Monthly Archives: June 2012

Workshop in Leitrim with Eirbyte

Here are some photos and a video of the workshop.  We built a 4200 recipe machine with 48-V battery charging output and a new design of 2 metre, 24-V turbine with ferrite magnets.  

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More from Romania

with Dan Paraipan See also here and here

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Willie Schmidt

Willie Schmidt is building a 3 metre ferrite turbine in South Africa 12 ferrite magnets 75 x 50 mm (3 x 2 inches) 440 mm rotor diameter disk 250 turns (2 x 0.8mm dia wire) for a 36 volt battery … Continue reading

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Kings River 4.2m wind turbine building workshop Kilkenny

A nice photo gallery by Eirbyte of the recent workshop course in Kilkenny where they built a 4.2 metre diameter turbine. Clever way to anchor the coils while connecting the tails. See the whole gallery here

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Low cost workshop course in Ireland

I am off to Ireland soon to help teach a course with Jimmy and Miriam of Eirbyte in Leitrim.  The course runs from 18th – 23rd June near Keshcarrigan This will be a practical hands-on week of workshop time, running … Continue reading

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Fundy Solar building Recipe wind turbines in Canada

The full story is here “We also lead workshops on how to build these machines. If you are interested in owning one, a workshop is the best way to learn the ins and outs of maintenance, performance and monitoring. It … Continue reading

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