INDUCTION MOTOR DIY Alternator 40 watt 800 RPM Safety Course Neodymium Motor Generator Conversion

[Frostmourten]

Really nice video man. I learned a lot! Thank you so much!

[kungfumonk007]

Hey - great video - would a single disk magnet, diametrically magnetized work better than multiple bar magnets?

[archeryman5000]

The professional that installed that light and conduit was not very professional, the conduit, box, light all should have been bonded and grounded, which would have tripped the breaker if a bare hot wire was touching inside.

[ownerheard]

I Love The Video It Can Increase My Knowledge This is a long video but shows the complete basic steps for creating an alternator from a standard AC electric motor.

[ayamsory]

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[Destayear]

Nice Video That You Share , So Very Nice Thanks You This is a long video but shows the complete basic steps for creating an alternator from a standard AC electric motor.

[cTianroy]

I Really Like The Video From Your INDUCTION MOTOR DIY Alternator 40 watt 800 RPM Safety Course Neodymium Motor Generator

[anakmudajaman]

Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing This is a long video but shows the complete basic steps for creating an alternator from a standard AC electric motor.

[verymetal86]

Yes Sir'ee... This is definately THE Best vid of this kind ive seen yet!

You have explained what it is you are doing ,step by step, so that eagits like myself can understand!

ha ha ha ...just saw a comment below by wadehutchinson1963..., yes, i'm one of those "derps" ;)

Anyway, Great vid !!!

Chris, N.Ireland. ....dont say it Huchy ... :)

[joe18370]

dan we need to build a self powerd generator ,any futore video abought this in your planes

[wadehutchinson1963]

way too much detail but then there are some derps out there

[arkozarks]

I have watched many videos of this type and this is the very best one I have found. Thanks

[rohawaha]

Great Video Thank You ! I wish you would let the wife make at least one cameo . we miss you Denise !

[tyreza79]

during the sparks i heard a lion voice lool

[movon2survive]

i was once taking apart a really old camera ( for science! ) and found myself unable to let go of the wires connecting me to the 300v capacitor long story short it was not a pleasant 5 seconds and i did continue to devour the camera (getting shocked twice more but staying persistent)

[hefland]

why do copper wires need to be coiled up rather than using a solid piece of copper in an induction motor? Newbie here, if that sounds like a dumb question

[amaro321]

so would the original rotor that came in the fan motor generate voltage as well??

[superbungabunga]

woah he teleported

[carr869]

I received my motor in the mail today. Need to get the glue and other stuff I want. Should have planned ahead. Bummer. Anyway, thank you Dan an Deniese for the great videos. (Tom)

[carr869]

Was just watching the video again. Love this stuff. The bridge rectifier has a flat corner where the DC + wire goes.

[carr869]

Oh yeah your right about those magnets. I got a nasty bruise with two little ones. I dont even want to see what the big magnets I bought will do. They also explode if they snap together too fast.

[carr869]

As always, a fun and informative video to watch. Keep up the good work.

[jhaswhone1]

Really usefull...Thanx for the knowledge..

[biguglytrux]

that was like a cooking show, only better. and i think i have all the ingredients. no need to go search for lemon grass, or shitake mushrooms, or truffles

[Krb68691]

1 row = 10, 2 rows 20, 3 rows, 40? I'm confused.

[zackthegoth]

a printer stepper motor produces ac power to, but not much.

[beko320]

thanks a lot man , i have a question here (can i drill a hole in a neodymium magnet ?))

[ADULTEDUCATION4U]

i need to know how to use this in a solar setup to produce electricity for use with household appliances, thanks.

[iracerguy]

Thanks Dan this is very useful.

[wppd2001]

I just wanted to say thanks again for making such great videos that anyone like myself who isn't a smart man can understand. You are very intelligent but don't act like a stuck-up science guy and are able to teach people like myself something that can truly make a difference in the world/ it enables those like me to share that knowledge/ pass it on to others so in the near future we will actually make a difference.

[wppd2001]

I want to build my own wind turbines and run them to batteries and a power inverter/use them to get off the grid but have limited knowledge. if I saw you do it on a video I could learn/do it myself. It doesn't have to be fancy just a dvdr & I'd pay for it b/c you have the knowledge that I dont/i pick things up fast and would love to hear from you and get some vids. Please contact me wp_smith@yahoo.com thankyou.

[wppd2001]

Hello,I apologize bc my message is so long I had to break it into a few. I was wondering if you make any actual videos I could buy such as this one,on dvd? If you do make actual dvd copies or even vhs copies of your vids it would be great bc I would be able to follow them step by step from point A to Z and pause it while I build the items in real time,something I can't do on youtube.

