# Watch springs how they release energy?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-springs-how-they-release-energy/1019782 "2025-06-17T23:18:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenoMD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f9ae1b/32.png) [@kenoMD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenoMD)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-springs-how-they-release-energy/1019782/21 "2025-06-18T14:54:47Z")

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👍 Thanks

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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-springs-how-they-release-energy/1019782/22 "2025-06-18T15:08:52Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> Here’s a video of a mechanical governor in an old record player:

That is pretty much identical to what I came up with for my current project and the reason for my original question. I am trying to design a source of resistance for a stationery bike using a centrifugal governor. I was trying to avoid anything using friction. Great explanation and saves me a lot of work building a prototype.

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