Re: Wrong Motor (3.00 / 0) (#3) by adaml on Mon Aug 25th, 2008 at 07:04:10 AM MST (User Info)

Thanks Norm, Apologies new to all this but should have provided better info. Blades are 36", 3 of made of 6" pvc piping I had lying about, mounted on an 8" aluminium hub.   I reckon that in today's wind (which is the strongest I have tested in yet) I am getting about 200 - 300 rpm max.  I do not reckon this is enough even though the blades are spinning to fast to visually keep up with sometimes. When I initially got the motor I did rig it up, a spin with my fingers was enough to make a 12v car light bulb glow.  Spinning it up on my drill at maximum rev's turned out about 80v. I am trying to build this as a prototype for a friend who wants to set it up on a remote piece of land. The tower is approx 12" My apologies again for the original scant infromation. Many thanks for you help. Adam. [ Parent ]

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