I'm so excited to build my first generator for my turbine! But I have no idea what to expect. I would love to learn as much as I can from all of you bright...
Steve, I don't think you have near enough rotor area to turn the amount of alternator(s) capacity you are talking about. You'll need lots larger surfaces and...
Hey Steve! I think he just meant that i won't be able to have as powerful alternators (capacity) as i would have liked because my diameter of my turbine (rotor...
LOL. Life is so confusing, sometimes, isn't it Steve "Spence"? _____ From: axialflux@yahoogroups.com [mailto:axialflux@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve...
I'll chalk it up to oldtimers disease. Steve Spence Renewable energy and self sufficiency http://www.green-trust.org http://makingthewebwork.blogspot.com/...
HI Steve, I am also working on a vertical wind turbine. I was thinking about the design you did with the 4" plastic pipe for a test only. Let us know how that...
Hi Ken, Steve and All, There really is no reason to make an alt for these VAWT's as they won't make any power worth the trouble. They would need to be 5-8x's...
Ya, I've heard a lot of people saying this about VAWTs (Of course, after I built my turbine) I have definitely realized the lack of torque, so sad. I figured...
Hi Steve and All, If you must stick to a VAWT then with your winds a split barrel overlapping in the center and another on top of it 90deg out of phase would...
Try this Steve: http://www.ijme.us/cd_08/PDF/190%20ENT%20202.pdf -Ben Steve wrote: Can't seem to get the link to work for that pdf. Would love to take a peak...
Another question is required. I understand that the coil wire should be wound tightly and laid as flat and close together as possible. Is this, mainly, to...
Hi Ken and All, What can I say? They lie!! It's basic physics that says VAWT's are not eff at converting wind into power. If you want to fight the laws of...
hi there , like i said i start to create an axial flux with hard drive magnets, i made 8 stack of 2'*1'*0.5' and a stator with 6 coils made of diam. 1.4mm...
My first time on the forum I am building my stator and saw that you could choose polyester resin or vinyl. I understand that either will work. My first...
Hi Steve and All, That depends on what you are using to drive it. If you are doing a high wind speed, smaller rotor design then using a 8' dia rotor in...
Hi Nancy and All, Any of the 3 will work as it's a low stressed part. One thing you can do is add colloidal silica to cut shrinkage and increase thermal...
Hi All, Can't sleep, recovering from a 5 part heart bypass, and been thinking what we really need is a low cost, eff 2kw windgenerator that will last 50 yrs. ...
Hi Jerry, Good fortune with Your heart bypass recovery, and hope You get well soon. I read with great interest Your comments on small axial flux machines. I am...
The bicycle speedometer doesn't count RPM's, does it? So you measured the circumference and figured the distance/time and got 355 RPM? Somewhere I saw a...
