Nice! You are like my dad. I have a wheeled cart with a 1HP electric motor and an alternator off an 81 Jeep hooked up. It has an amp meter on it to show the charge current and half of a pair of jumper cables. I use it for quickly charging batteries in my car or for instant jump start in the winter. Made with junk we had, cheaper than a commercial shop battery charger. Yours is even more portable for outside use. Mine is good for inside. Outside I need a long heavy extension. Yours is good for impressing girls that need a jump start in cold weather, just pull it out of your trunk and you rescued the damsel in distress (or just use jumper cables...less impressive). The first one my dad made used an old generator/external regulator from a 66 Jeep (he upgraded with an alternator) and he rigged a rheostat to over ride something in the regulator to force charge sulfated batteries. You mentioned a 12 V go cart...my dad built us one as kids (early 70's) using 2 starters from 1947 Fords as the motors on the back wheels. Later we used one starter on a minibike frame with a huge 6 volt semi battery (bypassed a bad cell). Less speed but much longer ride time. I rigged a car battery to my kid's power wheels to increase ride time, but now there is only fast speed, even in reverse! Tinkering and repurposing stuff is fun! I have many fond memories of my father (who still tinkers at 80) and I have made my own kids cools stuff, and still do! Keep up the good work! And teach your kids this kind of creativity at an early age! I considered making a gas powered one like yours, before, but I was told a lawn mower engine needs a flywheel, IE blade, to run...but the motor you have seems to work just fine! I did this or a variation of years ago to charge the battery in my travel trailer. about a pint of gasoline much less than running the car engine for 45 minutes. I used an older 1966 gm alternator using a external regulator. Well. You seem to be a little insulting shit. Lawn mower engine, an alternator or two from a couple of scrapped cars and a belt can all be gotten for free or damn near it. If you remove the rectifier you can generate household AC once you figure out the RPM to Hertz rate. Seems you only came here to tell people their homosexual and that this is useless. Your profile picture doesn't boost anyone belief that you're over 20 years old either.
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