DIY Phone Charger

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  • @Champo0
    @Champo0 4 года назад +2663

    The cat is not dead unless someone looks into the box...

    • @rkan2
      @rkan2 4 года назад +26

      What's in the booooox!!?? What's in the booox?!

    • @air-headedaviator1805
      @air-headedaviator1805 4 года назад +39

      Philosophy saves the day once again!

    • @CheekiScrubb
      @CheekiScrubb 4 года назад +64

      but its both dead and alive

    • @lazergurka-smerlin6561
      @lazergurka-smerlin6561 4 года назад +67

      @@air-headedaviator1805 More like quantum mechanics

    • @zachmaster426
      @zachmaster426 4 года назад +10

      We can't know that for sure

  • @RealEngineering
    @RealEngineering 4 года назад +2028

    “Better than anything you made”. Going for the throat Tom 😂

    • @nomercyriding
      @nomercyriding 4 года назад +18

      Yea holy cow i was like someone call the fire brigade

    • @jakobfindlay4136
      @jakobfindlay4136 4 года назад +3

      i love william but cmon his whole shtick is "oh so swanky janky"

    • @TheNinj47
      @TheNinj47 3 года назад +11

      @@adrunkskeleton9046 Regarding Nobel Prizes per capita pretty much the entirety of Europe is far ahead of the USA. Not that it's important but i say this because i guess it hurts you.

    • @Essa_Mabry
      @Essa_Mabry 3 года назад +1

      YOU KILLED THE KAT

    • @kiq4767
      @kiq4767 3 года назад

      Almost mentioned you in the video 5:14

  • @christiangeiselmann
    @christiangeiselmann 4 года назад +923

    The obvious thing to do is attach it to a hamster wheel.

    • @ogi22
      @ogi22 4 года назад +87

      There was once a special, unlimited power device. Just a crank shaft with a cat and a sandwich attached to it. Simple physics - cats always land on their feet and sandwich falls always the butter side on the ground. If you put them together back to back... and skew it on the crank shaft, you have unlimited rotation and power for anything you want ;)

    • @azzazz430
      @azzazz430 4 года назад +3

      @@ogi22 Not unlimited energy though. It's jus conversion.

    • @jetaddict420
      @jetaddict420 4 года назад +40

      @@azzazz430 bruh its a joke we all obey the laws of thermodynamics

    • @pineapplepizza5733
      @pineapplepizza5733 4 года назад +5

      @@ogi22 then the cat dies

    • @gibsonf06
      @gibsonf06 4 года назад +6

      Or.. You know... A $5 American plug

  • @thezenith3515
    @thezenith3515 3 года назад +180

    Set it up to a bike and generate while riding

    • @robjones1328
      @robjones1328 3 года назад +6

      exercise and electricity

    • @gistasbanaitis473
      @gistasbanaitis473 3 года назад +6

      He can just do it using generative braking with his electric bike

    • @sirsanti8408
      @sirsanti8408 3 года назад

      @@gistasbanaitis473 why not both?

    • @franksworld9922
      @franksworld9922 3 года назад

      @@robjones1328 exercise and electrify.

  • @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238
    @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 4 года назад +523

    How about the complete opposite? Charge the phone by releasing a weather ballon

    • @larryscott3982
      @larryscott3982 4 года назад +23

      Or both. Down by weight and up by buoyancy

    • @charleslambert3368
      @charleslambert3368 4 года назад +15

      Are you releasing a weather balloon or dropping a load of air? See: helium balloon in a car.

    • @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238
      @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 4 года назад +7

      Fill a big balloon with helium, tie a string to the charger and let go. 4 hours later, phone charged. How long can the balloon keep going up vs dropping something?

    • @larryscott3982
      @larryscott3982 4 года назад +20

      Just use a much greater weight and very high gear ratio, ie: a clock work. Higher output generator too.
      Probably can’t use 3d printed plastic.

    • @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238
      @siddhartaperezrodriguez3238 4 года назад +3

      @@larryscott3982 yeah but the weight has already been done, it's too ordinary now. I'd like to see a big red balloon. That would be a cool world challenge, weird ways to charge a phone

  • @TheOfficialCzex
    @TheOfficialCzex 4 года назад +1452

    You really freaked me out with the cat carrier.

