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super windy
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 Posted - 12/11/2007 : 21:14:31
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Hi ben and all little gotwinds.
I just had an idea that might just work, or as per usual might not, as most of you are aware i have made two turbines one is a treadmill motor, the other the ametek 30v, now is there any possibility that if I connect the output of both turbines to my diode, does this mean that if for example the treadmill is putting out, for example 9v, and the ametek is putting out 9v does this mean that in theory I will get 18v to the battery, or is this just not possible, the way I see it they both put out dc power, so it shouldn't be a problem, if at all possible do I then have a diode connected to the treadmill one, and another diode connceted to the ametek motor, then the two ouputs from both diode joined together to the battery, is this making sense, I think i know what I'm saying but just finding it hard to explain, basically have the two outputs from both turbines joined together= double the volts and amps into the battery bank, I know that there is alot of people that are really good with electronics, yourself, fungus, ghurd, and a few more people here, is this a good idea or is this the most silly question you have had in the 1.0001 posts here.
any help, or clarification is greatly appreciatted.
waiting eagerly for a reply
super windy
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super windy
Junior Member
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 23:49:43
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does anyone outthere think this is doable.
cheers
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Gill
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Australia
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Posted - 13/11/2007 : 13:33:08
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G'day super windy,
The way you have described connecting the two mills is a parallel circuit and will increase your amps but not the voltage you need. For the conditions you state you would need to connect the Positive of one mill to the Negative of the other. The second mills Positive then goes to your blocking diode and fuse then to battery Positive. Battery Negative goes to first mills Negative. This forms one big circle where everything is in series. Note one blocking diode only needed.
Past posts on this forum have covered this before in more detail. If I recall, a switching circuit was drawn allowing selection of mills in series for breezy days and parallel mills for windy days. You will need to ensure the mills are co-located such that they both power up at the same time by the same gusts. Not a professional approach to wind power generation but certainly a worthwhile trial.
Cheers... Gill |
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super windy
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Posted - 14/11/2007 : 00:10:07
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cheers gill, thank you for the information, its just i'm really hopeless with electrics or electronics, here the weather is bloody freezing, and i know the weather there in aus is hot as anything, I'm going there for christmas (wifee is australian oi oi oi), shes also from nsw.
anyway cheerio
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connecting the two turbines in parallel?
