Lenz2 Wind Turbine Prototype
StrangeAttractor — Tue, 05/01/2010 - 9:52pm
I've pulled a couple of stepper motors out of an ancient bubblejet printer. I plan to make a lenz2 turbine, about 40cm in diameter, either directly mounting the motor, or using the toothed belt that I pulled out of the printer.
I'll be using some 2mm plywood, PVC halfpipes for the vanes, and I'm not sure how to join them to a hub and axle yet.
see http://www.windstuffnow.com/main/lenz2_turbine.htm for more info on the turbine design.
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Belt Drive
deece — Tue, 05/01/2010 - 10:59pm+1 on the belt drive - it will save alignment hassles later.
Progress(ish)
StrangeAttractor — Mon, 07/06/2010 - 4:51pmWell, this has gone a whole lot of not very far since this post.
I now have a Fisher and Paykell smart drive motor in pieces, ready for rewiring to a configuration suitable for producing power at lower RPM. I've not got anywhere with building the vanes/windmill part of the thing. But I hope to make a MHV meeting at some point in the future and bring the bits along.