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October 1st 05, 05:39 AM

wrote:

Get a motorcycle wheel and a auto/truck alternator at a junk yard and
attach some kind of home made vanes to the wheel to catch the wind and
mount that on a tower and there is your windmill generator.I have an old
Mother Earth magazine here that has some plans in the magazine all about
how to do that.Cheap and simple.
cuhulin

An auto alternator isn't very suitable. It has to turn around ten to
fifteen thousand rpm to make power..check out the pulley ratios in your
car. The field uses too much of the power, too. Permanent magnets are
much better for field supply.

One of the following sites has a homemade Volvo disk brake alternator
that is a good idea. No brushes or chains or belts or gears to add to
the maintenance.

http://otherpower.com/otherpower_wind.html

http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_links.html

mike