Category Archives: construction

3-phase stator wiring question answered

Posted on 13/10/2012 by hugh

Jeff Croy asked me this common question by email today and he sent a nice sketch of the options so I decided to publish it here. “I am in the process of connecting and soldering the coils for the 3000 … Continue reading →

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LDR load control circuit update

Posted on 13/10/2012 by hugh

Francis Greaves in Ireland sent me this updated diagram of his system that uses two LDR controllers for a heating system plus the over-voltage trip that I designed for him.  More about how to use the LDR controllers from Solar … Continue reading →

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Workshop in Germany

Posted on 09/10/2012 by hugh

Small wind turbine construction for development workers Location: Naturgarten Schoenegge Date: 3rd – 7th October 2012 With Greenstep and Jakob Merk. Here is Jakob during the introductory talk. This is the 3-phase star wiring we used for the stator coils.  … Continue reading →

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Eirbyte workshop at Sitiocoop in Portugal – making blades

Posted on 26/09/2012 by hugh

Sitio Coop website Eirbyte website The Blades – Wind turbine workshop EP1 from Logic is Overrated on Vimeo. The Alternator pt I – Wind turbine workshop EP2 from Logic is Overrated on Vimeo.

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Planet Mechanics ‘invent’ a wind turbine

Posted on 15/09/2012 by hugh

National Geographics channel program “water wars” in the Planet Mechanics series shows inventor Jem Stansfield coming up with a wind turbine design that looks rather coincidentally close to my own. The diagrams are lifted straight out of my alternator plans … Continue reading →

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Update to the copper cable size and length recommendations in my Recipe Books

Posted on 03/09/2012 by hugh

Although it has been almost five years since my Wind Turbine Recipe Book first went on sale, I am still actively updating it and improving the advice I give to make it simpler, more reliable and more efficient. This summer … Continue reading →

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Kilkenny Workshop Photos

Posted on 20/08/2012 by hugh

Photos from the workshop at Kingsriver community with Glas Learning and Eirbyte My camera died on the first day so I only had my phone, so not the best.  We built a 2.4 diameter 24-V and erected the existing 4.2 … Continue reading →

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Jonathan’s German language blog

Posted on 07/08/2012 by hugh

Jonathan has asked me “if you can make a post on your blog and let the world know that there is a blog from austria for german readers about diy windmill development??” http://jonnyswindblog.wordpress.com/

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Another workshop course in Ireland soon

Posted on 27/07/2012 by hugh

for more information see this link    

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More photos from Uganda

Posted on 20/07/2012 by hugh

    Hello Hugh  The Great, Good Morning ? This is Samuel Agwotu With the Uganda Veterans Wind Power Initiative ,  it has been a while though, Just to get you updated, UVWPI , with UMEC (UGANDA MILITARY ENGINEERING COLLEGE) … Continue reading →

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