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? on Hughs 48" genny. | 10 comments (10 topical)
Re: ? on Hughs 48" genny. (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by seanchan00 on Thu Nov 24, 2005 at 05:05:42 PM MST

Hi Dan,

I have raised my 48" radius triple blade genny for 4 days and yet to see it spin as the wind is not very strong. On the ground I have felt wind more than 5 mph. Have I mismatched it to my twele inch 9 coil 12 magnet(1" x 2" x 1/2") dual rotor as you advised me months ago. It can produce good power when hand spun, enough to light up a 20 watt flourescent light through 150 feet of 2.5 square mm wires.

Waiting to post story with pictures when it works to expectation (:>)

SeanChan from Malaysia.

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Re: ? on Hughs 48" genny. (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by Flux on Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 01:14:47 AM MST

SeanChan

With a 48" radius (8ft dia) prop and an air gap alternator it should be spinning at 5 mph. It may be that you have too much grease and if it has tapered roller bearings you may have pre loaded the bearings. Wait for a bit more wind and see what happens.

Things usually free off and start better after it has run for a while.

You will not know about the matching to the prop until it starts to make power so that is not an issue at this stage.

If there is a reasonable breeze and it still doesn't start then try disconnecting the rectifier ac leads if you can get at them.

I think that if you had made a connection error on the stator you would feel it when turning it by hand.

If it is on a temporary mount down among the trees you may not have the wind you think you have as it may be mostly turbulence.

Flux

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Re: ? on Hughs 48" genny. (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by seanchan00 on Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 05:32:07 AM MST

Thanks Flux for your reassuring input. It is permanently up at 53 feet and I just lowered it to see why it is not turning. One blade seems a little heavy so I balanced it but not perfectly yet. A spin by hand and the blade seems to freewheel quite well. I may have hit the intermonsoon period and it is actually a very low wind period. Maybe things will brighten up in a few days when the south-west monsoon change decisively to north-east monsoon. Will keep you posted when the wind blows.

SeanChan.

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