty of clothes in the same thrift stores you bought those first jeans from to replace them. Low in cost, and easier on the environment than steel or fiberglass.

 

[doive1231]

Look, don't be so negative. Space the clothes out. Use pegs etc. and I'm sure you'll have a workable product. I have to dry my clothes down a back alley way with no space and people's bins so I would love one of these.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]doive1231[/nom]Look, don't be so negative. Space the clothes out. Use pegs etc. and I'm sure you'll have a workable product. I have to dry my clothes down a back alley way with no space and people's bins so I would love one of these.[/citation]
How would this device help you, again? You still have to put it outside somewhere, and hopefully catch a stiff breeze.

 

[okibrian]

The prop will never move.

1.) Clothing weight not balanced on all blades
2.) Clothing not pulled 100% flat and causes drag
3.) Clothing shifting on the prop when blade moved and laundry dries.

I can keep going.

 

[okibrian]

What about the cost of the system and tapping it into the grid? I would just get a clothes line for my clothes and a regular (better functioning) Windmill for my house. And that would only be if my home was in an area that got that kind of wind and I did not have restrictions in my area for putting up a Windmill.

 

[Parrdacc]

Wet clothes, especially jeans = weight which will cause the fan to have a hard time turning and as one already mentioned the distribution of the clothes has to be done. As kingssman stated use a old fashion clothes line. Cheap and will work a whole lot better than this thing.

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]So I hang my clothes on this thing, and clothes will catch all kinds of bugs, smoke and stuff on it. Awesome.[/citation]
Don't forget bird crap, I have allot of birds around my area.

 

[velocityg4]

Even if it somehow managed to spin at all I could not see it generating much power. If by some miracle it did start spinning fast enough you would have to balance the load or it would start wobbling and fall apart.

 

[mavroxur]

this is one of those ideas that will end up on piece of paper burried in some office desk somewhere never to be seen again.