Thats a 55 amp 10Si stator it should be safe around 700 watts. I built those Alternators for years. And the Stator is laminated to reduce eddy currents they are a special silicone steel they are harder to make than you think. And wind speed shouldn't hurt it those spin around 10KRPM on a car you just need to limit the current with an MPPT charge controller
Alan. I appreciate your mind. A true mechanical engineer at heart. Before I was even a teenager I would take apart and try to understand/test armatures and coils. Just didn't have a dad around to guide me. I landed in Network Engineering but you definitely make me miss the hands on electrical/mechanical work.
Mr Wizards got his wand of magic out cutting a measured steel plate for the turbine generator to run the turbine blades where he undone and redone the generator to look like brand new is Wizard using his wand. Great job Wizard.
I worked at a junk yard for a year removing parts, testing, cleaning etc. for resale. I pulled alternators from OLD Dodge trucks (1950-60’s) that were monsters! You likely have one in your truck ‘ stash’ at the mountain fortress! Yes, I am a female but can still be a “motor head” !😂
Some of my best friends back in the day were women that knew their stuff like you and could wrench on cars or anything else really! It is a mechanical/engineering type of mind.
...I haven't been inside one of those units since I had to change a brush to get home from northern Quebec and scavenged, ground, filed, and fitted the right re-sized brush successfully...the guy laughed at me but when my fix worked he let me have everything, including his shop supplies for free!...yip, I brought him in a 24 before hitting the road...nowhere near as ambitious a project as yours is, our Al...but it was also deep winter when I lucked out finding that willing shopowner, his dissimilar but tweakable alternator and my slick fix!...next!...
Balancing... use an old bubble balancer. My dad used to have a cone shaped one to balance tires on. Heck, make your own bubble balancer. That'd be a good series :)
Yep. Rerun. Of course I came here to see if anyone else was feeling deja vu like the sheep I’ve obviously become. But then I went back to his videos and saw he put out a part 2 a few weeks ago where he went to fortress to pick up some parts. I still can’t figure out if we’ve seen part of this video or all of it. Maybe part 2 was out of order. It’s too early here for me to obviously think clearly. Lol
We are all seeing the future together. None of the other viewers even know what we are talking about. We are now the chosenites, picked to lead the way to the fortress on the mountain. You must lighten your load of all the earthly burden (money) before the journey can begin. I will take on that burden and destroy all that slows us down, in a secret ritual to be attended by only me. Please, please act fast and send me all of your burdens (money) so that our sacred March can begin.
Amazing! You are so resourceful!! You would so survive an apocalypse..... Missed your calling, I think, as a teacher, so easy to follow and understand what you are talking about, very thoral. Most importantly , one follows you with out falling a sleep. lol
Thumbs up 👍 Comment and Subscribe. Almost there. Thanks again for sharing. EDIT: they make a balancing tool for lawnmowers blades. All you do is set the blade on it and look for the heavy side and then grind off a little to lighten the blade to balance. The same for your blades. Just a basic balance of the three blades.
Incredible the amount of work you have done in the wintertime. All the big machines you have prepped. Hopefully you can build a shed to keep them dry. So they do not worsen when not in use. And with a windmill you can power a battery to hook up several trickle loaders to keep them batteries happy.
if you had a stream out there i bet you would build a Hydropower station lol. ive got a nice amount of water flow almost year round here in Vermont, and one day i hope to harness it with a traditional style water wheel.
If you can figure out a way to switch on the additional alternator when the fan reaches a designated rpm that would eliminate the constant "need to be there" monitoring. A wheel hub with a speed sensor off a wrecked car maybe. You have more experience with this stuff, just an idea.
So cool wizard. Maybe mount an outrigger bearing to take all the loads if these alternator bearings blow up. Lots of extra work but might be easier than modifying the alternators casing. Just gotta bolt a shaft to the opposite side of the fans center circular hub plate as the alternator is and mount a pillow block or flanged block tapered roller bearing pack in front. The smallest do 6krpm but they are way bigger 1.25in minimum frim memory. They are off the shelf and self aligning and only require a plasma cut circular plate the size of your hub to mount so no machining except for a lathe and drill and tap to make the outrigger shaft and thrust washer. You'd need a suport front and back of the fan on your building.
