| As someone who has put a lot of energy, time and money into rebuilding a few motors for low speed generator use, I have to pimp this little (40 lbs is little ?) motor a bit. This is the first DC motor I've seen that needs no modifications to be suitable as a direct drive wind generator. OK, it's not a huge output, and not comparable to the disk rotor brake alternators we all love to make, but for someone who is starting out and wants to get something up fast, spinning and making a few hundred watts I would highly recommend these little units.
I found this review, first written in 1997, on the web. Everything he says seems right on to me and as true today as it was 5 years ago. Even the price is the same.
http://www.solarwashington.org/articles/Projects/DC_Motors.html
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=
2003080615242635&catname=&qty=1&item=10-1519-a
OK, I lied... I would make the following modifications:
- Replace the leads with 8 guage wire
- replace the bearings with new ones
- seriously consider replacing the ceramic mags with neos (could be a big job) for better output and/or lower cut-in speed.
Chuck |
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