    • @nathanaelfertich801
      @nathanaelfertich801 4 года назад +26

      I love cats, it scared the crap out of me

    • @KetansaCreatesArt
      @KetansaCreatesArt 4 года назад +19

      The video shot cuts after 4:59 .... If you understand what I mean, you will be freaked forever and probably unsub... 😨

    • @hansdietrich83
      @hansdietrich83 4 года назад +9

      @@KetansaCreatesArt wat?

    • @lawnmowerdude
      @lawnmowerdude 4 года назад +18

      There’s clearly no cat in it. Do you really think they would record themselves dropping a cat form two stories?

    • @TheOfficialCzex
      @TheOfficialCzex 4 года назад +5

      @@lawnmowerdude Thanks, Captain Obvious! I totally didn't watch any of the video after that point so I absolutely didn't hear Will say anything about not actually having the cat in the carrier...

  • @asliceofbred4882
    @asliceofbred4882 3 года назад +44

    4:57 "They had us in the first half not gonna lie"

    • @AMT911
      @AMT911 3 года назад

      yuup

  • @clayboi6939
    @clayboi6939 4 года назад +205

    -William has joined the chat.
    -Practicality has left the chat.
    -William has killed the cat.

  • @rasmus9311
    @rasmus9311 4 года назад +804

    Tom seems exhausted by all these high energy americanos

    • @rasmus9311
      @rasmus9311 4 года назад +26

      I mean no hate i'm subbed to both peter and william

    • @JonnyRobbie
      @JonnyRobbie 4 года назад +42

      yeah, I didn't really like this video that much. mainly because of the influence of the disgusting editing style and grimases and other childbait stuff.

    • @4pThorpy
      @4pThorpy 4 года назад +66

      @@JonnyRobbie so the part where they're having fun? come on Jonny, don't be a stick in the mud he's on holiday

    • @JonnyRobbie
      @JonnyRobbie 4 года назад +38

      @@4pThorpy You might misunderstand. I like the usual Tom's videos. That's why I'm subscribed to him after all. What I despise is the sort of forced hyperenergetic shit / jumpcuts / jingles / grimases / etc. where it almost feels disgenuine and hard to believe they are not "acting" for the video and I think they are having "fun" for the video and not for themselves. Now, I don't think this video goes all the way to that side. But it definitely have a feel like it's been influenced by that.

    • @geogmz8277
      @geogmz8277 4 года назад +10

      @@JonnyRobbie I really don't know why I read your comment with the Sheldon Cooper voice in my head.. 🤣

  • @JulianHaardt
    @JulianHaardt 4 года назад +543

    The moment you realize he charges his Laptop via USB-C, while modeling the parts in CAD.

    • @klightspeed
      @klightspeed 4 года назад +54

      Shhh - Don't take away his excuse to make impractical yet educational gadgets.

    • @lushcassidy
      @lushcassidy 4 года назад +26

      @Thebrightestbrick88 most phones support several voltages and are smart enough to not fry themselves. I think it's one of the many advantsges of USB type C. I know mine supports up to 18v, for example

    • @foresthillwolf7998
      @foresthillwolf7998 4 года назад +6

      @Guybrush Threepwood the cable he uses for his computer can charge his phone

    • @karmanyaahm
      @karmanyaahm 4 года назад +7

      @@lushcassidy It's 18 watts at varying voltages, and if a device doesn't support dynamic voltages, smart chargers(USB PD) just falls back to 5v

    • @larryt5537
      @larryt5537 4 года назад

      I've got an idea ...a power adapter to plug in the wall...why would anyone at home try to do this?

  • @hwilkes2048
    @hwilkes2048 2 года назад +8

    I feel like there is more potential in this project. Better quality, more gears, higher weights. Would love to see a part 2

    • @TheMadJagger
      @TheMadJagger Месяц назад

      and with two baskets to travel back and forth

  • @Zt3v3
    @Zt3v3 4 года назад +7

    Cool to see you kicking it with two of my other favorite creators. William to laugh, Peter to fly, Tom for a bit of serious Science learning stuff.

  • @Jer_Schmidt
    @Jer_Schmidt 4 года назад +255

    2700mAh*3.7v=10Wh. 10Wh converts to 26552 ft-lbs... yikes lol

    • @kutsen39
      @kutsen39 3 года назад +24

      It looks like it might be... 30 feet down? Let's say 30ft down, the coke bottle weighs 4.4lbs, so that's... 3900 times?

