Lakota & tower pix for hiker.

[Jerry]

I don't have zoom on my camera. Its a coudy day.

                       JK TAS Jerry

[hiker]

looks great jerry--so you have all those gens charging one big battery bank?

or broke into smaller sets?--i belive you mentioned this in the past....

[wiredup]

hey jerry i thought you said lakota blades had a three blade hub. may be my double vision,it looks like four blades on those rotors??

[jimjjnn]

Yup ! Double vision will do that to you. Same for rocky Mtn Spring water after Coors uses it. HeHe

[Jerry]

Hi wiredup.

The Lakota is the 3 blade on the metal tower. The 4 blade is my plastic "Jerry Blades". $15 each.

They are on the Garbogen to the lower left of the Lakota blades. All the other blades you see are my plastic blades. These is a toal of 7 machines flying here at home. 14 flying at my store. One lakota there also.

A couple days ago we had some 30 to 40 mph wind. There was about 3500 watts coming in to my 48 volt battery bank from the home 7.

I'd gues a littel more at the store. Maybe 3500 to 4 KW.

                    JK TAS Jerry

[Jerry]

Hi hiker.

All those gennys are charging one battery bank. The 6 smaller gennys are charging at 24 volts. Its a 48 volt system. 2 sets of 24 volt batteries wired sires.

There are 2 GE ECMs they have 9 full wave bridges each, 1 Garbogen, one 3/4 HP 3 phase conversion, one 1/3 hp single phase conversion, one 260 volt tape drive PM motor and the big half hp conversion with the Lakotas at the highest point on the crankup tower.

The big half is charging at 48 volts its a single phase/2 phase after conversion.

There was no reason for the selected group. It just ended up that way. Some will be changed out and maybe I'll add 1 or 2 more?

They all charge this battery bank. There are a few batteries added that are not in the picture.

                 JK TAS Jerry

[Jerry]

PS I have about 500 AH at 48 volts in this bank. These are X helicoter batteries.

The FAA makes them replace them befor they've actully gone bad. I'm not that keen on gel type battery but I got them for some trading so they were very cheap.

I know they have a $%&**$#@ load of power. I accedently shorted one with a srewdriver and it vaperized about .25" of the tip in a flash. I figure if there good enogh for a helicopter they can't be too bad?

They work great for me.

                         JK TAS Jerry