This is how my next door neighbor acquires all of his lawn furniture. Neighborhood rule, anything that might be useful to someone else is left aside of the dumpster. if someone doesn't pick it up by the next time the dumpster is unloaded it goes in

Awsome comment Darrin thanks for your support. there is a place in every town where the car vs pole victims go. - they have stacks of slightly damaged tapered pole sections. get three or four of those and reassemble them without the top curved piece and you have your tower. Mine was a 5m shadesail pole from a school, free. topped with a 2.4 m scaffolding section .

@@t.h.o.r. Have you seen the diesel powered portable light towers the use on road construction sites? With telescoping poles that fold down? I have access to a couple of them. They have been removed from the genset so the genset can power a forest service camp. I just need to figure out a base to have it stand on my trailer frame.

​@@darrinrebagliati5365 I'm off-grid 😻 in UK.. Incase you didn't know angling the panel's.. to noon sun (not necessarily 12 o'clock) is about 5 times more power. Regarding the turbine they don't necessarily need to be that high up, it's anything blocking the wind the same with solar.. One trick or game you can play is... Find the wind tunnel.. There are places.. buildings, tree's, hills and valleys etc where the wind gets funneled and becomes strong. Another thing I do forget to do is keep the panels clean.. give a wash when the panel is cool.

@@mySeaPrince_ the valley I live in doesn't get much sun in the winter, especially in the trees that I'm in. I want to get at least 40ft up to take advantage of the funnels in the trees around me. And they seem to be most powerful above 35ft here. In the summer I'm usually in a gravel pit somewhere and don't have to worry as much about solar because it's more open. And no trees around means wind can be at 20ft up easily depending on location. That's why i like the portsble light tower stanchion. Can adjust the height from 20-50ft easily.

I have Japanese quail

About 10~15% is lost in gearing.Direct drive is a lot more efficient.

The next couple of weeks will see- depending on the wind. there is nothing today - just pelting rain. But my tanks are almost full overnight! haha. Ive asked 3 Ebay sellers to clarify the flux direction of their bar magnets so that I can get the correct ones in there. This isn't over yet lol.😁

I have to second that. While one might think, that an increase in magnetic field (stronger magnets) would result in a higher generator output, there are more things to consider. First, and here is the biggest problem, the orientation/direction of the magnetic field vector. This vector (H in literature) is supposed to point in a particular direction. By adding your magnets (on the face of the rotor) you now have given this vector an additional axial component. Meaning that the magnetic flux vector (B) is now not directed as intended in order to induce current in the stator windings. Given an ideal system this might not cause much trouble. However, in addition the magnets on the lamination stack of the rotor now also influence magnetic flux within the rotor. The round holes in the lamination stack are there to reduce magnetic flux across the rotor. The added magnets now counteract this design and act as a low resistance magnetic conduit. So, I too can not see any way in which this modification improves performance. To the contrary, I see a lot of problems. Keep tinkering.

I could not find the curved magnets- current challenge is finding axially fluxed bar magnets- everything seems face fluxed. Oh and no wind this week or next week according to the forecast. All I can tell you so far is that I now have very slight cogging felt at the hub but not out at the blade tips. It starts and cuts in charging at the same speed- but no amps readings yet

Oh- when I have money things will be different. - everything here is done on a budget- thats what makes me resourceful

Something like 250vdc max. Smaller wires, more turns, less heat, more power from magnets.

thank you

50 bucks fast delivery

yes mine was only $39 but the seller was an absolute wanker. Sent me another 5 blade hub then complained to me that I left bad feed back. even offered me $10 to change my feedback without them fixing the problem!@@dustinfrost5214

That's very unprofessional I didn't mind the extra to I also brought two bridge rectifiers 14 bucks each also were here in a week ebey it's a month if not more . Looking forward to seeing your numbers if watts and amps have been improved cheers mate

hardly any wind in the last week- nothing to report that is worth a video till I can show the numbers. they just flash across the screen - it doesnt record figures

Ok do you have a wee amp watt meter hooked up to it

Its one of those blue >60v dc 150 amp meters that scroll through 4 functions continuously. Ill film it when its cranking - then slow down the playback so it sits longer on each reading and I can explain each reading. cos it just holds each number for one second. @@dustinfrost5214

@@t.h.o.r. hi mate just tried the 3 blade that was a wast of time it wasn't near as good as the 5 blade I cut my blades 3 inches and put all 5 blades back on major improvement getting 150 watts when before 80 was max and was and started getting fluttering blades not anymore now I have cut them down

Now that's interesting!- I never thought of shortening the blades. Did I say that I ordered a 3 blade hub and they sent me a 5! - they are not interested in putting it right.... The forcast is for 30 kph winds on wednesday/thursday so Im all ready for some filming @@dustinfrost5214

I now have very light cogging and DOUBLE the amps when the wind is belting at 20mph. but still it reaches the point where the blades flutter at terminal velocity - so I think that it is as good as I can get without changing the blade setup. example: swapping to a 3 blade hub. I did order a 3 blade hub but the twats sent me a 5 blade hub and refused to replace it unless I sent the wrong one back at my expense.

yes- but when I came to record the meter readings- It had gone past 99 hours and reset itself! so now Im waiting for more wind. Mid summer and 35C days and no breeze

its been summer- waiting for wind.....

yes- Ive replied to several people here telling them how it now has slight cogging, but still starts well. Its autumn here now and after having it sit almost stationary all summer its doing its stuff right now in the dark My batteries are topped off even though its been grey and rainy all day and the solar hardly contributed. Because both systems feed the batterys its hard to quantify the turbines contributions exactly. But standing watching the screen on a windy day Ive seen that it now feeds in at 2.2 amps on occasion - It seldom used to reach 1 amp charge before I added the extra magnets. Its theoretical output is 4.1 amps at max wind speed. I did witness an actual event where the blades reached terminal velocity and fribulated and I was there to see a momentary 4 amps on the screen

Oh really that's terrible really I get easy 300 watts max is 450 20 amps in 30 to 40 k winds

@@dustinfrost5214 Yes- from what turbine and in what strength winds? Mine is 5.5m tall and is behind two big oak trees that are taller

and thats how you learn

haha- too late! Ive already fried a 20 amp controller one windy night!

Waiting for wind. Initial tests were good- 50% more power. but you guys need the video for proof so Im praying for wind- we are in the middle of a hot sticky summer right now

That's very impressive look forward to seeing the video

Yes I did- you just didnt watch the latest video Its short just to say that Im doing it and it was successful. the main vid will be filmed next windy day as my device does not log- only displays in real time