Converts Sunlight "DIY" Solar Panel and Wind Power reviewed

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   ประภาส ศิริสัมพันธ์ says:

   January 13, 2015 at 12:21 pm (UTC 0)

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   Enjoy

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   Kushal Pathak The Random Acess Hacker says:

   January 13, 2015 at 1:03 pm (UTC 0)

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   Isn’t there an other idea to convert dc to ac without using
   motors?Please,can you tell me?

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   fred stevens says:

   January 13, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC 0)

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   does anyone know the efficiency of a motor-generator setup? If I put in one
   kwh, how much would I get out? (i know it is less) could a DC motor be
   connected to an ac generator for a cheap high quality inverter? (not high
   efficiency)

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   electricretrotech says:

   January 13, 2015 at 2:24 pm (UTC 0)

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   Thanks very nice comment, I was just tinkering around with this, it’s not
   new in any way they did this type of set up when they needed controllable
   DC in the past where AC was only available, but it could be maybe
   redesigned or used in other ways or like what you say for a solar setup or
   other, I have built other generators and working on a new one on my other
   channel, kurtscottage.

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   MrFirestar952 says:

   January 13, 2015 at 3:07 pm (UTC 0)

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   Awesome

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   FrankenPC says:

   January 13, 2015 at 3:25 pm (UTC 0)

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   This is REALLY inspirational. I was looking for a steampunk way to generate
   alternating current to drive a HV transformer from a battery. This gave me
   all kind of ideas. Thanks!

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   electricretrotech says:

   January 13, 2015 at 4:16 pm (UTC 0)

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   your right, I did not mention that part I do understand the current will
   drop proportionally with the voltage, the 8v motor being a couple of amps
   when steeped up with the transformer the current drops to milliamps that’s
   why it wont light the bulb but I’m just tinkering around for fun also there
   is heat loss so not the greatest setup

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   samuel newsome says:

   January 13, 2015 at 5:03 pm (UTC 0)

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   how do you build a small dc to ac converter

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   Craig Little says:

   January 13, 2015 at 5:08 pm (UTC 0)

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   this guy about to shock his balls off!!

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    electricretrotech says:

    January 13, 2015 at 5:35 pm (UTC 0)

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    @bobo888bobo I haven’t read anything on the efficiency in general of this
    setup. I have seen in an old apartment building elevator room an ac motor
    to dc generator set up, I think this was common back in the day where they
    needed to power and control a large dc motor with only an ac source. You
    could hook a dc motor to an alternator or induction motor and easily do
    this. I was thinking of doing this for a project.

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    Amit Nohria says:

    January 13, 2015 at 6:30 pm (UTC 0)

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    brother can you tell me how to connect floppy drive motor wires to
    tanformer?

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    professorfidelcat says:

    January 13, 2015 at 7:22 pm (UTC 0)

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    try using a toroidal transformer instead of the Ecore…might boost voltage
    gain