Skip the second winding, and clutch in a second, third or fourth motor. Pinion gear the top to drive a vertical shaft, and leave motors and maintenance at ground level
Congrats on almost 100K subscribers ! Congrats on turbine virtually ready to install !! Congrats on finding 1x1 bar stock at low price ! You are really scoring !
I think I said this but you should have a separate jack shaft for the blades. and just a belt or chain to drive the Alt. the bearings should last a lot longer then.
@@xiolablue5024 right a set of pillow block bearings (heavier and stronger) with a shaft with the blades at one end and the pully or sprocket at the other end of the jack shaft (jack shaft is a separately driven shaft) to drive the alt. which would be mounted off to the side. this will help in a few ways. the jack shaft bearings will take the much larger load forces from the blades saving the much smaller and light bearings in the alt. also like I said you can change the pullies between the alt and the shaft to get the desired gear ratio. This will make it easy to set up then change later in minutes if you guess wrong.
also you can make the JS as long as you want (longer makes stronger) the alt has a very short shaft putting even more strain if you put the blades directly on the alt
The Wizard is Amazing.. Hope the 4X Shirt fits Me ! My wife loves how Quirky cute you are. Wiki def of Quirky, It's quite a Compliment.. What does quirky mean? Quirky describes something that has or is full of quirks, which are odd or unusual qualities. Usually, a person is described as quirky when they behave in a way or have qualities that are unique to them or that set them apart from others. What does it mean when someone is quirky? : having many quirks : unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way. a quirky sense of humor. quirky ideas/behavior. a quirky and creative artist. Loving, always wear a hat or bandana or do certain things diferent than most But are Truly Genius Minds. We love you Wizard... Keep on Inventing , Electro Magnet Man another T-Shirt Idea I'd Buy....
While the blades are mounted in the hub and there’s the small centre hole still could it be sat on top of a vertical spike in effect say on the make up table and then check how true it rotates horizontally… if a blade is a bit heavier it’ll dip a bit… so could fettle the blades until it spins on the spike nice and true horizontal level
If that is a Thermodynamic UC300/400 which the torch looks like i would run the 30-40 amp consumables. Check your consumables wear and use their chart you want to be at about 3/4 capacity for best cut reference their consumables and setting chart for AL/SST/Steal.
My son was telling me you might think about finding someone with a 3D printer for some of those parts & blades he has a small one but larger ones are out there and his is really accurate (just thinking lol)
Maybe when the plasma torch goes across the steel grates underneath the aluminum plate you're cutting it sprays out the sides. That could be part of your issue
two questions #1. why don't you build a simple crane at the top of your castle that could turn so you could drop your stuff off ?# 2 your alternator couldn't you just use a pulley belt between the blades and the alternator then you could adjust the speed by belt tension?
I'm wondering... If maybe your windmill blades will be too heavy for the bearing in your Alt/generator. You might need to switch to aluminum if it proves to be too heavy for your setup.. keep up the great videos. Thanks Alan!
Question what You are working on is it for the Company or your personal use? If personal use l was just wondering does Dave's Company pay for the materials and the electric in the building and wear on the machines? Or are you charged a small fee on your personal thing's that you work on? Thank You for a answer.
Geez Al, stick it in the lathe, drill to 15 or 16 mm then use a small boring bar to machine that center out to your 17 mm. You'll KNOW it's dead center that way too. As for balance, just stick the assembled blades and hub on a smooth free turning bearing and see which rolls to the bottom. I am slightly wary of heavy steel blades mounted to lighter aluminium though, probably unnecessarily though since I always over-engineer things by a huge margin.
The temperature is too high on the plasma table for Aluminum . You have it set for metal or steel . 🤔 so you might want to check it . Just a thought . Sorry for bothering you .
Maybe your material type in the machines UI needs to be changed from mild steel to aluminum, looks like it’s burning back where it’s starting & ending.
Sad you had to reload this video from February just because some background music got picked up on it. How bad does TH-cam penalize you for that? Too bad you appear to have lost the comments initially exchanged back then. Best!
Or just cut a quarter? Of a inch off that end of it . Just a idea 😉 . But know one ever thinks about what I'm trying to say 🤔 . But if people new me. Thay would be like the rest of my friend's. Very Intrigued . And very interested in the things I do. And how I can help them in what ever they might be doing in life . I have Knowledge in awide variety of things . And in everything that you are doing . And big D . Lol . But my health is very bad right now .
This whole process of the wizard just casually designig his own windturbines is insanely cool.
its reverse engineering Chinese-stlye on some main points. But hey the Sany delivers right?
