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WindyMiller

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Joined: 05/04/2011
Location: United States
Posts: 62
Posted: 04:47am 05 Apr 2011
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GidDay! My project is this. I bought a 1958 Pontiac Rambler Nash generator off of Ebay and I want to figure out a why to rewind it to produce a 1000 or 1100 Watts to run my Freezer and Fridge during storms. I have constructed a DC generator that is 120 Volts at about 400 Cycles from old car parts. My solution is to build a motor generator to convert this to pure sinewave AC power for induction motors. I know they make inverters. But I simply cannot afford them. Plus I like doing things the way they use to be done a 100 years ago with massive machines. I am basing this off of the two books by Lindsey publications. The two books are "Generator Secrets", and "The Lejay Manual." These manuals talk about building a AC 60HZ machine of 500 Watts self excited. My question is how do you do the calculations to scale it up to 1000 or 1100 watts? How do you figure the number of turns of wire needed?



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I have a question regarding the different types of motor winding wire, and where to get said wire? First off I am interested in knowing what is the best type of insulated wire to use? I am building a DC-AC rotary converter and would like to pull some series amps on this thing? Is the wire with the white coating stuff better than the run of the mill 18 AWG wire you can get on a spool? Or would a cloth coated wire be better? I guess what I am asking is what type of insulation is the most durable? Or what is the best money can buy sort to speak?

This is my first post here. Sorry if it looks more like scrambled eggs and not a well composed forum post!

RobertEdited by WindyMiller 2011-04-06
 
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