Thebackshed's Axial Flux windmill, part 1

A trial assembly of the axial flux alternator. This was just to see if the parts all fitted together. The stator in this video was a wood mockup, making the real stator is the next step.
More info at http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/forum1/forum_posts.asp?TID=2840&PN=1

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Science & Technology

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• axial flux alternator
• wind turbine.

[billmalta1]

wow !!! that is a really big generator... what will be the lenght of ur blades??? u ll need about 15 to 20 feet dia i bieleve no? or is it gonna be a vawt?

I m soon finishing mine......... my future vawt ;o) can t wait to finish it!!! i got 24 neo mags 5cm dia*1.5cm diskshape, 9 coils 10cm dia*2.3cm 18 gauge 4kg on shiping suppost to arrive soon i hope ;o)

and stator of about 17 inches dia... + smooth trailer shaft

I am using a star configuration

any idea how many watts should i expect???

[glennl1965]

@billmalta1

I'll be using 6 foot blades, so will end up with a 13 foot diameter turbine all up. It would be capable of 3 to 4 kw, but I expect 1 to 2 kw in good winds, depending on location.

Glenn

[billmalta1]

@glennl1965

To be honest i was nt expecting more than 1kw since i wish to put it on a vertical axis.

I believe it might be on movement more often but with less rpm... am i right?

I had another question about star configuration...

i will have 3 start A B and C (inner coils) and 3 ends X Y and Z (outer coils) ...

Does XYZ have to be connected together with no other contact???

and what about ABC are they all + or 2 + and 1 -??

I can t find proper answers to these questions...

Thank s Glenn

[makourain]

u have the metal plates attached to each other on the outside and have the stator wires coming thru the middle

pure genius

[doug2877]

AWESOME