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Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets | 44 comments (44 topical, editorial)
Re: Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by mrkooo (mrkooo@hotmail.com) on Sat Sep 24th, 2005 at 03:02:19 PM MST
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The problem with HD magntes is that the have 2 poles per face NS and in the opposite face SN, but when you break it in 2 pieces you get a magnet with one pole per face and the oposite pole in the other face. Thats what I have with my broken HD magnets and I can probe it when they atract or repel with the same or diferentes poles.

I drawed a 1:1 scale design for my stator, this weekend I will work on it.










Re: Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by electrondady1 on Sat Sep 24th, 2005 at 06:10:27 PM MST
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have you done a test on a single coil yet?

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Re: Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by Ungrounded Lightning Rod on Sat Sep 24th, 2005 at 09:38:39 PM MST
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Instead of breaking the magnets in half, why not just lay them out along the circumference of your rotors?

Space them maybe a fifth of their length apart as you go around the circumference (1 unit gap, 2 units north pole, 1 unit effective gap in the middle of the magnet, two units south pole).  You'll have more poles for a given radius - which is GOOD.  Rasies your frequency and the voltage (because the effective risetime of the field is shorter), lowers your cutin speed.  The polarity of the magnets comes out right for a dual-rotor if you position them so the bodies of the magnets are opposite each other.

Expand your radius and use still more magnets for more power, or to let you use more and thinner coils so the gap can be reduced and the field strength increased.

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Re: Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets (3.00 / 0) (#41)
by duden (mprism@ntlworld.com) on Thu Dec 29th, 2005 at 10:28:47 AM MST
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Further to your idea about using complete magnets, what about using the magnets in pairs. If you connect N-S, N-S in that order you will get a larger magnet. If you then double the diameter of the rotor, you should get a lower revving generator for a given output voltage. The coils can also be better matched to the size of the magnets.
It will be necessary to double or treble the number of magets thickness wise so you obviously need a lot of drives.

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Re: Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by hiker (hiker.wild[at]yahoo[dot]com) on Sun Sep 25th, 2005 at 04:09:41 AM MST
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nice coils--but i still would go with thicker wire and less turns...
the way you have it set up now you will get high volts --but very low amps[if any].

rewind your coils with less turns if your going to use the same size of wire and you will get a few amps[amps is what its all about] and go with a 1/4" stator thicknes..
just my thoughts..again...............
what phase are you going for?-- single or more....
WILD IN ALASKA
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Re: Wind Generator with Hard Drive Magnets (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by hiker (hiker.wild[at]yahoo[dot]com) on Sun Sep 25th, 2005 at 04:11:13 AM MST
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nice blades
WILD IN ALASKA
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