4 Watt

[koolmart]

First attempt using 24VDC motor, 3 PVC -30inch blades from garbage can

Hit 7VDC/.6A? before blowing up in Typhoon #22, hahahaha.

Next attempt using 100VDC planetary gear motor, looks like dremel-type tool.

Hit 37Volts at just over 1Amp in moderate winds, looks like a winner to power some BBQ lights. Next gotta get a battery. Can get one more motor and will try hydro at the homesite.

[ghurd]

Did you try reconnecting the coils for more volts in the 24v motor?

Not a sugestion, but a true question.

G-

[koolmart]

G,

Thanks for the input, no I didn't try it but would like to.

How would I go about it? The 24v has great Amps but no voltage.

Thanks,

Martin

[ghurd]

Well, you have to find the in and out of each coil.

Spent about 3 hours doing just that today.  Didn't find many.  Too many turns, too many coils, too small wire.

Then you have to decide how to reconnect them for more of what you want.  If you double the V, it will half the current.

I'm expecting the oposite, great volts, no amps.

I'm no expert, But...

I decided 'most' PM motors have cheap magnets. They pump in extra current to make up for it. We spun some of the 24v motors as fast ad we could (1300?), and they went 6-15v.  The guts showed weak magnets.  Maybe they were all really old, but a couple (the same) with very large magnets (curved 2X 2X 3/8") couldn't hold up a pocket clip screw driver stuck directly to the magnet.

And I wonder if some of the brush type motors were a tad out of phase for generating power.  Meaning, when the coils were really being effected by the magnets, the brushes weren't connecting them to the output anymore.  Possible I just lost track of which wire was which.

[koolmart]

G,

I'll give it a try.

Got the genny hooked to a battery and a 8Watt flouresent.

Pray for wind.

Martin

[juiced]

Ill do a little wind dance for ya.

    Im in the same boat, experimenting.. learning. Trying not to lose patience with some aspects of the process.

  There are MANY programs you can download to help you learn things.

[ghurd]

I gave up on all the PM motors I have, just today.

Big hope for a couple of the ones at the machinist. We just can't get the job done with what we have. Too lazy for a hacksaw and file. Looks like a gazillion turns of tiny wire. We hope for 8 watts.

G-