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crockett · 08-17-2005, 11:49 AM

I was at the building supply store the other day and picked up this all in one TV/Radio/weather radio/Flashlight combo thing. (for the hurricanes) The thing has a hand crank on the side for the radios. So I figured I'd give it a try.. cranked it up about 4 turns and it's been playing the radio for the last 2 hours.

It's like a slinky, wtf is inside that makes it keep going?

Adult Site Traffic · 08-17-2005, 11:51 AM

I was looking for one last Hurricaine but I never found one

I think it's just spring wound which turns a small generator.
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mardigras · 08-17-2005, 07:34 PM

This thread reminded me what a genius The Professor on Gilligan's Island was. People often ask how the radio lasted so long... the professor hooked it up to the bicycle charger and essentially (super) wound up the radio 40 years before such a product became a reality... a much grander scale of the current consumer models of course (The Professor was always such a show-off

) and it lasted them for the rest of the series (It wore out before the movies).

Personally, I'll take the 4 cranks for 2 hours

08-17-2005, 11:49 AM	#1
crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	wind up radios I was at the building supply store the other day and picked up this all in one TV/Radio/weather radio/Flashlight combo thing. (for the hurricanes) The thing has a hand crank on the side for the radios. So I figured I'd give it a try.. cranked it up about 4 turns and it's been playing the radio for the last 2 hours. It's like a slinky, wtf is inside that makes it keep going? __________________ In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

08-17-2005, 11:51 AM	#2
Adult Site Traffic Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South-East of the Border of Disorder Posts: 5,093	I was looking for one last Hurricaine but I never found one I think it's just spring wound which turns a small generator. . __________________ ALL Domains and Websites are GOING AWAY NOW! Ask me! Many great domains, mainstream and adult, some complete sites with databases, some names with traffic and PR, some investment quality names. Come take a look! { Traffic Orders: Please go here } .:: SHARPEN the Elite - BURN the leftovers! Ooh-Rah!! ::. Last edited by Adult Site Traffic; 08-17-2005 at 11:52 AM..

08-17-2005, 07:34 PM	#3
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	This thread reminded me what a genius The Professor on Gilligan's Island was. People often ask how the radio lasted so long... the professor hooked it up to the bicycle charger and essentially (super) wound up the radio 40 years before such a product became a reality... a much grander scale of the current consumer models of course (The Professor was always such a show-off ) and it lasted them for the rest of the series (It wore out before the movies). Personally, I'll take the 4 cranks for 2 hours __________________ .