Flux,
Thank you for your reply.
The wind that I saw on my weather station was 8 to 10 mph. I have changed the pvc blades to fiberglass blades. I have seen a great improvement in speed of the blades. They do not start as well but when they do it looks good.
The stator was built with #14 guage wire, 70 turns. The voltage and amp readings I took were both before the and after the Rectifier. (So I checked both the ac volts and amps as well as the dc volts and amps).
I have put a diode in between my rectifiers and the batteries so I can read the output of the generator. The voltage on the batteries was 25.5 volts at the time of the readings I had given you.
I have a 500 ah string Batteries and a 3500 watt inverter on my system. I do not have near that much load on the inverter. I did not get a chance to do what you suggested on the voltage test, I was called back to work last night, I will try to do that tonight.
We are expecting 30 to 50 mph winds this weekend as Ike will be coming to our town, we are in the Dallas area so we will not get super high winds but I hope to get enough to do some testing.
I will have my meters set up. I hope to get some good readings, see it furl, and hope to be able to shut it down before damage?
I hope I have now given you enough info to help me. My system may be doing what it is intended to do I just need wind? I have spent a lot of time and a good bit of money so far, I just want to make sure I am heading in the right direction!!
Thanks,
Harlon