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With all this information I find myself approaching old problems with new thinking. Of course it arouses more questions. When I first hooked up my high speed 3.5kw to my mill the lowest ratio I used was 1:3 and upto 1:9. Today I changed the ratio to 1:1.10 with much better results. Before I...

I think I'm still with you, but for clarification... And a better understanding, is the voltage measured off the 3 phase or is it optimum voltage rectified? if it were off the three phase I would assume I'd need three capacitors. Will the windmill freewheel if the capacitor is full and...

Wow, youre just the guy I need to talk to. I couldn't agree more with what youve said. Dont get me wrong, I'm no genius, and I have fallen into the arms of the savonous. I've done much research on prior work with the vertical and tried to learn from others mistakes. With this research I've...

Baluncore, the mill is a savonous/darreus h-rotor with variable pitch. My first prototype was reaching tsr's of 1.68, proving the mill is generating lift, operating at 100rpm. My newest build has a much larger radius which operates at a slower speed but quite strong. Because of the mills unique...

Hello to all, new member here, stand back! I've built a few prototype vertical axis wind turbines and have been on a major learning curve trying to find the best pma( permanent magnet alternator) to match my mill. At first the reasoning seemed simple. Find a pma and adapt the mill to drive it at...