Stator and Rotor how to make help needed!

[infringer]

I will be building a wind turbine from plastic 55gal drums...

I need specifics:

how to wind the coils for 145lb n42 bar magnets to maximize power output

What type of fiberglass and how to hold the magnets in place while glassing to keep them from smacking together.

The spacing between each magnet is critical.

The number of magnets

The space between the stator and the rotor

Should the coils rotate or should the magnets rotate what is better?

There are so many combination help wanted!

[Michelinho]

Hi Infringer,

The link below will answer most of your questions:

http://www.otherpower.com/trips1.html

I used those tips in building my alternator and the only deviations I did was to make the stator in 2 sections (easily removable without having to take apart the magnet rotors) for ease of coils experimentation and using 12 (one per coil) rectifier bridges. If one rectifier blow, the alternator still works and you get about 33% increase in efficiency. The ideal ratio is for 3 coils 4 magnet sets for a lower "spin up speed". I used magnets that have a 87.6 lb of pull so I made a wooden template to hold them on the steel disk while the super glue dried and still got a few bleeders from snaps. Check your local autopart for the Locktite superglue, it comes in 3 viscosity and also in large format containers.

I used regular bodywork fiberglass sheets and resin.

Take care,

Michel

Edit: link to my Newman motor and alternator: http://www.overunity.com/index.php?topic=5287.0

[infringer]

Why must you use steel for the magnetic rotor why could you not glass the magnets right into the wood as they sit?

I am looking to have a 2ft magnetic rotor at the very least maybe even 32" rotor and my stator will have to match that or in pictures I have seen thus far be slightly smaller I wanna generate maximal power ...

I appreciate your help thus far but I guess I may be making things difficult but I don't care to use steel for a  magnetic rotor nor the stator I don't want any extra eddy currents from nothing just pure magnets anyhow I guess I will look more at otherpower as everyone keeps suggesting they seem to be advertisement and revenue based looking for cash cash cash ...

[infringer]

Bridge rectifiers where can I find some dependable rectifiers and the other electronics I need to convert the 3 phase to DC and what exactly do I need could you provide me with parts and links for the electronics obviously I will need a charge controller to disburse the power from the rectifiers into the batteries but I guess I want to do this cheaply but provide maximal power output ...

GREAT HELP

I just ask that you do not give up and tell me to go elsewhere for info we need the information available here for everyone to see no hopping site to site lets streamline here!

[infringer]

here appears to be the wiring I guess phase wires will not really matter which number is which as long as you keep coil sets 1 2 and 3 together and hook it up accordingly but this seems to be a nice picture so far of the wiring required.

Other things to tackle are how to properly wind coils my guess is if you had 12 coils there would be 4 coils per phase to keep it a 3 phase setup. Just assumption here off common logic.

My other question is would you not be able to use 3 of these 4 prong bridge rectifiers to keep them cooler say one for each phase instead of how it is pictured or is it only possible to use two of these ?

Beautiful Newman replication to say the least as well!

Thanks in advance