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Junkyard trip


By RobC, Section Diaries
Posted on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 04:44:21 AM MST
A few Items

We found a few items at the junkyard and and thought we would give all of you a  chance to guess what or where they came from.  



I hope they will  be wind generators in a year or two. RobC
Junkyard trip | 10 comments (10 topical)

Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by RobC on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 11:09:17 AM MST

I should probably have told you that both sets of stators and rotors came out of same aluminum case.



Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by drdongle on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 04:09:43 PM MST

Any idea what it came out of? any name plate data?
Carpe Vigor, Dr.D
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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by RobC on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 05:12:59 PM MST

These parts came out of a Toyota Prius hybrid. The small pink stator came out of the front of the main power unit next to the motor and the large stator came out of the other end of the unit.

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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by vawtman on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 05:17:13 PM MST

Darn that was the first thought i had.

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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by BT Humble on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 07:04:14 PM MST


These parts came out of a Toyota Prius hybrid. The small pink stator came out of the front of the main power unit next to the motor and the large stator came out of the other end of the unit.

I had no idea that the Prius came with a rock hammer as standard equipment! ;-)

BTH


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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by RobC on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 09:34:47 PM MST

Well BT you never know on these new high tech auto's when you might have to lift the hood and tap on something. And if your really angry use the pointy end of the hammer. RobC

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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by harrie on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 08:40:33 PM MST

I have a prius, thanks for giving me a look at whats under the hood, you sure cant see much by trying to look into the engine compartment. interesting!!

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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by vawtman on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 04:41:03 PM MST

Well i will post a guess.

 A smallish gridtied turbine.The smaller unit would maybe used for controls and the other to feed the grid.



Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by JW on Mon Nov 19, 2007 at 07:43:34 PM MST

I bet its for power-steering, or A/C or some other auxiliary system.

Yes,yes,  nice rock hammer by the way, bet that was helpful for prying casings apart.

I fixed my spellchecker. :)

JW

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Re: Junkyard trip (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by Kevin L on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 04:58:43 PM MST

Regen braking system.  Slows the car down while charging the battery bank.


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