Off Grid Seahorse Tank

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i built my bridge rectifier for a quick reading but the diodes were tiny got upto 3v then hit a magnet off the coils and attraction snapped a few more... guess im waiting till after i cast the rotor and coils for my test readout

coils with rectifier hooked up

Far left side is positive wire Dc far right side is negative wire dc. each coil phase (AC) connects to the middle of the diodes restricting flow one way turning ac into dc

The ghetto style bus bars and mess of a soldering job lol

 

[scubasteve]

well i want to get experimenting with different blade types and sizes for my turbine so i guess i will be making a hot wire foam cutter as well

 

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after hours of watching things twirl in the wind and 5 different variations the winning style is.......