Potential Power
Wind Turbine 2 (Part 3)
To see Part 1, click HERE
To see Part 2, click HERE
To see Part 4, click HERE
I've been very nervous the last few days because my turbine is about to fly.
Even
though the tower pipe is 1 1/4 inch galvanized pipe, it is straining under
the weight of the turbine.
The pipe sticking out to the bottom right
is an added piece to help push the tower upright.
This
close-up shows how close the magnet rotors are spinning to the stator.
It also shows how the stator brings its power down the pipe.
The tail is in the fully furled position.
A
proud daddy with his baby.
And
she is up.
It
was amazing to see how steady it flew without a precision balancing job.
The battery was holding the RPMs to a very reasonable speed.
Before lowing the turbine, I shorted the wires and it came to a quick halt.
Perfect.
As
soon as I plugged everything in, the amp-meter spiked passed the maximum 15
Amp of the meter.
I obviously need an Amp-meter that can read a higher amperage.
It was generating at least 250 Watts in a wind the was about 10 mph.
Here
is the whole test set-up.
When the wind calmed down a little bit, the amp-meter would actually give
valuable data.
It
was a perfect day for testing.
There was a fairly steady wind, about 10 mph, with gusts of up to about 20
mph.
There was possibly some hints of furling, but I was not sure about that.
The turbine behaved perfectly.
The following are links to some youtube videos of the whole test raising.
To see Part 1, click HERE
To see Part 2, click HERE
To see Part 4, click HERE