W O W ! ! ! What a great video ! I am in the Philippines right now and if can be done simple I can get parts from the JunkShop ( scrap yard ) . This charging system of yours very doable. All I need now is a transfer switch to go from battery charger to windmill . I am living on top of a BIG hill with almost endless wind at least from sunup to sundown . You just got aa new subscriber ...
I was trying to do this same project with my kids old scooter, which happens to be the only one on the market thar doesn’t seem to have screws to access the 3 phase motor. I was not getting good voltage, so I was going to check the wiring to try to see if I could rewire some in series to get more voltage. I was hoping to also just use a bridge rectifier, and hook it straight to a victron controller that can take up to 100v or one of my portable power units, like an ecoflow, they can take up to 60v. I made my kids go off grid and earn their video games since last March lol. I am a single mom of 5 trying to teach my kids practical skills and an appreciation of things most people take for granted. I love your project and hope you continue to improve on it. TH-cam needs more videos of practical use cases. If you do hook up an inverter though, do not hook it up through that solar controller. That is not what that load output is for. I think they are limited to a 10amp output. The inverter should be connected straight to the battery. Thanks for the video. I can't wait to see future ones!!! 😊
If you would like to make 2/3's more power use a 3 phase bridge rectifier from the inside of an alternator, to stay with the automotive theme, but your windmill has to have enough power to turn it. On your other subject about energy storage, how about pumping water up to a water tank then when energy in needed let the water drain back down to tun a turbine or maybe the pump backwards, this is not my idea this is how some utility's do it to store energy to us at a later time.
Where I live we get heavy freezes, so I wouldn't be able to use just water. There's also a large investment for a large enough tank to store what I'd like in potential energy. Here on the farm we have tons of rocks for free weight.
Came here to see if anybody else noticed that you're "wasting" 33% of the energy by only using 2 of the 3 phases. Ideally you'd also use an mppt charge controller which would result deal with adjusting the output from the generator to the voltage of your battery.
Thats an excellent simple machine! I have another idea too for these hub motors. Portable bandsaw mill. Lightweight, silent, vibration free, no smoke, smooth, powerful, easy to handle on site (no moving logs). Take 2 of the motors, run in parallel with 1 driver, make a frame so they span a given distance, then add a platton for the slabbing. Its easy, light and can be done cheap. The tracking can be adusted by skewing the wheels either way with a hole and setscrew, were the end closest to the motor is close tolerance, and the other side of the hole is wallered out but has allen screws to adjust the angle of the wheel and lock it in. Having 2 motors powering will keep the blade tracked well, and the blade could be tracked with plastic guide drive wheels with a lip. The only other things you need for this setup is a starter board or ladder, and a circular saw to dimension the slabs/ live edges. The motors would have to be approximately 2kw each. Then the battery must be 48v and high enough capacity, can be a golf cart lead acid battery, can be the best lifepo4 battery. Woud work great with a club car long bed, for the most efficient pleasant cheapest logging setup. Lowest cost and lowest difficulty! What do you think? If im not so frigging busy I might have to build one myself!
It does sound like quite an interesting project, I would worry about hub motors providing that constant torque in terms of heat dissipation. If you do decide to build it be sure to make a video out of it for the rest of us!
@@RobertSchmitt-u7l not to say its completely impossible, but the results will be very poor. it has nothing to do with the input signal to the controller. the electromagnetic flux of the 2 motors is different and cannot be independently controlled by the single controller. it simply doesnt work. dont sit here and argue about it, try it, educate yourself. obvious things will become obvious.
New subscriber Interesting project! Also interesting stored energy idea! Di you live in a area that freezes? Pump water up into a tank. Drain water making energy when needed. 🤔
I'm in michigan, we do get some heavy freezes here, I feel with a weighted tower I'm not limited by tank sizes and it could be a pretty economical way to go.
Please share wind speeds and input into the battery at different wind speeds chart, this will help show the efficiency and effectiveness. Keep experimenting 👍
Volts, yes, but how many amps is what really counts. Get rid of the tire as it is a flywheel that the wind has to overcome to get up to speed and your blades need to taper out to the tips to reduce drag. Would love to see this up in the air creating the electricity you need.
Wow... so I'm to assume you're a professional alternative energy expert... he said he had to turn it to DC so he could charge batteries... hmmm... amps are not the way to go when charging batteries. Obviously, you didn't take time to watch and pay attention to what he had to say... you speak as if you only watched the intro and then comment... but then again, you also edited your post... BTW I have experience in alternative energy as well as an education in the field.
I had hoped that the solar interface would have a readout for wattage but so far I haven't found the readout for that. I plan to do some other things with it so I'll figure that out soon.
Nice and simple to the point great job. 🙌☯️🙏
W O W ! ! ! What a great video ! I am in the Philippines right now and if can be done simple I can get parts from the JunkShop ( scrap yard ) . This charging system of yours very doable. All I need now is a transfer switch to go from battery charger to windmill . I am living on top of a BIG hill with almost endless wind at least from sunup to sundown . You just got aa new subscriber ...