[wppd2001]

Hello GREENPOWERSCIENCE , I wanted to tell you that this is the first video I've ever voted to like or dislike and I LOVE IT! I was wondering if you make any vids showing how to make generators like this and make winds turbines etc?

[TheRealDealinlife]

The person that hooked those wires on that house was not a pro!

The New and Improved Generator

[masterix6]

Yeaaaas Yeaaaas Now I can see myself leaving this telemarketing job YEAAASSSS My personal Jesus Christ is Green Power Science

[tikincarolinnex3]

If you don't mind me asking , where did you get that motor from ?

[raydog357]

Great video your the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobinmissouri]

great video i got a motor it's a permanent magnet dc motor out of a treadmill model number B4CPM-103T class B insulation cw rotation encloser open external fan electrical rating @90 vdc ff. 1.0 aom .40 hp treadmill duty 4200 rpm 5.4 amps how many volts is this? and will it work? for a wind genarated

[nitenronin]

The story about your nephew was great. I laughed so hard. :)

[epictangent]

I like it...

[kokpigcan]

iron man...

[muddymuddymuddmann]

VERY WELL DONE DAN, THE MAD SCIENTIST STRIKES AGAIN.

NICE JOB!

MUddY

[killakobra]

buying only fiberglass ladders is a nice sentament but try moving around a 40 foot fiberglass extention ladder.

[MegaAlfie007]

Great Idea Dan

Love Watching All Your Videos

Looking forward to see more

Al

[r3bol]

Nice videos. I love the detailed safety parts.

[lostburro]

So, there are even MORE reasons why you keep Denise around! In addition to looking GREAT in a bikini and being able to cook, she saved your butt from electrocution! Yep, she's a keeper!

[ohmslaw111]

Funny 30:10 there abouts. "Who knows" LOL, that was perfect Dan.

[mybigtokachi]

Would a similar process work with a larger induction motor, say one that was used to power a sump pump?

really enjoy this vid

[5lkk]

Whenever u need to touch a metal enclose that has electrical equipment inside. use the back of your hand to test if it may be live.

Keep 1 hand inside a pocket to the extent possible & still get the job done.

Don't get careless or cocky, thinking that off the shelf consumer gloves will protect U.

A good video & Dan addressed some of the things rhat had me thinking yea, but...

[inciteman]

Can you show us how to make an Over Unity Motor?

[5lkk]

@inciteman In the event Dan ever showed us an attempt to construct an over unity motor, I'm certain he would risk loosing a good portion of his viewership.

[inciteman]

@5lkk Why do you say that?? That would be one of the most efficient things ever!

[Skwiggs102]

update please i've waited for this since the video about the alpha sterling. this is a quote from your website.

NEW: Larger engine, we found a machinist for an Alpha design that is a powerhouse due end of 2010.

[starkfm]

Dan if two magnets of high strength need to be separated, a simple shear can be built that will easily separate them, built of wood (as an example) two 2x4's of sufficient length with a pin or bolt holding them together at one end, magnets are placed between the 2x4's and pressure is applied, the closer the magnets are to the pin the less force required to resolve the issue, this makes quick work of the situation without the struggle or possible injury to ones self

[fabzcardon]

Hey if you are getting a 1amp/40v outage is it not possible to rerun it onto the drill? I mean yeah you can get wind fans and solar panels to run this But where are you using the power? If you was to use 1amp/12v on the drill what I believe are drill uses then you will still have a 28v over what you can use to charge a battery or transform into hydrogen ? Please message me with the answer if anyone knows?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@fabzcardon The drill is 18v 12+ amps and delivers 200 unit watts and 290 unit watts max. This test is about 20% efficient on this alternator as is. 200 watts in = 37 watts out. The planetary gear in the drill sucks a lot of efficiency out and so does the cheap heavy cogging DC high RPM motors that most cordless drills use.

[fabzcardon]

@GREENPOWERSCIENCE What about using a Smaller DC motor with speed for lower power? would it work then ? or even if you was to use this in a diffrant motors ? also I have a quistion about bedini motors .... is it possible to run a small genorater/DC motor from them to get a voltage? Ive been trying to get my bedini running again but there is somthing wrong with my coil and dont know what.... Do you know allot about these ?

Greeting Fabz

Hope to hear from you again .

Sorry for bad english

[tyma75]

@GREENPOWERSCIENCE

Hi!

Obtained voltage,depends on the power of the magnet or thickness of the winding?

Or how close is a magnet,to winding?

Thanks!

[unstoppability0360]

you're the man

[dela213]

"Magnets how the f*** do they work" < thats what happens when you let children listen to ICP pretty lame. Nice vid Dan.

