How To Wash Your Clothes With A Bicycle
source: http://HomelessDave.com
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This is not some proof of concept or some demonstration project. This is actually how Dave does his laundry . . . with zero carbon.
If you want to save some energy, one of the first appliances to target is your washing machine. You could buy yourself a high efficiency front loading washer and really save some energy and water. Or, if you're as committed as Dave Askins, you could build your own washer out of some reused parts and power the washer with your own calories.
On his website, HomelessDave.com Dave has tracked every bicycle powered load of laundry he's done since July 2007 (149 and counting). To be fair, Dave doesn't use his bicycle to power his entire wash, spin and rinse cycles. He gets a little help from the Amish. For the wash cycle he uses an Amish-style "James Handwasher." It washes clothes, not hands.
The bicycle helps Dave spin the clothes dry without using a labor-intensive, and inferior, hand-cranked wringer. Once he realized his system worked, Dave added an electric power generator so that he could watch TV or DVDs while he does his laundry.
http://HomelessDave.com
This is not some proof of concept or some demonstration project. This is actually how Dave does his laundry . . . with zero carbon.
If you want to save some energy, one of the first appliances to target is your washing machine. You could buy yourself a high efficiency front loading washer and really save some energy and water. Or, if you're as committed as Dave Askins, you could build your own washer out of some reused parts and power the washer with your own calories.
On his website, HomelessDave.com Dave has tracked every bicycle powered load of laundry he's done since July 2007 (149 and counting). To be fair, Dave doesn't use his bicycle to power his entire wash, spin and rinse cycles. He gets a little help from the Amish. For the wash cycle he uses an Amish-style "James Handwasher." It washes clothes, not hands.
The bicycle helps Dave spin the clothes dry without using a labor-intensive, and inferior, hand-cranked wringer. Once he realized his system worked, Dave added an electric power generator so that he could watch TV or DVDs while he does his laundry.
http://HomelessDave.com