    • @Alicia-un2kj
      @Alicia-un2kj 3 года назад +24

      Mmmmmm yes inded sience stuff i dont understand yes i very much agree with you

    • @kutsen39
      @kutsen39 3 года назад +13

      @@Alicia-un2kj Jeremy used electrical properties to derive how much energy the battery stores from its amperage and voltage rating, and put it in foot-pounds. All I did was find the weight of a bottle of Coke and an estimate of how far they were dropping to figure out how many foot-pounds the bottle needed to drop to the bottom. I then took that number and divided it from how many foot-pounds you would need to charge the battery.
      Does this make sense? If you care enough, I can try to explain what doesn't make sense.

    • @Alicia-un2kj
      @Alicia-un2kj 3 года назад +4

      Kevin alg thanks for the imformation.

    • @jogadorjnc
      @jogadorjnc 3 года назад +14

      @@kutsen39 On the other hand, at 100% efficiency they could fully charge the battery by dropping a single 360kg boulder over those 30ft.

  • @Pwn3dbyth3n00b
    @Pwn3dbyth3n00b 4 года назад +345

    You're the only person I know who would buy a 1 star rated product on Amazon

    • @AbhishekThakur-wl1pl
      @AbhishekThakur-wl1pl 4 года назад +9

      Lmao so true.

    • @mwbgaming28
      @mwbgaming28 4 года назад +9

      I'm surprised he paid nearly $40 for it, I bought one of those on ebay ages ago for $4

    • @RobinDobbie
      @RobinDobbie 4 года назад +3

      Can't go by how many stars something has. You might see a useful description of how something's poorly made in a review, but those are known to disappear now, too. So you basically can't put any faith in Amazon's review system. It's corrupt.

    • @mwbgaming28
      @mwbgaming28 4 года назад +1

      @Zane Zuccaro the one I bought off eBay worked for all of 5 seconds before literally flying apart

    • @duronboy2
      @duronboy2 4 года назад

      Could you not?

  • @umxrr8677
    @umxrr8677 4 года назад +28

    2:07 that laptop charges with USB-C and there is a power brick back there

    • @fernando47180
      @fernando47180 3 года назад

      Are you suggesting I use a laptop power brick to charge my phone? Sounds like a great idea!

    • @umxrr8677
      @umxrr8677 3 года назад

      @@fernando47180 its about charging the phone through the laptop while its charging

  • @MichaelSHartman
    @MichaelSHartman 3 года назад +7

    This is like a cross between Wallace and Gromit, and Wiley the Coyote. 😄

  • @Nighthawkinlight
    @Nighthawkinlight 4 года назад +134

    I think you could make this work reasonably well if you used an entrapment to lower the weight MUCH more slowly, and a coil spring to buffer out the release of the energy from each entrapment click.

    • @IndraKurniawan-vk2qb
      @IndraKurniawan-vk2qb 4 года назад +12

      Maybe you could make your own version, i would love to see it :)

    • @TomStantonEngineering
      @TomStantonEngineering  4 года назад +36

      Agreed! However, even if 100% efficient, the gravitational potential energy required to charge a phone is a lot, and therefore very unfeasable

    • @MaxUgly
      @MaxUgly 4 года назад +8

      Someone do the math, please! I mean, would it be like a small truck lowered from the Eiffel Tower?

    • @mads7790
      @mads7790 4 года назад +13

      @@MaxUgly You would need between 32 -34 kJ of energy. Which is equivalent of dropping 102 kg 32-34 meters. And this would be at 100% efficiency..
      You would need to lower something like a french bulldog from the the Eiffel Tower.

    • @matrick1356
      @matrick1356 4 года назад

      @@TomStantonEngineering what would the voltage output of the gravity phone charger be? im doing the math fro @MaxUgly

  • @barronrisling5354
    @barronrisling5354 4 года назад +527

    Every youtuber I've watched who participated in this get-together has had a substantial change in editing style during it and it's been hilarious! I gotta say Tom seems most resilient against the Osman Effect though

    • @SinanAkkoyun
      @SinanAkkoyun 4 года назад +2

      XD

    • @SinanAkkoyun
      @SinanAkkoyun 4 года назад +10

      Peter is still the same lol

    • @metacob
      @metacob 4 года назад +25

      I find it interesting how makers seem to be reclusive hermits most of the time, but turn into super sociable and supportive people whenever they meet other makers.

