Jerry ,..Will be waiting for output #s,..Am wondering what is the height of the tower ,looks to be ~25-30 ft?
Do the 5 blades give more speed?.....Nice work....artv
Yes the center of the blades are at 25ft. This alternator was on this tower several years ago. The tower crashed and the alt has been in storage. When it was atop the 40ft tower it had a set of three 7ft diameter carbon fiber Lakota blades. It was much faster then not only because it was 3 blade but it was also operating at 24 volts (less stall/lighter load).
These 5 blades will be slower but start much sooner. The top end power will be less then before. The nice thing is having power much more of the time. I don't need a lot of power this time.
It nice to see the blades spinning at 3 mph even though this motor conversion has a very slight cogging.
I managed to get it connected with its own amp meter. Its now part of the test group. All I need now is some wind.
Jerry