Hi all, I am new to wind turbines and have done some research online, the question I am asking is the suitability of a motor as a generator? The specs are as follows: Volts: 240 Amps: 6.2 Rpms: 1440 Hz: 50 Single phase To my calculations it would produce 60 volts at 450 rpms, if 450 rpms is achievable. I live in southern Australia, Victoria near Geelong, I am surrounded by open fields and wind here is quite good, average I guess around 30 kph, with gusts up to 130 kph at times. I have 15 arces and the power supplier has forced me to self regulate to only 40 amps by use of a 40 amp circuit breaker, so any extra power would be great, i have looked at solar power and it seems a waste of time unless you have $100,000 to spend and 50 years to wait for the investment to pay off! Any help would be great! thanks in advance
I am not to sure it appears to have many pencil size magnets with copper wire running along side of them, I guess there would be about 50 of these fixed to the outer casing. It also has stamped on, Type: cap.st Class: e Rating: mcr It's an Australian made motor.
It seems that it is a PM motor. Magnets and copper is what is inside one of these. Can you hook up a voltmeter to the wires and read AC voltage just to make sure the motor does indeed work. You will need a single phase bridge rectifier in order to go from AC to DC.
