-> Great, you got a decent magnet. I thought to use an auto thermatic
-> fan
Those old Bendix mags had STRONG magnets.
-> 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??
I had it on top of the peak of my shop.  Caught the up-slope wind from
either side.  worked good.  big tail.
I didn't use any slip rings as my swivel was not all that accurate.  I
wrapped the feed wires, (lamp cord) around the swivel several times, and
only had to unwind it once in a couple of years.  Temporary, became
permanent and worked too well to fool with. 
-> That's the easy part!  Cheers....ALEC
And when I added a 24 volt battery bank I used a big old low voltage cap
to build a doubler for it.  Didn't have QUITE enough wind for that, but
it beat not charging it at all.  Ran a car radio (Solid state) off the
12 volt bank all day during the week.
 ^..^
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 272 HOME POWER    Ref: EATS2552 Date: 06/24/97
From: DAY BROWN                                             Time: 11:42pm
\/To: ELVIS HARGROVE                                      (Read 2 times)
Subj: R: 110 AC vs DC homepower

A few years ago, I tried to make a touch switch for a 12 vdc
desktop computer I was building.  The 555 oscillator circuit
was triggered by a change in the frequency at touch, and it
occurred to me, that it would discharge any static in my
body even before the relay turned on the computer.

But despite checking the circuit several times, it would not
work.  Well, I drove over to Collins' to hook up to a 12 volt
battery charger and brought along the battery to run the new
computer.  Worked like a charm, so at first I thought that it
was somehow picking up the AC ripple of the battery charger,
and how that mighta been affecting the oscillator in some way.

Then when I showed it again to Collins, I realized that 1- it
worked fine, but 2- I had forgotten to hook up the battery
charger, and it was running directly off the car battery. hmmm.

took the computer and battery outside, put them on the pickup
tailgate, and it was dead again- no trigger. hmmm. took them
back into his shop, turned on the lights, and voilla! the
touch switch boots it up fine.  huh?

Come to find out, that the 60 cycle AC magnetic waves were
being absorbed by my body when in the shop, and triggering
the 555 oscillator, but when outside, or in my 12 volt home,
there were *no such magnetic waves* and it didn't work.

Some folks worry about the waves from the VGA that they sit
in front of a few hours a day, rather than the electric
blanket they sleep next to. Duh?  Is frequency important?
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 * MikeMayl v1.0 *                                                           

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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 272 HOME POWER    Ref: EAT00000 Date: 06/19/97
From: ROLAND BALKE                                          Time: 06:42am
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 2 times)
Subj: Generators

I would like to know where a person might find a generator in the 3-10 KW 
range
 110v AC that can run on alcohol. Being in a highly sunny area, the idea of a 
sun-driven still for night time power or cloudy days is VERY appealing as a 
backup. But you apparantly just cant take a PowerPony or other little 
generator
that runs on gasoline and pour in 160 proof ethanol; ethanol burns too hot 
for 
the engine , so I am told. Advice?
RKB
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