Re: [EVGRAY] Flywheel

Body

Frankly I can't remember exactly were I read or saw that I think it was
YouTube .but it was real ..he was talking power verses pulley ratios . it's
wouldn't take much to track it down . spring maple syrup pancakes and
sausages .man oh man .
On Mar 28, 2018 1:20 PM, "Warren Keillor [email protected]
[EVGRAY]" <[email protected]> wrote:

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> James
> I think I must have missed that one
> I have been having a hard time just to get the wheel spinning up until
> today.
> Once spinning, much to my surprise, above certain speeds, it vibrated
> worse than my cell phone, ready to take down the building.
> I had to spend a hour or so adjusting the balance, using long studs and
> nuts out from the hub. It would be easier from the rim except attaching the
> weights.
> Anyhow this seemed to have worked as the shake has calmed down.
> I am building a board for the generator with all the terminals outside so
> I can attach wires easily, but not baby safe, as they are all brass knurled
> knob nuts, for eye terminal wires. It makes it easy to connect meters and
> check output etc
> I haven't found my Fairbanks -Morse 1800 rpm generator yet, as Believe it
> or not, I am still unpacking from the Move in late December, just before
> the snowstorm that never went away.
> The maple sap is running, the snow is only in patches in the shade behind
> the buildings, but I think spring might come after all.
> I haven't a clue as to the guy' s ratios except looking at various pulley
> sizes. Relative to each other.
> I am not sure how fussy it is.
> There seem to be quite a variety on youtube video.
> To my mind , at this point, turning is good. It takes over ten minutes to
> coast down to a stop.
> Cheers Warren
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:52 PM, James Glinski [email protected]
> [EVGRAY]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Warren the guy who is on you tube vids talks about power and pulley ratios
> ..it the ratios are not right your screwed .he gives examples .
> On Mar 28, 2018 10:04 AM, "Warren Keillor [email protected]
> [EVGRAY]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi everyone
> I have been shuffling belts and pulleys, gearing down the 3400 rpm 1
> horsepower, single phase ,120 volt, 60 hz motor. It kept blowing breakers
> during that very grueling start up.
> I kept sizing up the pulleys on the flywheel shaf, requiring trips into
> town to change, and fortunately, exchange, vee belts at the Canadian Tire
> store, until I got this present one, which I fitted this morning.
> I put it on, then noticed the breaker was off, thanks to the neon light in
> the end of the extension cord being off.
> I had to go to another shed to flip the breaker.. By the time I got back
> to the stone barn, the wheel was up and running like a good thing, as I had
> left the switch on. The motor was up to full speed but the flywheel could
> get a few more revs, so I cranked the motor mount tighter, and that did the
> trick, using the Lovejoy sliding motor mount.
> The whole rig started to jump around on the floor, so I had to shut things
> down, take off the belts, and set the flywheel turning by hand, and coast
> to a stop..
> By noting where it stopped each time, I was able to see where it needed
> weight.
> I made the mounting bolts extra long, for mounting the hub to the flywheel
> so a threaded section stuck out beyond the wheel hub.
> I was able to put a 1/2" NC nut on the high stud and it seems to be very
> random where it stops now.
> Next after removing the c clamps and vice grips holding everything down,
> and fastening it all properly, the generator must be addressed.
> That means using a terminal board, and testing of all the wires, again,
> and figuring how to power the rotor core safely, to find out what this baby
> can do while spinning at speed.
> Cheers Warren
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