Low Wind Permanent Magnet Alternator

[Raptorman670]

I thinking about buying this to make a wind generator. I live in PA and don't usually have a lot of wind but I want to use this for a 12 volt battery bank. Can you guys tell me if this is worth getting? This is a great site thanks for all the help.

            Dave  Here is the product http://www.windbluepower.com/Permanent_Magnet_Alternator_Wind_Blue_Low_Wind_p/dc-540.htm

[ghurd]

It would be easy to get something a lot better for less money.

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2008/11/30/183234/89

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2009/3/12/195239/297

G-

[Raptorman670]

Hi G thanks for all your help I read those threads. I am confused lol. What would you think would be my best bet. Should I look for a Ametek 30vdc motor or get something else. Any suggestions.

         Dave

[ghurd]

Myself, if I were you, at this stage,

I would learn to solder and get something else.

Maybe, after you think deeply about it, an ECM.

I am near 16148 zip.  You near there?

G-

[Raptorman670]

Hi G I live east about a hour away in Brookville. I know how to solder but not to much about electronics. I also looked at the Other Power's Low-RPM Disk Alternator. I was looking at something that isn't to complicated to build or buy. I don't have the money to pay for one completed like a thousand dollars or more. The ECM motors do you have to convert the power to DC. I have a few furnace motors 110 vac but do not know what I really need.

          Dave

       

[adaml]

Raptorman, think G linked to my post but will throw my two pence worth in if I may, might help?

I brought one, thought it was brilliant, then learnt a lot more and realised it wasn't at all!!  Learnt the hard and expensive way.  The thing is now "dead"!

I had a 30v Ametek in the shed and wished I had used that as a first project.  In my humble newbie opinion I think there are far better options and more fun than buying something "off the shelf".

Go with it if you will for a "quick fix" but be wary of the quoted output.

[Raptorman670]

Hi thanks Adam I think I am going to build a Low-RPM Disk Alternator. What sort of wind generator do you use? I can get the strut brake rotor assembly for almost nothing. I need to do a lot more reading.

             Dave

[adaml]

Raptorman, I am still tinkering with my first efforts at a motor conversion.  Personally I have found this far more rewarding than buying something off the net, learnt a lot in the process to.  There are some pictures in my files you may find interesting?

I do not know enough to attempt building my own from scratch, nor do I have the need.  I like the smaller mills that I can get to charge my 12v batteries then put that charge to use, it is at my current (limited) level of understanding.  Lots of reading on here on motor conversions, I would suggest looking for "Jerry's" posts, personally I have found them to be a wealth of information - even if I don't (yet) understand it all!!

Good luck.