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Radiator Fan Blade?
By Opera House, Section Wind Posted on Thu Jun 24th, 2004 at 07:42:34 PM MST
Anyone use one of these for a small wind generator?

Finally found the multi blade fan from the Ford Explorer that I had stashed away years ago. Will mate that with a small 40V servo motor with the hope of getting about 1A @12V out of it. Looks like if I mount the blades backwards it has a decent profile. Everything is free so it is worth a try. Just have to turn down a shaft bushing to mount it on.

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Re: Radiator Fan Blade? (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by wpowokal on Fri Jun 25th, 2004 at 06:12:06 AM MST
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Yes I used a 7 blade fan from a Chrysler V8 I added extensions of aproximatly 8" to each blade, all worked fine on a TDM.

I then removed the blades and replaced them with 500mm long 2" wide PVC intended as cover strips for fibro cement sheets, also works fine to this day.

regards Allan

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

Hope I don't have to extend them (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by Opera House on Sat Jun 26th, 2004 at 01:39:11 PM MST
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Although it is only 18 inches, it has 10 blades and is so cute. My manager once told me, "The optics of a project is everything." I have five days to whip this together before I go to the camp. Prefer to have five small ones rather than one big one.

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Re: Radiator Fan Blade? (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by wooferhound (tim((NoSpamAt))wooferhound.com) on Fri Jun 25th, 2004 at 08:25:00 AM MST
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If money is a problem then you qught to consider making blades from PVC pipe.

Here are some plans...
http://66.140.203.100/gallery/album38

)}=- W o o f -={(

Re: Radiator Fan Blade? (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by sean on Sun Jun 27th, 2004 at 05:13:34 PM MST
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All i have ever made props from (HAWT) is fans from cars. There cheap and work very well so i found although i must point out that i have never carved a prop from wood so i cannot comment on comparison. See the wind links on my site. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.amesbury/homepage.htm
...Sean

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