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Thank you for the welcom! you are correct russ, the figures are 98 and 27 respectively. i hit an extra 0. can you please give me a name of a generator that would regulate the fall? will this mean that if i have a 27watt bulb plugged in, the weight would fall over an hour and if i had a 13watt...

Hi! So i have been having this discussion with a friend. we have an old shaft going down about 100meters and we want to tie a 100kg sand bag and use it to generate electricity as it falls. (we will simply pull it back up) if my understanding is right, then: i can either generate 980kw for 1...