date-created: '2006-10-18'
date-updated: '2026-01-08'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
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title: 'HSU Bike powered washing machine'
description: 'This was a project started by students in the Whole Earth Engineering class at HSU. The main goal of the project was to fill a need using an appropiate technology. An Arcata house, already using several appropiate technologies was looking for a way to wash their clothes. Housemates had several bikes, bike parts, tools, and the know how and the idea for a bicycle powered washing machine was born.'
keywords:
    - 'bike power'
    - 'bike powered washing machine'
    - 'pedal power'
    - 'water catchment'
    - reuse
    - upcycle
    - 'Recycled materials'
    - Laundry
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/HSU_Bike_powered_washing_machine'
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    name: 'User:Burnjessh'
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        user-handle: 'User:Burnjessh'
version: 105
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/3/3a/Wash10.jpg'
variant-of:
    title: 'Mechanical pedal powered devices'
    web: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Mechanical_pedal_powered_devices'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'User:Burnjessh'
    affliation: 'Category:Cal Poly Humboldt'
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