Wow Alan, you are almost at the Silver playbutton!!! Congrats, you deserve it!!
The wizard is almost at 100,000 subscribers, let's help him get there 👍
Thats a 55 amp 10Si stator it should be safe around 700 watts. I built those Alternators for years. And the Stator is laminated to reduce eddy currents they are a special silicone steel they are harder to make than you think. And wind speed shouldn't hurt it those spin around 10KRPM on a car you just need to limit the current with an MPPT charge controller
How can there be only 100K subscribers to a channel with the best engineer on the planet?
Alan. I appreciate your mind. A true mechanical engineer at heart. Before I was even a teenager I would take apart and try to understand/test armatures and coils. Just didn't have a dad around to guide me. I landed in Network Engineering but you definitely make me miss the hands on electrical/mechanical work.
Mr Wizards got his wand of magic out cutting a measured steel plate for the turbine generator to run the turbine blades where he undone and redone the generator to look like brand new is Wizard using his wand. Great job Wizard.
You could chuck the pieces that need 17 mm holes in a lathe chuck and drill smaller and bore them exactly.
I worked at a junk yard for a year removing parts, testing, cleaning etc. for resale. I pulled alternators from OLD Dodge trucks (1950-60’s) that were monsters! You likely have one in your truck ‘ stash’ at the mountain fortress! Yes, I am a female but can still be a “motor head” !😂
Some of my best friends back in the day were women that knew their stuff like you and could wrench on cars or anything else really! It is a mechanical/engineering type of mind.
...I haven't been inside one of those units since I had to change a brush to get home from northern Quebec and scavenged, ground, filed, and fitted the right re-sized brush successfully...the guy laughed at me but when my fix worked he let me have everything, including his shop supplies for free!...yip, I brought him in a 24 before hitting the road...nowhere near as ambitious a project as yours is, our Al...but it was also deep winter when I lucked out finding that willing shopowner, his dissimilar but tweakable alternator and my slick fix!...next!...
Balancing... use an old bubble balancer. My dad used to have a cone shaped one to balance tires on. Heck, make your own bubble balancer. That'd be a good series :)
Haven't you put this video out a week ago or so???
That's one way of putting out content and getting views.
@@BohemianGnostic OMG! me too! 🤪 This government weed has me seeing illusions 😆😁😂
Yep. Rerun. Of course I came here to see if anyone else was feeling deja vu like the sheep I’ve obviously become. But then I went back to his videos and saw he put out a part 2 a few weeks ago where he went to fortress to pick up some parts. I still can’t figure out if we’ve seen part of this video or all of it. Maybe part 2 was out of order. It’s too early here for me to obviously think clearly. Lol
Glad others noticed that, I was thinking I saw the future before the video was up for a minute lol
We are all seeing the future together. None of the other viewers even know what we are talking about. We are now the chosenites, picked to lead the way to the fortress on the mountain. You must lighten your load of all the earthly burden (money) before the journey can begin. I will take on that burden and destroy all that slows us down, in a secret ritual to be attended by only me. Please, please act fast and send me all of your burdens (money) so that our sacred March can begin.
Amazing! You are so resourceful!! You would so survive an apocalypse..... Missed your calling, I think, as a teacher, so easy to follow and understand what you are talking about, very thoral. Most importantly , one follows you with out falling a sleep. lol
Your thought process, how you can see all the components of your project from start to finish, is amazing.
Good afternoon buddy👊🙏😎
OK Alan I'm ready to see what the wiz is gonna do next
Thumbs up 👍 Comment and Subscribe. Almost there. Thanks again for sharing.
EDIT: they make a balancing tool for lawnmowers blades. All you do is set the blade on it and look for the heavy side and then grind off a little to lighten the blade to balance. The same for your blades. Just a basic balance of the three blades.
Hafa Adai and Tirow ! Keep on Keeping on brother! Greetings from the islands
How hilarious about the music! Oh well. Another great infomative video. Thanks for all your work!
Keep on rollin' ! Your content is amazingly watchable. I enjoy all of your videos. Thank you Allen !!!
There's something very calming about watching you work Allan. Peace Prevail praise the Lord and keep your powder dry.
Incredible the amount of work you have done in the wintertime. All the big machines you have prepped. Hopefully you can build a shed to keep them dry. So they do not worsen when not in use. And with a windmill you can power a battery to hook up several trickle loaders to keep them batteries happy.