    • @air-headedaviator1805
      @air-headedaviator1805 4 года назад

      metacob birds of a feather fly with more confidence, together.

    • @64_bit80
      @64_bit80 4 года назад

      prob b/c camera man john

  • @Akuba
    @Akuba 3 года назад +1

    I though "What when the cord rips, poor cat" and a second later it happens .... thanks for the heart attack!

  • @drumkommandr9779
    @drumkommandr9779 4 года назад +1

    The b-roll of you scrolling past all the international plugs to the hand crank made me burst out laughing in an ER waiting room so loud they checked on me

  • @Johnlee-ej7yx
    @Johnlee-ej7yx 4 года назад +76

    5:00 thank God someone let the cat out of the bag!🤣

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 4 года назад

      Dog doesn't exist, dimbo.

    • @jesuschristislordoflordsan427
      @jesuschristislordoflordsan427 4 года назад +1

      ◄ Proverbs 26 ►
      …18Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, 19So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?"

    • @collinschlegels4444
      @collinschlegels4444 4 года назад

      That scared the heck out of me lol

  • @recklessroges
    @recklessroges 4 года назад +77

    Needs higher gearing and a rapid reset path, (a way to pull the chain back up while bypassing the mechanism.)

    • @SlendisFi_Universe
      @SlendisFi_Universe 4 года назад +3

      Elevator counter weights with release system

    • @shaneebahera8566
      @shaneebahera8566 4 года назад +5

      you could put the chain on a ratcheting mechanism so that when resetting you can do it quickly without winding it back

    • @gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258
      @gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258 4 года назад +3

      Yeah there is a special way the gears are arranged to make that gravity light work. I saw a video about it.

    • @SlartiMarvinbartfast
      @SlartiMarvinbartfast 4 года назад +1

      How about water power as seen in cliff railway systems ? (on a much smaller scale of course).

  • @ilioscio
    @ilioscio 4 года назад +2

    This collab trip has been the best thing, you look like you're having so much fun.

  • @RuchitBreme
    @RuchitBreme Год назад +1

    0:17 me: just goes and buys an adapter. tom: just makes a charger.

  • @sandiego29061993
    @sandiego29061993 4 года назад +169

    I miss the calculation about how much energy is stored in the cat when lowering. And how efficent the system is 😯

    • @thecaptainnoodles
      @thecaptainnoodles 4 года назад +1

      R/iAMVERYSMART

    • @mission101
      @mission101 4 года назад +21

      Noah Ali what no. They were just saying they missed the bit where Tom included all the nerdy engineer stuff like the weight of the cat in this case and the full efficiency of the system

    • @thecaptainnoodles
      @thecaptainnoodles 4 года назад +3

      @@mission101 maybe I should go on r/iamnotverysmart

    • @jamesbrown99991
      @jamesbrown99991 4 года назад +8

      Potential energy of cat is quite low. Cat would provide more energy in combustion engine.

    • @foresthillwolf7998
      @foresthillwolf7998 4 года назад +1

      @@thecaptainnoodles or r/ihavereddit

  • @imagineaworld
    @imagineaworld 4 года назад +73

    I knew the damn cat wasnt in there and my heart still jumped haha

    • @jesuschristislordoflordsan427
      @jesuschristislordoflordsan427 4 года назад +1

      ◄ Proverbs 26 ►
      …18Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, 19So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?"

  • @terriblegoatman826
    @terriblegoatman826 4 года назад +2

    2:42 DO NOT HOLD YOUR PHONE OVER THAT EDGE I AM HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK RIGHT NOW

  • @bigbo1764
    @bigbo1764 3 года назад +59

    As an American, I’m so sorry you had to see Los Angeles, I swear our entire country isn’t like that.

    • @DrGreerIsRight
      @DrGreerIsRight 2 года назад

      Never come to the south.

    • @starsandwars5509
      @starsandwars5509 2 года назад

      @@DrGreerIsRight u from new york? Yea you've never been here

    • @jnqt
      @jnqt 2 года назад

      sounds like someone who’s never been to LA

  • @IndraKurniawan-vk2qb
    @IndraKurniawan-vk2qb 4 года назад +23

    0:29 Automatic chopstick xD

  • @ryanm.191
    @ryanm.191 4 года назад +25

    It’s not long until you turn into Michael reeves

  • @zeekjones1
    @zeekjones1 4 года назад +15

    We need to go slower!!!
    Time to gear it down at least 1000 times, or at least as many before you burn out the board from over too many RPM.

