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There is a small generator that charges up a battery. Mine shines fairly brightly with a good charge. you have to rewind it everynow and then but winding is free and very easy. hey when you think about it you burn calories not money.

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The winder winds a clock like spring, the springs drives a small generator. The DC generator powers the radio.

A wind-up radio has a hand-operated electrical generator which stores electrical charge in either a capacitor or a battery; the radio will then operate until the charge is depleted.

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they work with a crank turn it and it will get louder

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