Category Archives: construction

upcoming courses around the world

Posted on 03/08/2014 by hugh

(see this page for an updated list or click on “courses” in the header menu above) Here are some more “build your own wind turbine” courses based on the axial flux design that are coming up soon.  (These courses teach … Continue reading →

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Ferrite magnet wind turbine plans books printed out

Posted on 01/08/2014 by hugh

2F Wind Turbine Construction Manual My new plans for making a 2 metre diameter wind turbine using the more durable ferrite magnets are now available in hard copy form by post from me. It’s the same as the ebook version … Continue reading →

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Hungarian translation of the Recipe Book

Posted on 15/07/2014 by hugh

The Hungarian Translation is now available on Scribd as a pdf file. For other translations and ebooks see this link.

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Build a wind turbine Austria 6-10th September

Posted on 06/07/2014 by hugh
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DIY Wind Turbine Workshop in Bicester

Posted on 05/07/2014 by hugh

Community Action Groups Oxfordshire Thursday, 31 July 2014 at 10:00 – Sunday, 3 August 2014 at 18:00 Bicester, United Kingdom with V3 Power “In this 4-day course we collectively build a 1.8m rotor diameter 300W wind turbine from scratch, in … Continue reading →

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2014 English Units Recipe Book available as ebook

Posted on 03/07/2014 by hugh

My Wind Turbine Recipe Book comes in two editions: Metric and “English Units” (also known as “Inches” or “North American” edition).  I had to publish the English units edition because the 46x30x10mm magnets, and the metric wire sizes that I … Continue reading →

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Performance data for two Recipe turbines

Posted on 22/06/2014 by hugh

New performance data is available from field tests in Holland showing the 1.8 metre diameter turbine producing close to the predicted energy at a 4.8 m/s average windspeed. This turbine is grid-tied using a Mastervolt inverter protected by LDR circuits.   … Continue reading →

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Ideas for a 34 pole alternator design by Adriaan

Posted on 14/06/2014 by hugh

“Dear Hugh and others During the last weeks I have designed a new water pumping windmill, the VIRYA-3S. This windmill makes use of a direct drive 34-pole PM-generator and is primary meant to be coupled to the 3-phase asynchronous motor … Continue reading →

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ebook plans for 2F turbine now finally published

Posted on 07/06/2014 by hugh

Over the last couple of years I have been building some ferrite magnet alternators.  This is partly due to the sharp increase in neo magnet pricing a few years back and also the problems I have seen with neo magnets … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine builders from Holland

Posted on 02/06/2014 by hugh

Dear Hugh, About a year ago we have had contact about the inverter choice for the 4200 project. The Ginlong inverter is doing a great job so far. The turbine has produced over 1000kwh after about 4 months on a … Continue reading →

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