  • @kingofsalts386
    @kingofsalts386 4 года назад +1

    The cat is like "I AM NOT SITTING IN IT AFTER THAT"

  • @apbosh1
    @apbosh1 4 года назад +4

    Why when 2 tubers get together it has to turn into a comedy show?

    • @dansv1
      @dansv1 4 года назад +1

      It sucked.

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 4 года назад +1

      Cause people like to have fun, probably.

    • @apbosh1
      @apbosh1 4 года назад

      @@jetison333 do people like to have fun at partys? I don't get it.

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 4 года назад

      @@apbosh1 yeah

    • @apbosh1
      @apbosh1 4 года назад

      @@jetison333 thanks for the detailed response.

  • @trekintosh
    @trekintosh 4 года назад +13

    Thank god Tom is still professional and making good videos when visiting the Osmond mansion. Peter was just a gibbering maniac for his videos.

  • @infidelmarine5826
    @infidelmarine5826 3 года назад +16

    My heart dropped when the rope broke with that cat but at the same time I was thinking "somethings fishy"

  • @doitwithnick501
    @doitwithnick501 3 года назад

    The cats like : I don't get paid enough for this

  • @JimFortune
    @JimFortune 4 года назад +7

    0:04
    "Coming in to Los Angeleez,
    Bringin' in a couple of keys,
    Don't check my bags if you please,
    Mister customs man....."

  • @NautiluStudios
    @NautiluStudios 4 года назад +61

    That bag drop part made my heart freeze for second, scared the crap out of me

    • @lawnmowerdude
      @lawnmowerdude 4 года назад

      Do you really think they would publish a video dropping a cat two stories?

    • @I_like_pi_
      @I_like_pi_ 4 года назад +1

      @@lawnmowerdude There are worse things on the internet.

    • @davidberriman5903
      @davidberriman5903 4 года назад +1

      If the cat had been in the bag, would it have been catatonic by the time it reached the floor?

  • @legoyeeter6659
    @legoyeeter6659 4 года назад

    Someone: Hey Tom what did you do on the weekend
    Tom: I went to the United States of America to charge my phone

  • @slatetechnologies1724
    @slatetechnologies1724 2 года назад +1

    “All the plugs here don’t seem to work.”
    As an ElectroBOOM fan, I can tell you that Tom and Mehdi are both correct.

  • @Rouverius
    @Rouverius 4 года назад +18

    Wait! Where's the buttered toast to tape on Jimmie the cat's back?
    Oh, _Gravity_ powered phone changer.... huh. 😁
    Hey, Merry Christmas.

  • @integza
    @integza 4 года назад +3

    Is like I'm watching a nerd version of the vlog squad. Amazing!

  • @blakegabriel0
    @blakegabriel0 4 года назад

    Even tho I knew there wasn’t a cat in the bag, I still literally winced when it fell

  • @slatetechnologies1724
    @slatetechnologies1724 2 года назад +1

    “Better than anything you made.”
    I think that would be something that Tom would say to Simone Giertz.

  • @RBurwell
    @RBurwell 4 года назад +12

    Funny when you think clocks have worked like this for years.

  • @exactpause9218
    @exactpause9218 4 года назад +3

    I love it how almost all makers I watch know each other and work together. I've even seen Jabrils. Thats awesome!

  • @HariKrishna-mr5jm
    @HariKrishna-mr5jm 3 года назад

    Cat has this ability to jump from any building with minute scratches

  • @Sheckshe
    @Sheckshe 3 года назад +6

    Villagers when you look at them: 6:28
    I’m surprised nobody had pointed this out

  • @kliether33
    @kliether33 4 года назад +46

    Will Osmand, Peter Sripol, and Tom Stanton in one video!?!?!?! Hell yes, the golden trio has arrived.

    • @Oli420X
      @Oli420X 4 года назад +5

      Believe jabrillis is in the background at one point

    • @jimmyoverly3512
      @jimmyoverly3512 4 года назад +1

      Tom has more talent and knowledge than Peter and William combined.

