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Old 02-09-2011, 11:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
DonR
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Neil,

Somewhere on here there was an article about a shock absorber that generated electricity using a coil in the body & magnets on the shaft. Not unlike what you are describing. In that article it stated that a commercial truck could generate in the neighborhood of 1kW of power at highway speeds. I believe MIT was involved.

Don
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