Category Archives: ferrite magnets

New 3.6m ferrite windmill on Scoraig

Posted on 02/10/2021 by hugh
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F-series wind turbine manual available soon from Jonathan

Posted on 24/12/2020 by hugh
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An up-to-date list of UK sources of materials for my wind turbine projects

Posted on 01/10/2020 by hugh

My most recent wind turbine plans are dated 2014, and I don’t really make enough sales to justify updating them now but the list of UK suppliers at the back of my Recipe Book is out of date for sure. … Continue reading →

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F series wind turbine designs

Posted on 12/07/2020 by hugh

My wind turbine designs in recent years have used ferrite magnets and the naming system is based on “F” for ferrite (or ceramic) magnets, preceded by number denoting the diameter in metres. Hence the 2F is my 2012 design ferrite … Continue reading →

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2F wind turbine features on German TV show

Posted on 02/10/2018 by hugh

Jonathan was on TV with his grid-connected 2F turbine at the Austrian small wind test field in Lichtenegg You can watch the TV show online here.

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A new alternator for my little AWP windmill

Posted on 10/11/2017 by hugh

I don’t usually write much at all about the stuff I get up to, but here is a story of my smaller wind turbine having an upgrade last month when I replaced the alternator.  I was helped by my friend … Continue reading →

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Free workshop in Austria

Posted on 02/08/2017 by hugh

It probably helps to speak some German.  free participation in a do-It-yourself Windmill Workshop! Take advantage of the special chance!   the workshop will be soon, from 7. To 11. August in the sun park st. Pölten in the framework of the eschmiede summer … Continue reading →

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Grid-tied 2F windmill self-construction project with Jonathan in Austria

Posted on 05/07/2017 by hugh

Small wind turbine Do-It-Yourself Workshop incl. Installation Windmill type:  2F 16p piggott (2m rotor, grid feeding) Location:  FH Technikum / Energieforschungspark Lichtenegg Participants:  15 people Country:  Austria Date:  Spring 2017 The machine is currently under test alongside some larger ones and doing well. For an ebook with … Continue reading →

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Scoraig 2017 wind turbine workshop photos

Posted on 22/04/2017 by hugh

On this year’s course we built a 2F machine but with 16 magnets instead of the usual 12.  I have a cheap source of these smaller magnets.  The 2F is a “2 metre diameter Ferrite magnet wind turbine” which is … Continue reading →

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Fixing a 2F turbine on Scoraig

Posted on 05/02/2017 by hugh

The other day I had to take this 2F windmill down because it had stopped working. Turning slowly as if on the brake.  It’s a few years old and I thought most likely the flexible wiring inside the tower had got twisted up … Continue reading →

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