Bill- I would add that the backplates for the magnets need to still be a magnetic material for the flux path to stay efficient. When replacing the mild steel...
There really is not stainless that will work well for the magnet rotors - they should be of steel. I generally have them powder coated before I install...
Hi Dan and All, On a boat lightweight is good for taking it down and using marine grade alum for all but the magnet rings which can be painted as the magnets...
Hey Dan  Do U coat your rotors after the mag's are in place ? Or cut out the powder coat so the Mags have primary surface and then reseal ?? BTY: finally...
I was just wondering about the possibility of using draft animals, like oxen or such to drive a one of these? Have a circle hub set up with lead bars out and...
Very large gear with a fine batch of teeth to drive a small diameter gear on the Alternator sounds do able if you have a machine shop. One of the reasons that...
... used to produce the standard. lol, or we could just ask to see how much power the guy is getting and how big his horse is and make a guess from there. ...
In the early days of making steam engines, etc. the engine makers exaggerated what their machines were capable of doing. A horsepower was intentionally set at...
hi there dont get into hp as a steam engine hp is diferent to diesel engine hp. god knows why if you do the hp sums on a 8 hp tractor it will come out some...
In the past, farmers used what was called a "horsepower" that was a rotary geared rig where the horses walked a circle pulling arms geared to a shaft taking...
hi there i have read this article a number of times and that does not cover my coments on steam traction engines andd there hp ratings. how could a 20 hp...
It explained that quite well I believe. A 20hp steam engine isn't really 20 hp. It's 20 hp at a specific operating condition, it's much more than 20hp, but...
the gearboxes inside of the kids powerwheels toys are pretty good. dismantle one and check them out. you can usually find them as roadkill as soon as the...
I am Newbie trying to understand: Assume: 1) I have a very strong and very fast Ox. 2) I have built a 30 Meter Diameter Axial Flux Alternator utilizing best...
JMHO, they would not. You would be trying to accelerate the mass of the magnet discs very quickly and the horses would not understand that they would have to...
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