    • @Invatator
      @Invatator 4 года назад

      Yes. Indeed, jabrils was there as well

    • @Rockzilla1122
      @Rockzilla1122 4 года назад +2

      @@jimmyoverly3512 you really do be out here all over this comment section to keep on being an asshole

    • @tech4682
      @tech4682 4 года назад +1

      @@jimmyoverly3512 you should not compare. Keep it to yourself, you gonna look like an asshole

  • @ethanhermsey
    @ethanhermsey 4 года назад +6

    your giggling gets me every time ;p

  • @Cole_Bailey
    @Cole_Bailey 4 года назад

    My heart stopped when they "dropped the cat" I think I just lost a few years off my life 😂

  • @vipervidsgamingplus5723
    @vipervidsgamingplus5723 3 года назад

    You made a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist without someone purposeful creating it.

  • @morkovija
    @morkovija 4 года назад +4

    I wish it was some sort of massive inertia wheel that you spin up once and then charge as it slowly comes to a stop

  • @markusthiel7687
    @markusthiel7687 4 года назад +4

    Love the colab stuff! But why does William know everything even if he doesn't? 😂

  • @SvenDansk7
    @SvenDansk7 4 года назад +3

    Interesting project. I think it would be cooler to develop a portable treadle powered generator so you can sit at a desk or table and charge using your foot while you eat, read, or write with your hands. You could probably fit it into the size of a briefcase for travel. Totally easier than buying an outlet adapter! ;)

  • @CyrusCole
    @CyrusCole 4 года назад

    You didn't even bother buying the charging adapter itself instead of buying a while contraption 😂

  • @andreaspanayiotou7779
    @andreaspanayiotou7779 4 года назад +18

    Phone battery gets problem
    Repair guy : so whats the prob
    Tom: I charged my phone
    Repair guy: this shouldn't be a problem
    Tom :Well.......

  • @joyfuflower
    @joyfuflower 4 года назад +9

    I saw the title and though "Oh, like the gravity light!" and then 1:30 in...

  • @30CalCoreLokt
    @30CalCoreLokt 3 года назад

    I thought for sure he was going to use a flywheel! LOL

  • @GadgetGlobetrotter
    @GadgetGlobetrotter 4 года назад

    The heights they go to just to charge a phone. Literally on a chair at a height. 😂🤣

  • @ryanp541
    @ryanp541 4 года назад +5

    This would be a great optimisation and efficiency series. Obviously these aren’t practical but from a process point of view, it would be great to see how it much it could be refined. And what methods are used to achieve better efficiency

  • @p_mouse8676
    @p_mouse8676 4 года назад +4

    Looking at the little board, that's also not the most efficient circuit to use.
    It looks like they are using just a zener to clamp the voltage. Which means that you're wasting all the other energy.
    I would look into a buck/boost converter (SEPIC to me very specific). I bet that your phone will already charge a lot better.
    Funny episode, I was just missing a bit the physics/math behind it. You can actually calculate and predict pretty well how much energy you can get out of this.
    With proper gears and mass you'll be surprised that this is actually not a very stupid idea at all.

    • @1Hippo
      @1Hippo 4 года назад +1

      Modern Li-Ion batteries actually contain quite a lot of energy. If you calculate the potential energy (see the comment from the user science below) and assume 100% energy conversion efficiency it would still take for example 480 kg on a 10 m drop to fully charge a typical 3500 mAh phone battery. If you want for this only for a emergency situation you could drop 14,4 kg down 10 m to get 3% charge back.

    • @p_mouse8676
      @p_mouse8676 4 года назад +1

      @@1Hippo Correct. That's also why it's not really the most efficient way of doing it. But the thought behind it and mostly WHY is a very interesting exercise to do. That's what I meant that the idea by itself isn't stupid.

    • @lapasteque899
      @lapasteque899 4 года назад

      Hippo his calculation was shit no fucking celle phone battery is 47 KILO joules the one he specified was 722 j or 0,722 k j not quite the same

    • @1Hippo
      @1Hippo 4 года назад

      @@lapasteque899 3,5 Ah * 3,7 V = 12,95 Wh
      12,95 W * 3600 s = 46,62 kJ

  • @JOE-hu9qk
    @JOE-hu9qk 4 года назад

    Just stick a brush less motor onto it and connect a battery charge in 2 minutes hahaha

  • @MatthewCarlsen
    @MatthewCarlsen 4 года назад +2

    This is such a unique idea and project! I’m very impressed with you knowledge and expertise in innovation! We share the same passion😀

  • @nono9370
    @nono9370 4 года назад +29

    Any Hydro dam is technically gravity powered.

