Successful Systems

Posted by James Cormican on April 01, 2008, 10:45:30 AM

Re: Successful Systems (Reply #10)
do not put a wind turbine on a moving vehicle.  that is crazy.
if you want to construct one that will not be on anything moving, there is a guy named hugh piggott that does home-made wind turbines.  look him up on google for plans and such.

cheers,

james
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Posted by John B on April 01, 2008, 11:40:16 AM

Re: Successful Systems (Reply #11)
do not put a wind turbine on a moving vehicle.  that is crazy.

But you have to admit that it's pretty damned funny. I can just picture some company that will remain nameless coming out with a roof-mounted version for your car.
 

Posted by Steve Harris on April 02, 2008, 08:17:52 AM

Re: Successful Systems (Reply #12)
Well I thought it might be crazy too! As to the serious question in my post regarding DC motors as generators. I am led to believe that any DC motor will function as a generator. Is this true has anyone done this? If so can I use brushless units ( to improve service length ) ? If you have any info please share. I am going to try it either way it would just nice to avoid the first few trial and error steps.
Steve
 

Posted by Thomas Allen Schmidt on April 02, 2008, 07:54:20 PM

Re: Successful Systems (Reply #13)
You may already know this one but here it is any way.
http://otherpower.com/
They have a discussion board as well.
 

Posted by Steve Harris on April 02, 2008, 10:21:52 PM

Re: Successful Systems (Reply #14)
I am very impressed with those that have the time and where with all to start from scratch , such as the guys at other power . But I figure I should utilize the work done by others in the past whenever possible . To that end has anyone attempted to use medium to large DC motors as a generator ? If so what suprises can I expect ? Also is there any correlation between rated watts and power producing watts ? By the way I have managed to separate the genset from that busted motor and I have determined that the function is based on both RPM and torque (based on load). So it's probably not a good candidate for a wind powered unit , but I'm most likely to try it anyway as soon as I get time .
 
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