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DTV004 Regular Member Joined: 30/04/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 65
Posted: 02:15am 30 Apr 2009
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Hi im a new member and have a question hopefully you can help me with this.
I read on the forums that you can use the motor inside of a lg washer to produce power for a windmill and so today I went and found one and now my question is I plugged in a meter and it read about 100 volts as I moved it by hand it powered up a 40 watt light bulb so i was wondering if their was a way to find out what is the max watts that this produces the model of the washer is wm2233h and front loader could anyone tell me how to find out ?
KiwiJohn Guru Joined: 01/12/2005 Location: New ZealandPosts: 691
Posted: 02:22am 30 Apr 2009
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
The test you have done indicates that you can get some useful output from this motor but just how much is rather like the length of a piece of string!
Perhaps someone will have some experience or otherwise to give a rule of thumb for that motor but otherwise, and this is the option I suggest, you should make a windmill and find out!
Some of the guys here have tested generator systems in a lathe with a dummy load.Edited by KiwiJohn 2009-05-01
DTV004 Regular Member Joined: 30/04/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 65
Posted: 04:29am 30 Apr 2009
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Thank you for the reply and I already ordered those propellers from ebay and they should be here any time also what kind of power controller do you recommend or how to charge the batteries a 40 amp or a 60 amp im not sure I have 3 batteries that are marine deep cycle type are these the appropiate ones ?
carl1 Regular Member Joined: 16/04/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 79
I will run some output test on LG motors in the next view weeks, so some data will be available here for free!!
The lathe I am useing starts to stall @ 600watts. If anybody on the Sunshine Cost, Queensland has a bigger on for testing, this would be great .
And if anyone already has some data on LG available, please contact me.
" Ecoinn " mentions up to 1.2KW output. I think that's for the small one, 16mm wide steel laminate of the stator. The other LG motor I have is from a LG or Whirlpool toploader with 32mm wide steel laminate. So there might be up to 2KW available: I need a bigger lathe
There are some pics in a previous post about LG's
cheers
Harald
DTV004 Regular Member Joined: 30/04/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 65
Posted: 05:11am 30 Apr 2009
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ok this the photos from the lg ..
Greenbelt Guru Joined: 11/01/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 566
Posted: 05:25am 30 Apr 2009
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I moved it by hand it powered up a 40 watt light bulb so i was wondering if their was a way to find out what is the max watts that this produces?
If you can find the ID Tag, Motor Data Plate Volts-Amps.
This will tell you what the wiring in the motor can handle without over heating. 120 VOLTS * Full load Current AMPS = Watts. There is Rectifier loss to charge batteries and Dc to Ac converter loss. Most people get about 170 watts in a good wind. Not worth the cost of a windmill and all the equipment. Time has proven that I am blind to the Obvious, some of the above may be True?
Greenbelt Guru Joined: 11/01/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 566
Posted: 05:47am 30 Apr 2009
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I Just now saw your pictures and your post, If you do all the mods. you can upgrade the output , It'l cost ya.Time has proven that I am blind to the Obvious, some of the above may be True?
DTV004 Regular Member Joined: 30/04/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 65
Posted: 06:09am 30 Apr 2009
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ok i bought these motors from ebay three weeks ago and i recieved it about a week ago they are 1400 watts 10 amps each and like i said before in the previous post i already ordered the propelar from ebay will this do the job if it does what type of power regulater will you recomend...thank you.
DTV004 Regular Member Joined: 30/04/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 65
Posted: 06:12am 30 Apr 2009
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DTV004 Regular Member Joined: 30/04/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 65
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