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lithium acid battery I am guessing but I am more interested about knowing about what kind of motor to use

Thx, i have looked a lot on the internet, i found a couple videos that say you can use a washing machine motor and so i dismantled a washing machine and then found out later through some more research that these are AC motors so I wouldn't be able to use them

when using a gearbox won't it increase the torque which will make it harder to spin

I have no experience with DC-DC converters And didn't do electronics I just know the basics from physics A level. I have thought about using a car cigarette lighter to convey 12v to 5v to charge a phone if it doesn't end up producing enough electricity but I don't know if that's the same thing...

RMT stands for Resistant Materials and technology. It' basically wood and metal work and it' an A level course in England

I am making a small wind turbine for my A-level RMT and wondering what kind of generator I need to charge a 12volt battery. The turbine is a vertical axis savonius turbine that will probably be about a meter high and half a meter wide. I know I can use permanent magnet dc motors and someone...