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Originally Posted by OutbackAuzz
Ive just read you're posts and was wondering if these wooden blades would work with the generator I'm going to make. If the weight would have any effect. The easiest way to is to give you a web address and say I have bought two of these F&P washing machine motors to build my wind gen for $40 auzz. its The Back Shed , let me know what you think .click homegrown then Fisher&Paykel Stator |
I don't know if they would work or not. I'm not even sure they produce any power. I made the first one and put a 1/4" lag bolt through the center for an axle. It started to spin up when I pointed it into the wind. I mounted it on the front of my deck, but the wind hasn't been coming in from the right angle to make it do much of anything. Yesterday it was spinning slowly but the wind was at about a 75 degree angle to the blades - in effect it was furled. I think I might make up a weather-vane mount to allow it to align with the wind and then see what happens.