Hi Elvis
On (14 Jun 97) Elvis Hargrove wrote to Alec Cameron...
 EH> My most effective (and simple) micro-wind machine was a rewound Bendix
 EH> (Red tagged) Aircraft mag.
Great, you got a decent magnet. I thought to use an auto thermatic fan but
guessed it would be short on voltage induced.
 I filled the winding area with #20 magnet
 EH> wire and applied a small fan blade off a table fan, and that sucker
 EH> would put out 13-15Vac in a light wind.
Assume you mounted it high. I have tried table/ pedestal fans but only 10ft
above ground.. too slow.  Describe the slip ring design? Or did you restrain
the head so it will swivel no more than 360 deg??
 Rectified it with a bridge and
 EH> used it to keep a 12vdc bank charged.
That's the easy part!  Cheers....ALEC
... ........BUNDANOON, on a highlands crest: Each day cool, next day colder.
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