#5965 HIGH Future : Hand Crank can only charge the laptop 21 times

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#5965: Hand Crank can only charge the laptop 21 times
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  Reporter:  arjs        |       Owner:  wad                      
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  high        |   Milestone:  Future Release           
 Component:  mechanical  |     Version:                           
Resolution:              |    Keywords:  crank, freeplay, charging
  Verified:  0           |    Blocking:                           
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Comment(by erikg):

 Has anyone ever actually cranked a laptop to full charge from 0?

 It seems like an extremely painful process, especially as the freeplay
 device appears to lack any kind of differential gearing.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5965#comment:3>
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