    • @luca_sbll
      @luca_sbll 4 года назад +3

      It also technically is solar powered, since the sun makes the water evaporate and then fall as rain, feeding the hydro dam

    • @nono9370
      @nono9370 4 года назад +1

      Luca Isabella then again we are moving around the sun due to gravity.

    • @luca_sbll
      @luca_sbll 4 года назад +1

      @@nono9370 Well I think we can say an Hydro Dam needs both gravity and solar energy to work then 🤔

    • @kopanvezer
      @kopanvezer 4 года назад +1

      Well.. Wind turbines are gravity and solar powered too in some ways

  • @lasersbee
    @lasersbee 4 года назад +12

    2:57... Where Tom is highly professional in his projects and actions... you Peter are a childish clown...

  • @Mystixor
    @Mystixor 4 года назад

    Gravity-powered eh?
    Physicists: *confused screaming*

  • @raulparedesjr.3196
    @raulparedesjr.3196 4 года назад

    At first I thought u was going to use a drill to spin it faster 😂

  • @nickpastore807
    @nickpastore807 4 года назад +32

    This is awesome, I love you guys all hanging out together because I watch all your channels separately. Tom you should make the gear ratio insane and drop like a 20 pound weight over the course of like 20 minutes. You'd have to make a metal housing, chain and gears, but I'm sure it would work well!

    • @natttomes4588
      @natttomes4588 4 года назад +4

      if i did my math right it would make about 27 watts

    • @chriswright1389
      @chriswright1389 3 года назад +1

      @@natttomes4588 I am no math guy but don't you need to know how fast the weight bis moving.

  • @aaronbobanthomas6522
    @aaronbobanthomas6522 4 года назад +6

    Add a flywheel to it so that even after the load has reached the ground the phone still will be charging. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Lord.Kiltridge
    @Lord.Kiltridge 3 года назад +2

    Although your gravity device needs refinement, it is a LOT more interesting to watch than my cheaper and easier solar panels. May I suggest a weight that fills with water at the top and empties at the bottom where a much smaller counter weight can then bring it back to the top? You will need more gears and a stronger chain I think so it will drop MUCH slower.

  • @sandorhahn9441
    @sandorhahn9441 Год назад

    Cats like, I'm not gonna be used just to charge your phone!

  • @jansenart0
    @jansenart0 4 года назад +10

    I have wanted this setup since I saw the gravity lights made for non-infrastructure areas.

  • @dansv1
    @dansv1 4 года назад +12

    This video was so lacking in substance that it must be considered a non canon Tom Stanton video.

    • @jimmyoverly3512
      @jimmyoverly3512 4 года назад +1

      LOL this comment deserves more upvotes

  • @Azzie492
    @Azzie492 4 года назад +1

    maybe if you use two water containers 180 degrees apart that self emptied on reaching the ground you would only have to keep refilling the empty one as it reached the top. You would also need to apologise to the ground floor tenants for flooding the area.

  • @jrunsvold
    @jrunsvold 4 года назад +2

    @1:53 Missed opportunity to say "That idea has potential"

  • @zell9058
    @zell9058 4 года назад +8

    He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 4 года назад

      Douggernaut84 - ✝️ 😉

    • @fred_e
      @fred_e 4 года назад

      Brace for impact

    • @jimmyoverly3512
      @jimmyoverly3512 4 года назад +2

      I'm not Christian, but I appreciate where you're coming from and a I agree with you.

  • @alialwaily71
    @alialwaily71 4 года назад +10

    🐈+🏗= 📲🔋

  • @Gl1tch115
    @Gl1tch115 4 года назад +1

    Omg my sis started crying when u dropped the cat carrier

  • @DanielDuhon
    @DanielDuhon 4 года назад

    This got my like when they dropped the cat 😂

  • @docink6175
    @docink6175 4 года назад +3

    doesnt it charge in reverse?

