Category Archives: courses

Another video of last year’s workshop on Scoraig!

Posted on 22/01/2013 by hugh

This video has just been published on Youtube.  This time it was by Kern Jamieson, the artist who did the zebra tail vane.  Thanks, Kern!

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Scoraig Wind Turbine Building Workshop April 2013

Posted on 20/01/2013 by hugh

I am holding a workshop from 20th to 27th April here on Scoraig.  All welcome.  No special skills required.  Accommodation is provided. Saturday 20th is a traveling day and we will meet participants off the Westerbus that leaves Inverness at … Continue reading →

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Video of Scoraig Workshop 2012

Posted on 30/12/2012 by hugh

Jonathan Schreiber sent me this video he made about when he came to my workshop last year.  Somehow he also manages to be in the video too 🙂 Jonathan also has a blog here. I will be teaching at more … Continue reading →

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SEI Workshop in the USA

Posted on 21/10/2012 by hugh

Homebuilt Wind Generators Workshop Guemes Island, Washington • October 15-20, 2012 Instructor: Hugh Piggott, Scoraig Wind Electric, Scoraig, Scotland Support staff: Ian Woofenden, Andy Gladish, Willie McWatters, Etc. Projects:  12 foot diameter 48 volt from Recipe Book with neo magnets. … 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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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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Another workshop course in Ireland soon

Posted on 27/07/2012 by hugh

for more information see this link    

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Workshop in Leitrim with Eirbyte

Posted on 26/06/2012 by hugh

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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Kings River 4.2m wind turbine building workshop Kilkenny

Posted on 10/06/2012 by hugh

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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