[SEL] Generator hookup

[Listerdiesel]

On 5/11/05, Joseph L Betz <jlb94 at juno.com> wrote:
> Thanks JB
> 
> Hmmm - - So it may NOT be in my best interest to go to all the trouble
> of modifying one ( if I knew how ) and trying to drive it with a farm
> engine for a display.
> I was under the assumption that they work like a generator.
> 
> Everyone I see at car cruises with a "one wire alternator" seems to know
> NOTHING about them.
> I guess someone else always does the work.
> 
> How about using and old generator ?
> Or - A NEW generator ( if there is such a thing ).
> 
> 
> Joe "Pip" Betz said that.

You can get dynamos on ebay or at swap meets, and they are relatively
easy to run, and don't need the high rpm that an alternator does.

An old 110V DC motor will work as a generator also, and you don't need
a lot of wiring or electrickery to make it work, just a decent sized
variable wirewound resistor for the field control. Meters etc can
always be added later to make up a switchboard.

There have been motor and dynamos at Portland and Tulare on all the
recent occasions we have been there...

Peter
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