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Micw

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10' turbine Rectifier help?
« on: February 01, 2011, 11:36:58 PM »
I've been studying the instructions for the 10' diameter wind turbine becuase I want to start a similar project, and have hit sort of a roadblock. All of the other pages of instructions are very clear, but the page for rectifier seems a bit confusing and vague (it's probably becuase I'm a newbie). Would anyone more experienced be kind enough to help me out?

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Re: 10' turbine Rectifier help?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 12:16:20 AM »
What part has you confused?

If you look at the bridge rectifiers, one terminal is 90 degrees to the other 3.
Sometimes one corner is cut off.
The different one is positive.

This is pretty complete,
http://www.otherpower.com/rectifiers/schematic.JPG

The AC from the turbine goes into the AC terminals on the bridge, often marked AC or ~.
Positive output goes to the battery positive.
Negative output goes to the battery negative.

The bridge rectifiers they use in the example have both a cut corner and a 90 degree terminal indicating the positive terminal,
http://www.otherpower.com/images/may0106/my01_0018.jpg


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Re: 10' turbine Rectifier help?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2011, 11:48:23 AM »
OK, G- I will make them display in this post.