[paranoidnews]

I'd like to hire this guy to do repairs in my house! I got electrocuted yesterday trying to repair my Mother's TV, it's the most painful experience I've had in years!! Oh well, another thing to be paranoid about: Electricity! I'm not touching electric stuff for the rest of my life!!!

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@paranoidnews Glad you are okay;-) Learn about electricity while avoiding it. My zap came from doing other work and grabbing something that was unrelated to what I was doing. If you know a little, you can fact check a professional install or repair. Smart questions keeps a contractor on their toes. Our death trap was a 100% professional install. It was faulty for years, then zap. So if you do not know electricity, don't mess with it, but learn about being insulated vs grounded:-)

[paranoidnews]

@GREENPOWERSCIENCE Well, I just did some research, and turns out the part I touched was a connected to a capacitator. That thing apparently holds like a thousand volts or something like that... Which explains why the electric arch jumped directly from the TV tube to my hand. So, for anyone else reading this: Stay away from TV repairs. Buy a new one or pay a buttload of money to a professional (so he gets electrocuted instead) LOL

[58belvedere]

drill holes or grind down the rotor and glue magnets on it and it will make power @ a low rpm

[DaRigger420]

Dan,

Great video! Very instructive in the uses of an old ceiling fan.

Question for you though, if you were to make small hollows behind the 1x1/2 magnets to be able to mount two or three 1/2x1/2 magnets, would that make a large enough difference in your output to be worth the effort?

This idea would almost certainly have to be cast in resin for stability, but would you give it a try and post your results?

Please everyone, give thumbs so Dan will see this post.

Thanks,

[BrokenButNotBusted]

Great video! I was wondering how much RPM you had to put into it from the drill?

You may have said, then I missed it.

p.s. Yep AC does burn, blew holes in my thumb the first time. Yep there was a second

[GotBait]

Thank god Denise was there & knew what to do. Great story & video. Learning so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing with us here in Alaska.

[kawakocher]

good demo!

[BubbleFairie]

Thanks for sharing!

Blessings & Bubbles!

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[ohmslaw111]

WOW, you made a wooden rotor:-) World record first I would guess. Of all the videos on the internet explaining how a generators work, this is a clean sweep. GOOD work Dan!

[breezebro]

Make several of those alternators, get a long bolt for a common shaft and power them from the same source.

Use capacitors on the DC out to boost the voltage and current.

[SuperOrnis]

Nice.

[erastoolivas1]

saludos d4esde ..TIJUANA BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICO....

[deadman12078]

lol, safty. He's so cute. :)

[TheNewKai]

Physics WIN :D

[Robonza]

I have read the following. Neodymium is poisonous. Magnets are covered by a nickel plating that keeps the neodymium inside. Try to avoid handling chipped or worn-out plated magnets.

[fireball570]

Love the light bulb demonstration. Really makes you realize how cool it is. LOVE IT!

[PsychoPretzel]

the reluctance of the rotor is too high. replace the wood with soft iron.

[XTCMatrix]

Now if there was a way to turn that 40W to 400W I could, essentially, power my PC with it!

This is something I really need to look at, thanks Dan!

[andruha11234]

@XTCMatrix my i3 laptop only uses 20 watts!

[XTCMatrix]

@andruha11234 Thats neat! My PC actually uses 300, but just to be safe :P.

If I get a new GPU though.. forget it. Would need at least 550W

[morto360]

Since the space between the magnets and the coils should be as small as possible, I wonder if you can skip the magnets and use just another set of coils?

I may be wrong but I think the giant generators use this technique instead of permanent magnets... and sine the main power comes from the rotation, you would only lose a small portion of your current. 

[TeacherPhilEnglish]

@morto360 yea but it needs to run at speed and needs a capacitor to jolt one set of coils to get it started so you need sensor and switch etc

[bubbyslife2]

cool

[joshcryer]

Stunning video Dan. All of us, and I think I can speak for all of us, appreciate all the nicks and bruises you subject to yourself to make these fantastic instructional videos. Also, the story about the nephew is hilarious. "Magnets! How do they work!?" :D

[kokopelli314]

Couple of points, I've regularly repaired wiring installed by so-called electricians. Less so these days, but it used to be pretty bad.

Second, You owe Denise your life!

[oisiaa]

I love your videos Dan! You remind me of my older neighbor who was always into stuff like this.

[kary1982v6]

I have been hit with 330v DC from a capacitor.. always make sure that if there is a risk that it is not going through your body. from finger to finger or something like that so that the current is not traveling through your vital organs... that is scary the way that you got zapped...

