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How to build wind turbine generator hugh piggott 6/2005
"The axial flux windmill plans"
"How to Build a Wind Turbine" is a 64 page A4 booklet containing full step-by-step instructions for building your own 'axial flux' alternator, carving the blades and welding a frame, to complete an 8 foot diameter, 3-bladed, battery-charging wind generator (12, 24 or 48 volts DC). Larger and smaller projects are also briefly described. There are full lists of materials, suppliers and tools for the job. The design is based on the author's 25 years of experience building, and teaching people to build small wind turbines using the minimum of workshop technology.
This is the latest version of Hugh's windmill plans which has now superceded his old brakedrum windmill plans. The axial design is easier to build and involves less hunting around for parts.The brakedrum idea had a lot going for it, but it's not the way he would do it now (ten years on). The term 'axial flux' refers to a type of alternator where the magnets are mounted on disks and the flux between them is parallel to the axis of the shaft. This is unlike conventional alternators whose flux is radial across the air gap. His older brakedrum alternator design is a radial flux type.
We will provide Hugh's suggestions on the Wiring Data for grade N40 2"X1"X0.5" Neodymium Magnets.
