Turning a glow plug model engin into a lithion battery charger

[onlyha...@gmail.com]

I'd like to turn a glow plug model engin into a lithion battery charger and wondered if anyone at the space had dabbled with this? Also any suggestions on how powerful a generator could be made. Lighter / smaller the better is played off against output.

Anyone interested in mucking about with this with me?

[Aidan Dunbar]

This sounds like a cool project. Got any photos of the engine?

A

On 19 January 2017 at 14:18, <onlyha...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'd like to turn a glow plug model engin into a lithion battery charger and wondered if anyone at the space had dabbled with this? Also any suggestions on how powerful a generator could be made. Lighter / smaller the better is played off against output.

Anyone interested in mucking about with this with me?

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[Tom Oldbury (Email #1)]

How will you convert the rotational energy from the engine into electrical energy?

Once you have say 12 volts DC then it's a simple matter of getting an off-the-shelf Li-Ion battery charging unit, such as one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-iMax-B6-Lipo-NiMh-Li-ion-LiFe-RC-Battery-Digital-LCD-Balance-Charger-UK/181697789313?_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226&_trkparms=aid%3D555014%26algo%3DPL.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D6a3704351fe14b9bad92f7e518a68f38%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26

Of course if you want a more integrated solution, such as one where you start the engine and it charges whatever is attached, you will need some kind of extra hardware, like a battery charging PCB.