[andruha11234]

i work with my dad part time as an electrician and i touch both wires while installing outlets etc.. it doesn't hurt, just tickles you

[josephagp]

@andruha11234 just a little bit lol : )

[JimboJitsu]

Great video! I would like to build one of those for my pond system to help power the pump. this is all way over my head but do you have any idea of the torque requirement to make the alternator work? I am going to try putting a water wheel in and was thinking bicycle gears to increase the RPMs and adding solar power and batteries to keep it all working. I would need to power a pump with 100-150' head lift. this is an experiment for the ecovillage

[UnoRaza]

Great point on the sparks and fuels!

[UnoRaza]

You seem a little "gun shy" of magnets. lol!

I'm that way with electricity as I too have disconnected a well connected person being shocked!

[idahodad1]

if you fasten your magnets to the wood. then put it on the lathe and machine the piece into a circle to get a consistant spacing. Would the magnets machine without flying apart?

[marthale7]

For the outside of the magnets use strapping tape for a temp setup.  It does not let go easy and works great.

[specallez]

Good vid. For a more permanent installation, you can grind flat spots on the original rotor using a bench grind. Make paper templates the same shape as the wood block you cut out and grind the rotor to that shape. Epoxy the magnets in place, it works well.

[ryanb788]

As an electrician I can add something to your saftey speel at the begining of the video. If you are trying to free someone from electricution you NEVER grab someone due to the fact that you can easlily become a part of the electrical shock. Your wife did awsome by grabbing your shirt and not any part of your body. To free someone you should use something non conductive like a board or something. Aluminum ladders are deffinite no no working on or near electrical

[HHOPWR]

Very good job Dan. I really enjoy your video's

Larry

[67tr876]

This is dam cool man ! 10/10

[astrialkil]

Would coating the brittle magnets in plasti-dip help cushion them so they don't shatter?

[astrialkil]

Great vid Dan, you need to get some goose neck lights and put some led's on your kill a watt so we can see the project and the readout better. Thanks for this info!

[astrialkil]

Dan can you show us how to make our own bridge rectifier with regular diodes?

[xzur69]

nice job as always, just 1 thing. what was the RPM. diff between the original AC motor setup and the modified motor you made with magnets, was it more or less efficient? 120 W was the initial useage in the Induction setup 139 W for the second useing perm. magnets (19 W diff) Did the RPM change? and was there any (cogging)?

[v3511]

Thanks for sharing the vid Dan. love watching you vids.

[PuciferSam]

Great Video Dan , black tip thumb up and 5 stars ! Good safety tips for powerful magnets. Thanks also for a little history about you and your little life saver(Hi,Denise). Also the magnet selling video stealing jerks are going to target this for sure,good luck there.

PuciferSam

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@PuciferSam I think they have stopped for now, YT was really good at pulling the videos fast that were stolen. I saw about 25 crap channels no more:-) Thank you for helping me track them all down.

[electrodacus]

Lucky it was AC and only 120V. DC is much more dangerous since it will create electrolysis so even if you survive the electric shock you will die couple of minutes later from the new poisonous substance that you will have in the body because of electrolysis.

Good video.

[tfokeefe]

Dan, How much DC current did this experiment put out?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@tfokeefe about 1 amp at 40 volts at 400 rpm. I will be making the rotor stronger for a higher run and testing it at 3600 rpm to test the output vs a gasoline generator (core to core) size. Not shown (27 watts charging a 12v battery) directly from the bridge rectifier). The motor as AC is rated at 2 amp

[CCSinventions]

@GREENPOWERSCIENCE is that ac motor a fan motor??

[jonvssocrates]

You've got the best videos. Awesome stuff.

[cyclenut]

This has to be the best video you have made!

Thank you!

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@cyclenut THANK YOU:-)

[madjimms]

Why am I getting makeup advertisements while watching science videos?

At leased throw in a car commercial!

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

@madjimms I think it is based on videos you watch:-) Just Kidding,

INDUCTION & course are in the title = "introduction makeup course"

[madjimms]

@GREENPOWERSCIENCE Ah I see :-P I learned quite a lot from this video. Thank you very much for sharing.

[lthnnpwr]

Great video, dude.

[findingforwardmotion]

Great video thanks Dan!

[homertalk]

Best demonstration on a motor I've seen. Thanks

[audiosyncracy]

Magnets, how do they work? LOL

[CCSinventions]

hey dan is there a ebay store for the guy for those motors?

[theoriginalanomaly]

lol... my first experience was smashing 2 magnets together. They were 90lbs pull magnets. There went 12$. I am much more careful now.

[lodevijk]

Great video, very informative!

[ghostman982]

first