  • @classydays43
    @classydays43 4 года назад

    Ok, what you need is two weights. One is a bucket of water that, when filled, is greater than the weight of the other which could be a rock or something.
    A clutch in the gearbox could run a reverse gear so the dyno drives the same direction each time a weighted object descends.
    When the bucket is filled, it carries down to the bottom and lands on an offset surface that tilts the bucket on its side, tipping the water out. Because the rock at this point is so much heavier than the empty bucket, it could run on more pulleys to reduce its ratio as it gets to the bottom. When the rock gets to the bottom, it lands on a platform connected to a set of rods and stuff that opens a water valve at the top from a resevoir, filling the bucket. When the bucket is full, the cycle repeats.
    The only thing you would need to do is refill the tank, but if it's connected to a downpipe from the guttering (tank overflow runs back to downpipe), that step could be overcome entirely.

  • @chippychomper4294
    @chippychomper4294 4 года назад

    When the bag fell down I thought the cat was in it and mopey hart dropped

  • @bloodsweatandtearsforeverl9833
    @bloodsweatandtearsforeverl9833 4 года назад +6

    You almost had it, just keep adding gears

    • @NathanHaaren
      @NathanHaaren 4 года назад +2

      exactly what i was thinking, if u add so many gears that it takes the weight 4 hours to drop 2 metres then you can get a constant power output
      you could maybe even use your own body weight in a 15 minute drop to fast charge your phone to 50%

  • @usssmartdoofus516
    @usssmartdoofus516 4 года назад +5

    Did you replace Micheal Reeves as William osmans roommate now that Micheal is a part of offline tv?

  • @grovecitysirens_GCS
    @grovecitysirens_GCS 3 года назад +1

    The generator had 1 STAR and he didn't notice or care

  • @maxuso1
    @maxuso1 4 года назад +1

    you could install this with some kind of propellers on a river. this would provide you a constant current.

  • @charmctrain4574
    @charmctrain4574 4 года назад +4

    loving the touch of comedy in this vid, an improvement from when i started watching back at 5k subs

    • @edward657
      @edward657 4 года назад +2

      GemmellFilmsHD HD That’s quite liberal use of the word comedy. More just weird jump cuts, zooms and over-acting

    • @charmctrain4574
      @charmctrain4574 4 года назад

      Edward oh sorry I didn’t realise you were the final decision on what is comedy. I liked it and thought it was funny therefore I consider it comedy

    • @charmctrain4574
      @charmctrain4574 4 года назад

      Edward I thought I’d made the video more digestible and enjoyable and t he re was just enough for it to also be informative.

  • @SparkyLabs
    @SparkyLabs 4 года назад +4

    well predictably not the greatest project.

  • @Hamdad
    @Hamdad 4 года назад

    If there's a counterweight so that the cat basket rises back up to the starting position by itself, you absolutely could charge a battery from it as soon as your cat learns how to use the basket to go down a floor. I imagine it would add up through the course of a day.

  • @Tobias94b
    @Tobias94b 4 года назад

    Loved to see you with Peter, cause I also watch all his homebuild plane stuff 😁

  • @Forakus
    @Forakus 4 года назад +3

    Boring and lazy excuse to run a commercial for Skillshare.

  • @TheBootylover1
    @TheBootylover1 2 года назад

    My stomach flip flopped when that bag dropped son. And here I am with two cats and a dog convinced I’m a dog person…

  • @savneetsinghrairai6823
    @savneetsinghrairai6823 4 года назад

    The cat trick just got me into heart attack😜😜🤣😁

  • @sjoervanderploeg4340
    @sjoervanderploeg4340 4 года назад

    I'm so sad I didn't get to meet Peter when he was at DroneClash in the Netherlands!
    You two should totally team up next year to bring some ingenious carnage!

  • @bluesillybeard
    @bluesillybeard 3 года назад

    normal person: buys a normal charger
    Will & Tom: spends hours designing a gravity charger

  • @prashanthkumar0
    @prashanthkumar0 3 года назад +2

    4:51 i was about to scream

  • @alirezaghaderi
    @alirezaghaderi 3 года назад

    You are the best Man :))) died laughing :)) most talented engineer I saw

  • @alfredharrison597
    @alfredharrison597 2 года назад

    2L coke bottle to its other coke bottle friends: "BRUH you guys will NEVER believe the day I just had!"

  • @trashpandapi9905
    @trashpandapi9905 4 года назад

    He just Michael Jacksond that cat. Here's my cat, hold it over the railing. Lol