# Make electricity with foot paddle and avoid walls

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [January 22, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484 "2019-01-22T03:33:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![duhuh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/duhuh/32/5686_2.png) [@duhuh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duhuh)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/1 "2019-01-22T03:33:31Z")

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I want to make electricity in the basement of a house.  
I made a 1 tile vehile with foot paddle, seat, truck alternator, and battery.  
But I can’t drive it.  
I don’t want to install wheel and move round and around in the basement.  
How to make electricity without bumping into wall?

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**Author:** ![darktoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/2 "2019-01-22T03:34:26Z")

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You need a smaller alternator. Try a bicycle alternator.

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**Author:** ![bostltch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bostltch/32/3226_2.png) [@bostltch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bostltch)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/3 "2019-01-22T05:10:36Z")

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You still need vehicle controls.

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**Author:** ![duhuh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/duhuh/32/5686_2.png) [@duhuh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duhuh)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/4 "2019-01-22T05:12:01Z")

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I made it work. Thanks.

The vehicle has: seat, foot paddle, car alternator, battery, and frame.

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**Author:** ![mlangsdorf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mlangsdorf/32/2462_2.png) [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/5 "2019-01-22T15:13:21Z")

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No, foot pedals count as controls, as specified in their description.

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**Author:** ![DrakeDragon8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DrakeDragon8](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DrakeDragon8)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/6 "2019-01-22T18:50:25Z")

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As long as you sit in the seat, and have a hand on the controls (^ on seat tile), you use the pedals to generate, BUT due to a change to them, the only alternator that works is the aforementioned bike alternator.

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/7 "2019-01-23T19:01:26Z")

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There was a change to how alternators work?

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**Author:** ![DrakeDragon8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DrakeDragon8](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DrakeDragon8)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/8 "2019-01-23T19:12:57Z")

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Yes, but mostly to pedals, so they can’t use EVERY alternator, only a special one.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/9 "2019-01-23T23:22:42Z")

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Yeah, It seems that the sort of alternator that large trucks use IRL takes like 3 horsepower before it starts generating electricity, and as it turns out, three horses can pull way harder than one human can. 😃  
So yeah, a smaller alternator is needed.

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**Author:** ![duhuh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/duhuh/32/5686_2.png) [@duhuh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duhuh)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/10 "2019-01-24T02:33:29Z")

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Actually a car alternator works.  
I can’t find any bike alternator near the lab.

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**Author:** ![DrakeDragon8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DrakeDragon8](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DrakeDragon8)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/11 "2019-01-24T02:35:13Z")

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What version are you on, if latest then bravo I didn’t know that

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**Author:** ![duhuh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/duhuh/32/5686_2.png) [@duhuh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duhuh)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/12 "2019-01-24T02:38:24Z")

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Experimental version downloaded on Jan 18.

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**Author:** ![bostltch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bostltch/32/3226_2.png) [@bostltch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bostltch)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-electricity-with-foot-paddle-and-avoid-walls/18484/13 "2019-01-28T00:10:13Z")

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Yeah I thought about it after I posted, I seem to never use them so i didn’t know.