This involves metalworking...Ive gotten a wild hair to build a wind generator. I believe I eitherhave most of the stuff...or can scrounge it up easily enough.Im NOT doing this to go off the grid...with my power needs..Id have tocover the back 40 with windmills. This is simply something Fun to do.Im pretty sure all those 110vt DC tread mill motors Ive got..aintgoing to work very well unfortunatley...getting one up to 3600 rpm inthe variable winds I have here..often gusty dust devil winds in thesummer time..slight breeze to 70mph winter storms.Ive been doing some web searching..and the verticle types that uselift look interesting..and I can mount one easily enough on the shop.Though a prop job looks doable also. have any specific preferences? Someone here sent me some filesfrom Oz on using a washing machine motor..a radial style Ive neverseen here in the US ever never. And no..I cant afford $150 worth ofexotic magnets to modify a GM alternator.However..I can chain drive a 2 wire alternator..shrug.Ive got to be able to build this thing using off the shelf,scroungable Stuff, build it in a reasonable amount of time (no lifelong projects) and charge some batteries. The more the better ofcourse.Ive got a very high end 5500 watt inverter/charger that came out of abrand new land yacht that burned..but didnt touch the inverter (and itworks) to use to give me true sine wave 110vts if I want to add it tothe system after its done.Chuckle..and frankly..Im tired of making stuff in the shop that isused to simply fix other machines..I want to make Something! Gunner"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3

You might be thinking of the Fisher and Paykel smartdrive motor. This is a four phase permanent magnet step motor used in washing machines and is common in this part of the world.

Windmill types?

Mar 13, 2006 23 Replies

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Gerald Miller 20 years ago

And don't forget, each removal gets a free pet. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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Gunner 20 years ago

One or more.

Gunner

"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."

- Proverbs 22:3

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Dave Hinz 20 years ago

There's your hubs and rotors for Piggott's design windmill, Gunner.

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Gunner 20 years ago

Frack..the Reliance Electric servos Ive been able to ID..so far are all 460volt AC servos.

S*it

However..I still have more to go through.

Gunner, off to So Cal for the next 4 days

"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."

- Proverbs 22:3

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