electric toothbrush without a battery

[Ban Bot]

We have 2 Sonicare that are 5 years old and still going strong with daily use.

 

[twinrider1]

A hydroelectric toothbrush is the future. Let the water from the faucet spin a generator to power the brush.

Now that I think about it, how about a turbine in the main water line. Generate power from every flush, shower, etc.

 

[jaedaliu]

A hydroelectric toothbrush is the future. Let the water from the faucet spin a generator to power the brush.

Now that I think about it, how about a turbine in the main water line. Generate power from every flush, shower, etc.

Ooh! a poopy turbine! my favorite type!

Doable, but probably not worth the effort. There's not a lot of head in your sewage pipe.

 

[twinrider1]

Not in the waste pipe. In the main water line. A small setup is probably too expensive for how rarely the water runs in a home. But I do wonder if it would work at a municipal water plant. I'd guess they have a pretty steady flow of water.

 

[sdifox]

Not in the waste pipe. In the main water line. A small setup is probably too expensive for how rarely the water runs in a home. But I do wonder if it would work at a municipal water plant. I'd guess they have a pretty steady flow of water.

err, municipality spends money pumping water up to a water tower to pressurize the water and you are asking them to do what?

 

[Papagayo]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Convert-old-electric-toothbrush-to-plug-in/


convert it..

 

[twinrider1]

err, municipality spends money pumping water up to a water tower to pressurize the water and you are asking them to do what?

Put on turbine on the way back down the tower.

 

[gorcorps]

Put on turbine on the way back down the tower.

*facepalm*

just stop

 

[alkemyst]

Put on turbine on the way back down the tower.

Just like plugging a UPS into itself?

 

[tynopik]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Convert-old-electric-toothbrush-to-plug-in/


convert it..

interesting, thanks for posting

 

[Puppies04]

I have one that you just shake to recharge. I just go ahead and put toothpaste on it and stick it in my mouth while I shake to charge it. By the time I'm done charging it, my teeth are clean.

You win a cookie, make sure you brush your teeth afterwards though.

 

[twinrider1]

lol, I'm not saying it will create as much energy as it takes to pump it up there. But the money spent to pump the water up there is a sunk cost. It's getting pumped up there anyway. Why not capture some of that energy on the way back down.