Hopefully you film how to build one so I can try myself bro. This is super interesting for me thank you👊🙏😎
if you had a stream out there i bet you would build a Hydropower station lol. ive got a nice amount of water flow almost year round here in Vermont, and one day i hope to harness it with a traditional style water wheel.
Truck generators 24v with Charge controller. And aluminum fan blades Great video thou explaining everything keep up the good work !
Dave should get a waterjet or a laser. Could do sooo much more
If you can figure out a way to switch on the additional alternator when the fan reaches a designated rpm that would eliminate the constant "need to be there" monitoring. A wheel hub with a speed sensor off a wrecked car maybe. You have more experience with this stuff, just an idea.
So cool wizard. Maybe mount an outrigger bearing to take all the loads if these alternator bearings blow up. Lots of extra work but might be easier than modifying the alternators casing. Just gotta bolt a shaft to the opposite side of the fans center circular hub plate as the alternator is and mount a pillow block or flanged block tapered roller bearing pack in front. The smallest do 6krpm but they are way bigger 1.25in minimum frim memory. They are off the shelf and self aligning and only require a plasma cut circular plate the size of your hub to mount so no machining except for a lathe and drill and tap to make the outrigger shaft and thrust washer. You'd need a suport front and back of the fan on your building.
Love you Uncle we may be slow but were dependable
You're almost at a 100K - Yippee !!
Skip the second winding, and clutch in a second, third or fourth motor. Pinion gear the top to drive a vertical shaft, and leave motors and maintenance at ground level
Congrats on almost 100K subscribers ! Congrats on turbine virtually ready to install !! Congrats on finding 1x1 bar stock at low price ! You are really scoring !
Awesome !! Thanks for awesome video!!
Amazing man,excellent video
I think I said this but you should have a separate jack shaft for the blades. and just a belt or chain to drive the Alt. the bearings should last a lot longer then.
also with a JS st up you can change the gear ratio so it won't over or under the speed you want
So a pulley on the alternator with bearing/blades powered by a belt?
@@xiolablue5024 right a set of pillow block bearings (heavier and stronger) with a shaft with the blades at one end and the pully or sprocket at the other end of the jack shaft (jack shaft is a separately driven shaft) to drive the alt. which would be mounted off to the side. this will help in a few ways. the jack shaft bearings will take the much larger load forces from the blades saving the much smaller and light bearings in the alt. also like I said you can change the pullies between the alt and the shaft to get the desired gear ratio. This will make it easy to set up then change later in minutes if you guess wrong.
also you can make the JS as long as you want (longer makes stronger) the alt has a very short shaft putting even more strain if you put the blades directly on the alt
@@xiolablue5024 are you connected to Alan or Sparks motors
Keep up the great work. AL.
I'm pumped for my Wizard shirt
About the holes in aluminum... talk to the guys about changing the tip... I spoke to soon, you changed the tip. Lol
I really like your thinking!
Thanks for the information update interesting how it works and comes apart👊
Kris Harbour just did a segment on this .he made larger blades to slow it down
The Wizard is Amazing.. Hope the 4X Shirt fits Me ! My wife loves how Quirky cute you are. Wiki def of Quirky, It's quite a Compliment.. What does quirky mean? Quirky describes something that has or is full of quirks, which are odd or unusual qualities. Usually, a person is described as quirky when they behave in a way or have qualities that are unique to them or that set them apart from others. What does it mean when someone is quirky?
: having many quirks : unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way. a quirky sense of humor. quirky ideas/behavior. a quirky and creative artist. Loving, always wear a hat or bandana or do certain things diferent than most But are Truly Genius Minds. We love you Wizard... Keep on Inventing , Electro Magnet Man another T-Shirt Idea I'd Buy....
Alan, you need a water cutter for aluminum instead of plasma if you want precision.
While the blades are mounted in the hub and there’s the small centre hole still could it be sat on top of a vertical spike in effect say on the make up table and then check how true it rotates horizontally… if a blade is a bit heavier it’ll dip a bit… so could fettle the blades until it spins on the spike nice and true horizontal level
Some might say... You are a MacGyver... But that would be a total understatement. You're beyond that 😅😂
good stuff Allen god bless
Great info !!
