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Treadmill motor / generator in the air at last !
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by GerryS on Thu Mar 8th, 2007 at 12:37:01 PM MST
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Great work. So how often is it spinning at your house and that low height? In other words, how often do you have the 10MPH winds to keep it spinning? I have two treadmill motors that I want to do basically the exact same thing with. One for a water alternator and one for wind. My big question is: How did you connect the prop to the treadmill motor? That threaded end only sticks out an inch or so (I have the same motor I think). Also how do you stop the wires from twisting and breaking off as it turns with the wind?
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by hiker (
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had my mill up for some time now--the wind normally only comes from two diffrant directions---havent had to untangle my wires yet..i think thats true with most locations...the mill never has made a 360 turn yet..just left to right....
WILD IN ALASKA
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by CmeBREW (
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Hey GerryS,
I am currently working on 'PART 2'. You will see in the photes how i mounted the rotor to the fan spindle and so on very shortly. -good questions ,Thanks
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Re: Treadmill motor
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by GerryS on Fri Mar 9th, 2007 at 07:20:04 AM MST
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Can't wait to see. If you used the front part of the treadmill, is it a fan? Then it just screws onto the shaft. But I guess you've got to make sure that it doesn't spin in the direction of unscrewing but only screwing on. driling holes through the fan disc to mount the hub to is easy enough. I'll be lookin to see how you do it!
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