bryan1
Well-Known Member
G'day Guys,
Well I scored a nice 4kw motor perfect for a motor conversion yesterday at work for free. The motor was stuffed as moisture got in so I'm currently in the process of ripping out the wire and I'll do a total re-wire using thicker wire and so it's suits my 24 volt array.
The wire in it presently is 0.8mm and I will going for thicker wire hopefully 1.2mm but it will depend on how many turns I'll need in each slot. I'll make a new solid steel rotor to hold 60 off 1"x1/2" neo magnets with 15 in each pole. The conversion will have 12 wires coming out so that will give plenty of wiring options.
I'll upload pic's as I go on this conversion to provide a good guide on converting a 3 phase motor to a wind generator.
1 delta
1 star
2 delta
2 star
So depending on the conditions it will be easy to change the wiring setup to get the optimum configuration. I reckon 3 metre blades will be perfect for this so now the hunt is on to find some nice straight grain oregon wood for them.
Cheers Bryan
Well I scored a nice 4kw motor perfect for a motor conversion yesterday at work for free. The motor was stuffed as moisture got in so I'm currently in the process of ripping out the wire and I'll do a total re-wire using thicker wire and so it's suits my 24 volt array.
The wire in it presently is 0.8mm and I will going for thicker wire hopefully 1.2mm but it will depend on how many turns I'll need in each slot. I'll make a new solid steel rotor to hold 60 off 1"x1/2" neo magnets with 15 in each pole. The conversion will have 12 wires coming out so that will give plenty of wiring options.
I'll upload pic's as I go on this conversion to provide a good guide on converting a 3 phase motor to a wind generator.
1 delta
1 star
2 delta
2 star
So depending on the conditions it will be easy to change the wiring setup to get the optimum configuration. I reckon 3 metre blades will be perfect for this so now the hunt is on to find some nice straight grain oregon wood for them.
Cheers Bryan