Hey Flux, I never did truly seperate the 4 coils that make up the main winding. Today I went ahead and took it down, dug inside of it and seperatated all the leads that the 4 coils have. The best configuration I've come up with so far is two coils paralled, two coils in series. Then took the two coils in series and put them in series with the two that are paralled.
This brings the cut in speed down to about 190 rpms. At 370 rpm now I get 60vac, instead of 42vac. I'm sure this will limit my amperage a little, but it truly seems like I made this better.
By the way the coils were poorly sodered, so I re-sodered them, which i'm sure will help more amps to come through. I think I read somewhere that some cheaper induction motors the splices from the leads to the coils is sometimes not that great.
I'm going to make a set of 8 foot blades, according to hugh's plans and see how it does. I'll definately try to let you guys know. I think his plans for 8 foot rotor is around 7 or 8, which they should do just fine
I dont think i'm gonna use the start winding at all, it doesn't really seem to do well by itself. Like you said.
Thankyou for your time
MMinspired
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