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Estimating alternator coil turns
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Re: Estimating alternator coil turns
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by methanolcat (
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Please post a picture of that coil, I would love to see it.
How much current do you think it will put out? I hope you have huge magnets.
Matt
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by Herr Snefl (
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Hi Matt, I've finally gotten around to winding my test coil. I was hoping to get 750 turns on but only managed 500. Picked too thick a wire in the hope of keeping the resistance down. Also its ended up 12mm thick, a couple of mm fatter then I intended. The white stuff on the coil is not icing sugar, its the paper I used to line the plywood former. This coil is giving me 32v at 125 RPM. I'll have 3 coils per phase hence 96 volts. I need 139 volts to get the Windy Boy to cut in. Guess I could use star configuration which would give me 166 volts. Trouble is I don't want to exceed 400v in high wind! Some pics...
BTW the current will be quite low because the voltage is relatively high. Cheap rectifiers for me :-)
Neil
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