Last class we met in our groups to discuss and figure out what experiment we wanted to create and present to the class. Right from the start we wanted to do an experiment using a generator of some sort. We wanted to copy the flashlight experiment to what it could power. However, that idea fell through because we did not know how to hook anything up to it.
Our next idea was to use the Stirling engine, the one we saw Mr. Vale use, to see what that could power. We wrote an email to him explains our lab. He wrote back saying that the Stirling engine was too small to power anything. So once again our lab was scrapped.
We finally decided to build our own crank generator and see what it can power. The next step was to create the paper work required for the lab. The object of the experiment is to use lab view to find out how much voltage can be created. Since it is a crank generator, the object of the lab is to see if the more you turn the crank, the more voltage that is created. A light bulb will be set up to the generator to see if the crank generator can light the light bulb. Below is the video that shows you how to create a generator.