TheBackShed.com

Home	JAQForum Ver 24.01
Log In or Join
Active Topics
Local Time 23:42 09 Jul 2025	Privacy Policy
Jump to

Notice. New forum software under development. It's going to miss a few functions and look a bit ugly for a while, but I'm working on it full time now as the old forum was too unstable. Couple days, all good. If you notice any issues, please contact me.

Forum Index : Windmills : Cordless Drill Motor

Author

Message

Scotland
Newbie

Joined: 17/01/2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 1

Posted: 06:33pm 16 Jan 2007

Copy link to clipboard

Print this post

I'm new to windmills. Is it possible to use the motor from a cordles drill?

Gill

Senior Member

Joined: 11/11/2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 669

Posted: 12:03pm 17 Jan 2007

Copy link to clipboard

Print this post

Yes Scotland, you sure can. To answer your question I connected a multimeter to the two battery connector tabs in the handle of an old 7.2volt battery drill and spun it by hand. The meter indicated a peak of 2voltsDC. You could easily perform this test yourself on any potential motors i.e. those with permanant magnets. Stepper motors are more suitable as they do not use a comutator and brushes. Typically they have 5 or 6 wires and generate 3 phase AC. It is however a little more complex to test these. Possibley the greatest difficulty you would have in using a drill motor as a wind generator is the speed of the propellor needed to generate uesful power. For this application I think a 2 bladed prop is best as they run at higher speeds. The fun thing with these small units is that you can experiment with diferent ideas so easily. I hope you give it a go.

was working fine... til the smoke got out.
Cheers Gill _Cairns, FNQ

Pt w/field Matt

Senior Member

Joined: 24/02/2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 105

Posted: 12:23pm 17 Jan 2007

Copy link to clipboard

Print this post

hi scotland get a 18volt 2 speed drill and use the gearbox to help spin the motor fast and hold the blade shaft with the chuck and if it doesnt work you have a c/less drill that can be solar/wind charged

matt down south

Print this page

To reply to this topic, you need to log in.