Had an idea. Harvesting electricity from your PTO.

[CNC Dan]

I have done a little research into the use of induction motors for electricity production, but not enough to give any advice. Youtube has a ton of videos posted and the link I posted was just the first one that popped up while doing a quick search. I was searching for hydro production and am thinking about giving the induction motor a try.

I can't remember where I got it, but I used to have a small booklet titled "alternator secrets", that had some info in the back on using an induction motor as a generator.

 

[FTG-05]

I can't remember where I got it, but I used to have a small booklet titled "alternator secrets", that had some info in the back on using an induction motor as a generator.

I have that .pdf, but it's at home on my home pc; I'll post it when I get home.

 

[buickanddeere]

I've ran induction motors as generator without being paralleled to the utility or a syncronous generator but it took some doing to make it generate.
Frequency and voltage can not be closely reguulated with a stand alone induction generator.
Primary application for induction generators is on wind turbines and some water turbines. Wind turbines make dirty power and tend to trip the P&C circuits.

 

[Cord]

Yeah, I shoulda searched first. Just found a ton of threads after I posted. Feeling kinda dumb. Wishing there were a delete thread option.

Maybe I'll edit the post to be something completely different so I don't look like such a dummy.

Now you'll have to put up with all the stupid posts by people who won't let the thread die.

 

[buickanddeere]

iirc Farmall or somebody planned to equip farm tractors with high output alternators. with the intention of electrically driving equipment instead of using a pto ?
I seen a Farmall at a show with a great hulking alternator that looked factory mounted on the right side.

 

[muddstopper]

Now you'll have to put up with all the stupid posts by people who won't let the thread die.

What??? You talking about Me? HeHeHe

 

[DarkBlack]

I do like the thread title wording though: "Harvesting electricity":laughing:

 

[FTG-05]

Here's the "Alternator Secrets" .pdf mentioned earlier.

 

[k0ua]

Here's the "Alternator Secrets" .pdf mentioned earlier.

Thanks for posting, that was a great paper.

 

[DarkBlack]

Cool article. You can tell it's a bit dated since it doesn't include today's available simple cheap inverters.