You are baiting us, right? ;-)
Okay, just in case you're serious: No No NO! Better to plug the Volt's charger in directly, than to plug the treadmills in and have them convert the power-grid energy to mechanical energy, then have their mechanical energy converted to electrical through the Volt's on-board motor/generator. So many losses there it's obscene.
Not to mention, you would need to have the Volt turned ON to harvest the energy from the wheels turning, and that imposes a big load right away (idle current is what, 500 watts, 1 kW??).
Hey, where are you finding treadmills with such a high load limit anyway?
That does it, you got me. It worked -- I was punked. Arrgh.
Okay, just in case you're serious: No No NO! Better to plug the Volt's charger in directly, than to plug the treadmills in and have them convert the power-grid energy to mechanical energy, then have their mechanical energy converted to electrical through the Volt's on-board motor/generator. So many losses there it's obscene.
Not to mention, you would need to have the Volt turned ON to harvest the energy from the wheels turning, and that imposes a big load right away (idle current is what, 500 watts, 1 kW??).
Hey, where are you finding treadmills with such a high load limit anyway?
That does it, you got me. It worked -- I was punked. Arrgh.