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Tim_the_bloke Senior Member  Joined: 15/11/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 105 |
My neighbour has a large alternator in his yard I keep looking at, thinking what monster of a windmill we could make with it. He said we is thinking of listing it on Ebay. The alternator looks in very good condition and was to be for a project but no more as it turned out to be unsuitable. I would love the fun of making a windmill with it, maybe with the neighbour as it is his alternator. It looks too heavy to place up the top of any tower I could build. Perhaps it is time to build a vertical axis windmill... 
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5107 |
Better stick it on ebay. This sort of alternator isn't suitable for wind turbines, unless you want to build a monster with a turbine over 5 meters in diameter and use gearing to get the RPM up around 1500. Much much much easier to use something like a F&P, or even make your own axial flux windmill. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Tim_the_bloke Senior Member Joined: 15/11/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 105 |
Mmm... I don't disagree. Perhaps money from Ebay could part fund an Oz Wind kit. |
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