Still good and interesting
Good job
If that is a Thermodynamic UC300/400 which the torch looks like i would run the 30-40 amp consumables. Check your consumables wear and use their chart you want to be at about 3/4 capacity for best cut reference their consumables and setting chart for AL/SST/Steal.
Chris Harbour just uploaded a video on preferring Low RPM turbines ..
gotta love rust.
you should make a center plate for the middle layer of the sandwich that keeps the fan blades aligned and keeps the assembly from flexing.
When has the plasma cutter been serviced. I think it’s in need of a service
My son was telling me you might think about finding someone with a 3D printer for some of those parts & blades he has a small one but larger ones are out there and his is really accurate (just thinking lol)
Hero/legend 💪
Just clean it up a little bit, and it looks like it should work pretty good.
Maybe when the plasma torch goes across the steel grates underneath the aluminum plate you're cutting it sprays out the sides. That could be part of your issue
Standoffs might help if this is really the problem
Alan your package should be in your box tom
oops, we saw this already~
building magnet assembly looks pretty hard to me ! haha
This video was put out last week... what's up I wanna see the finished product
keep up the good work and good luck with the weather
two questions #1. why don't you build a simple crane at the top of your castle that could turn so you could drop your stuff off ?# 2 your alternator couldn't you just use a pulley belt between the blades and the alternator then you could adjust the speed by belt tension?
I'm wondering... If maybe your windmill blades will be too heavy for the bearing in your Alt/generator. You might need to switch to aluminum if it proves to be too heavy for your setup.. keep up the great videos. Thanks Alan!
i would agree
I had the same concern. I wonder if pillow block or flange bearing would be an alternate be solution to support the extra weight of the steel blades
Nice work!!
Seen this one before.
Thank you. I thought either I’m psychic and knew everything he was going to do or he uploaded video #2 into the #3 title. 🧙♂️
What kind of gas are you using for the plasma cutter? I think nitrogen cuts aluminum more accurate than oxygen
Its probably just compressed air.
Most are just compressed air.
Question what You are working on is it for the Company or your personal use? If personal use l was just wondering does Dave's Company pay for the materials and the electric in the building and wear on the machines? Or are you charged a small fee on your personal thing's that you work on? Thank You for a answer.
I can see why they call you the Wizard 😊
Hi Alan!
Just subbed let's go 100k!
How are you mixing your concrete?
This is a re upload??? 😔
shouldn't it be ID 5.375' if the wall thickness is 0.125?
July will the machine out before you used it? I'm gonna get bumped or something, or maybe someone else used to or something else.
most alternators now days have perment magnets already there...
Geez Al, stick it in the lathe, drill to 15 or 16 mm then use a small boring bar to machine that center out to your 17 mm. You'll KNOW it's dead center that way too. As for balance, just stick the assembled blades and hub on a smooth free turning bearing and see which rolls to the bottom.
I am slightly wary of heavy steel blades mounted to lighter aluminium though, probably unnecessarily though since I always over-engineer things by a huge margin.
Is this a reposting of an earlier video?
The temperature is too high on the plasma table for Aluminum . You have it set for metal or steel . 🤔 so you might want to check it . Just a thought . Sorry for bothering you .
is plasma temp too high
Hi Alan keep goin!
We never lie
Alan just put the alternator in a vise and just pull on the front side to pull it apart.
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Hiya Alan
Yall rock
7in diameter radius?
I got on my girls phone and subscribed, one more sub to you my guy 🎉😂
Maybe your material type in the machines UI needs to be changed from mild steel to aluminum, looks like it’s burning back where it’s starting & ending.
Sad you had to reload this video from February just because some background music got picked up on it. How bad does TH-cam penalize you for that?
Too bad you appear to have lost the comments initially exchanged back then.
Best!
6 more week's of winter
My wife’s grandfather likes to experiment with wind turbines but his last one was upright with an alternator
Use those stick on wheel weights
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Why can’t you use a truck alternator 24 V that’s set up for 110 already I believe that would do what you’re trying to do
Seems like I saw this a few weeks ago...
Alan says UH UH UH a lot.
Or just cut a quarter? Of a inch off that end of it . Just a idea 😉 . But know one ever thinks about what I'm trying to say 🤔 . But if people new me. Thay would be like the rest of my friend's. Very Intrigued . And very interested in the things I do. And how I can help them in what ever they might be doing in life . I have Knowledge in awide variety of things . And in everything that you are doing . And big D . Lol . But my health is very bad right now .