I was trying to do this same project with my kids old scooter, which happens to be the only one on the market thar doesn’t seem to have screws to access the 3 phase motor. I was not getting good voltage, so I was going to check the wiring to try to see if I could rewire some in series to get more voltage. I was hoping to also just use a bridge rectifier, and hook it straight to a victron controller that can take up to 100v or one of my portable power units, like an ecoflow, they can take up to 60v. I made my kids go off grid and earn their video games since last March lol. I am a single mom of 5 trying to teach my kids practical skills and an appreciation of things most people take for granted.
I love your project and hope you continue to improve on it. TH-cam needs more videos of practical use cases. If you do hook up an inverter though, do not hook it up through that solar controller. That is not what that load output is for. I think they are limited to a 10amp output. The inverter should be connected straight to the battery.
Thanks for the video. I can't wait to see future ones!!! 😊
If you would like to make 2/3's more power use a 3 phase bridge rectifier from the inside of an alternator, to stay with the automotive theme, but your windmill has to have enough power to turn it. On your other subject about energy storage, how about pumping water up to a water tank then when energy in needed let the water drain back down to tun a turbine or maybe the pump backwards, this is not my idea this is how some utility's do it to store energy to us at a later time.
Where I live we get heavy freezes, so I wouldn't be able to use just water. There's also a large investment for a large enough tank to store what I'd like in potential energy. Here on the farm we have tons of rocks for free weight.
Came here to see if anybody else noticed that you're "wasting" 33% of the energy by only using 2 of the 3 phases.
Ideally you'd also use an mppt charge controller which would result deal with adjusting the output from the generator to the voltage of your battery.
Thats an excellent simple machine!
I have another idea too for these hub motors. Portable bandsaw mill. Lightweight, silent, vibration free, no smoke, smooth, powerful, easy to handle on site (no moving logs).
Take 2 of the motors, run in parallel with 1 driver, make a frame so they span a given distance, then add a platton for the slabbing. Its easy, light and can be done cheap. The tracking can be adusted by skewing the wheels either way with a hole and setscrew, were the end closest to the motor is close tolerance, and the other side of the hole is wallered out but has allen screws to adjust the angle of the wheel and lock it in. Having 2 motors powering will keep the blade tracked well, and the blade could be tracked with plastic guide drive wheels with a lip.
The only other things you need for this setup is a starter board or ladder, and a circular saw to dimension the slabs/ live edges.
The motors would have to be approximately 2kw each. Then the battery must be 48v and high enough capacity, can be a golf cart lead acid battery, can be the best lifepo4 battery. Woud work great with a club car long bed, for the most efficient pleasant cheapest logging setup. Lowest cost and lowest difficulty!
What do you think?
If im not so frigging busy I might have to build one myself!
It does sound like quite an interesting project, I would worry about hub motors providing that constant torque in terms of heat dissipation. If you do decide to build it be sure to make a video out of it for the rest of us!
@@therandomfarmer4231 There are beefier motors like Segway or the off road version of hoverboards that can take the power.
you cant run 2 brushless off one driver, the phases pulses wont align and bad poop happens.
@@DieselRamcharger I was told that it can be done, but only in parallel. If not, then get 2 drivers and sync the input signal. easy.
@@RobertSchmitt-u7l not to say its completely impossible, but the results will be very poor. it has nothing to do with the input signal to the controller. the electromagnetic flux of the 2 motors is different and cannot be independently controlled by the single controller. it simply doesnt work. dont sit here and argue about it, try it, educate yourself. obvious things will become obvious.
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Interesting project!
Also interesting stored energy idea!
Di you live in a area that freezes? Pump water up into a tank. Drain water making energy when needed. 🤔
I'm in michigan, we do get some heavy freezes here, I feel with a weighted tower I'm not limited by tank sizes and it could be a pretty economical way to go.
Please share wind speeds and input into the battery at different wind speeds chart, this will help show the efficiency and effectiveness. Keep experimenting 👍
Excellent how to and make it done.
Oh man that old Columbian vise 🤤
A real man of culture I see
I would run the rectifier straight to the charge controller, i got the same charger and it takes it all down to 13 volt even when i run 50 v to it
Volts, yes, but how many amps is what really counts. Get rid of the tire as it is a flywheel that the wind has to overcome to get up to speed and your blades need to taper out to the tips to reduce drag. Would love to see this up in the air creating the electricity you need.
Wow... so I'm to assume you're a professional alternative energy expert... he said he had to turn it to DC so he could charge batteries... hmmm... amps are not the way to go when charging batteries. Obviously, you didn't take time to watch and pay attention to what he had to say... you speak as if you only watched the intro and then comment... but then again, you also edited your post... BTW I have experience in alternative energy as well as an education in the field.
Amps... how many amps does it put out?
how many watts was that producing?
I had hoped that the solar interface would have a readout for wattage but so far I haven't found the readout for that. I plan to do some other things with it so I'll figure that out soon.
You can make better blades from pvc pipe.
That's a great idea, I'll have to try that.
@ not mine but I have made them. Sure you can find pattern on here somewhere.