From: rcres@XXnewsguy.com
"New Guy" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:09:07 -0500, Rich. wrote:
>
>> "New Guy" wrote in message
>> news:F72dndSvqeDdRXnJnZ2dnUU7-T2dnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>> I have a lawn mower that will soon be going to the junkyard.
>>> I was wondering if it's magnito could be used to generate electricity
>>> by wind power (wind turbine). I would use it to charge a deep cell
>>> battery.
>>>
>>> Newbie
>>
>> It puts out about 20,000 volts, you sure you want to charge a battery
>> with it?
>
> I did read somethng to that affect. Something to do with a primary
> winding being encase by a secondary winding of lotsa fine wire. What
> if I eliminated the secondary wire winding(s) ?
>
> I've made a set of blades which I then mounted on a hub. I then put
> the hub on a horizontal shaft (no bearings) and attached the shaft to
> a tall metal pole mounted to my grapevine support. We've had some winds
> lately and you should've seen this thing whipping around. Eventually
> one of the blades came loose and flew off about 60 feet. And all I
> could think about was all the elec juice it could have produced if I
> had a generator and bearings. Of course the above was done to test my
> blade design. I am satisfied with the blade design but can't seem to
> come up with a suitable generator. With all the junk we Americans toss
> into landfills it seems I should be able to come up with something
> for little of nothing. And since my lawn mower has seized and will
> eventually end up in said landfill I thought I might salvage something
> from it..
>
> Newbie
That's a lot of work for nothing. You're better off grabbing a 12 VDC wiper
or window lift motor from a junkyard and using it to generate your DC power
via the wind turbine.
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