----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 5:13 PM Subject: Re: OT/ethics/hood ornament/name
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Lee Hart wrote on: > >> ... a hood ornament that charges a battery from the wind... > >> Of course it's silly; it's supposed to be. But what a wonderful > >> ice-breaker when talking to people about your EV! > > > I was apprehensive to get into this one for the sake of bandwidth, > > but I think BOTH of you are onto something. > > > > And what about doing both a solar panel and a mini wind turbine? > > I have the panel already. Okay, for what it's worth,...count me in > > too!! I'm not driving an EV, but what the heck? It's a dream we are > > generating, and a real EV is still a bit of a dream for me. what to mount them on ? how about a hood ornament that look like one of those solar race's with real solar pannel .could even have a flip up hood and 9v bat charges inside. > > "Generating Dreams." There's another phrase I like! good.. another EV generator "no it dosen't make electry it makes electri cars let me tell you about it...." good if you don't have time to make it fuctional. > > Steve, give me some ideas on what I can use for a prop. It has to be > > something I can find commonly, okay? Like I know anything about this. We will learn together. > My first guess would be something roughly 3"-4" in diameter that has > reasonably well designed propeller blades (not something off a toy). A > small computer fan seems like a good start. that almost sounds to big ,hope we don't need somthing that big to run a meter. what do your think our losses be while driving I'm thinking that a model airplane prop might be good . controll the output with some zener diodes(kiss)or not (a minnie rudman pfc .02) funny I'v been pulling little motors out of junk i find for years but haven't knowed what to do with them.Tape players, Dust busters, Kids hide you toys if you sospect your parents might have EV madness . > I tested a few computer fans that I already have. All of them can be > easily spun with relatively low airspeeds, but they generate essentially > no power as-is. I'm sure they have permanent magnet rotors, but the > controller chips in them probably lack rectifier diodes. I'll have to > take one apart and put diodes directly on the stator coils. what have I done :- ) what going to happen when the gang gets back from woodbrun and we'll all talk about hood ornaments > Interestingly enough, I got more power from a 120vac fan. It generated > AC as soon as I began spinning it. With a 1uf capacitor, it generated > 2-3 volts AC in about a 10 mph breeze. That one will be for victor more power or just higher volts what was the ma? don't answer (joke) > I also tried putting a 4" cooling fan on a small 12vdc permanent magnet > motor. This was the most successful; it easily lit an LED (1.6v at 10ma) > with a 10 mph breeze. these motors are everwere . The electric jeeps that are for kids have two nice one's. although they may be to big . remember they will be in a 40-60 mph wind. I told two people about a national movement to protest ford's pulling the pleg on the think. I told them to just take a old cord off any old appliance and hang it out the gas cap door to show there sopport. "they not going to be making hi-breads?" they ask . to bad caus for a minite I though i saw monkeys The stage is set 9/11 around the corner and ford with there hand on the plug. the usa needs somthing to put a smile back on her face . were are those woodburn boys? I have 2 ev's in the back yard with paying custermers and I'm making hood peices. steve clunn > Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring > 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering > Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything > leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen > >
