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Postby goof on Sat May 08, 2010 11:09 pm

hi all this is my wind generators good and bad
First never work but a start
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Sat May 08, 2010 11:23 pm

my second one that work sort of till the wind got to hectic
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and then this :wtf:
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but all is not lost I started from scratch new generator
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Sat May 08, 2010 11:51 pm

all the work is dun now it was to test it
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the fan I got from work it is not I deal for it but it works
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it delivers 3-5w and 10w in a gust I think it not to bad at the moment
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Re: My projects

Postby windgat on Sun May 09, 2010 10:11 am

Thanks for the pics! Looks like fixed magnets, rotating coils?

What magnets are you using?
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Sun May 09, 2010 6:19 pm

the stator is standing still and the magnets is rotating the magnets is bagmagnets and is 30x3mm round I used 2 magnets together so its is 6mm thick

the coils is a 80 wind and it starts to charge my battery at 180rpm
hare is some test open voltage
160rpm
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Re: My projects

Postby windgat on Mon May 10, 2010 6:12 pm

Thanks. What is a bagmagnet :?: Do you know what grade of magnet it is? It seems to me that if you used rare earth magnets, you would get the same voltages at about a third of the RPMs.

What do you plan to do differently for the next one?
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Thu May 13, 2010 8:30 pm

sorry it is for badges I called them and thy say it is rare earth magnets
I need to rewind the coils neater and cast it on a level table so that it will be thiner
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Re: My projects

Postby windgat on Sat May 15, 2010 12:50 pm

Sounds good. Am curious how thick the stator is now, and how thick you plan to make it. Also, what material are you using for casting it?
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Wed May 26, 2010 9:53 pm

The stator is 12mm at the moment and I want to get it to 8 - 9 mm if you look at the pix it is dun in a harry
so their is a lot of improvement I can make
The casting in resin
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Re: My projects

Postby windgat on Sat May 29, 2010 9:18 am

Do those coils stay in place when you remove the top set of washers? And does the wire get damaged by the thread on the bolts?
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:07 pm

No thy don't get damaged I have spacers that protect them
and sum progress of my now stator it is now 7mm thick and has 80 winds the same as my first one the hole in the middle
is the same size as my magnet
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New stator

and the old coil whit the now
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old whit now
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Re: My projects

Postby windgat on Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:23 am

Looks good - I look forward to hearing how much power you get!
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Re: My projects

Postby goof on Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:22 pm

the new test results
rpm......................old.............new
160rpm...............11.3v.........17.8v
300rpm...............22.6v.........32.8v
375rpm...............27,4v.........40v
470rpm...............38v............50v


that I coll a improvement the magnets is the same and the coils is the same amount of turns
all difference is the neatness of the coils :yay:
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Re: My projects

Postby windgat on Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:37 am

Looks good. :clap:
Do you have any idea of windspeed vs RPM? That would allow a 'cut in' wind speed to be calculated.
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