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The mill is up and running
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Re: The mill is up and running
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by kurt on Thu Aug 21st, 2008 at 06:17:05 PM MST
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no power will flow into the battery until the windmill voltage exceeds the battery voltage then the battery will hold the mill down to its voltage and start to charge 3v is as good as nothing and the mill is freewheeling at that point. i bet you just didn't have good wind when you tested btw a 6' prop 3' per blade is to big for an amatek 30v they like props in the 4' range so you mite have a hard time getting enough speed out of your prop....
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Re: The mill is up and running
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by bend1 on Thu Aug 21st, 2008 at 07:28:19 PM MST
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Thanks, I was hoping that it was something like that becaue I could not find any problems with the wiring tonight . About the blade size of 4 ft diameter is that the optimum size for this motor? I cant remember were I came up with the 6 ft size I have now ( read it somewere in the hundreds of post here). Well it looks like I will be making some new blades tomorrow.
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