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Old 04-18-11, 08:29 AM   #2
Ryland
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Trying to control the voltage like that will most likely put so much stress on your charge controller that you will burn it out pretty quickly.
Also, try shorting out the out put of your alternator and see how hard it is to turn, shorting it out like that over and over again might just rip the alternator apart and over heat it quickly because the coils in the alternator will be the weakest part, also it has a 303 grade stainless steel shaft a grade of stainless steel that can not really be hardened from what I read, most wind turbines use a carbon steel shaft because unless you are getting salt spray on it, rust is never an issue, so if you are constantly shorting out your turbine it will put alot of stress on that shaft and over time it could twist or just snap off all together.
How big of battery bank are you charging? your alternator is small enough that you might not need a charge controller on it unless your battery pack is full and at that point shorting it out once to shut it down should work fine or a dump load.

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