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Treadmill motor / generator in the air at last !
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Re: Treadmill motor / generator in the air at last
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by CmeBREW (
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I always forget to say stuff. sorry. I also know it would do better with 4 blades, because I did experimenting with a 'jump-start' wire to my positive bus bar. The generator is normally a motor, so when there was a good enough small wind (probabley 10mph) I would 'jump start' it for a few seconds, and it would take off, spin and generate for a minute or two and then stop again due to the breeze dropping off. Of course i,m not going to sit there and 'jump start' the thing all day to get alittle power--but clearly 4 blades would have been perfect and helped in braking in very high winds. 4 blades probably would have cost alittle power of the top end, but I doubt too much.
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