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Here are some simple electrical converters that may help you.

There are different ways to connect your battery bank or cells depending on what you are trying to achieve.

“How am I supposed to connect my battery if I want to double the capacity?”, or similar questions. It can be confusing if you’ve never done it, but hopefully this’ll make it simpler. Be sure to read the important notes at the bottom to protect yourself
from damaging any equipment! Connecting in Series
When connecting your batteries in Series you are doubling the voltage while maintaining the same capacity rating (amp hours). This might be used in a scooter, Power Wheels kids vehicle, or other applications.
Just use a jumper cable between the negative of the first battery and the positive of the second battery. Run your negative wire off of open connector of the first battery and your positive off of the open connector on your second battery.

Connecting in Parallel
When connecting in Parallel you are doubling the capacity (amp hours) of the battery while maintaining the voltage of one of the individual batteries. This would be used in applications such as laptop batteries, some scooters, some ups backups, etc. Use a jumper cable between the positives of both batteries and another jumper cable between the negatives of both batteries. Connect your positive and negative wires to the same battery to run to your application.

Important notes:
When connecting batteries in a pack there are some important things to keep in mind -

- Find out the requirements of your application. For example:
Don’t double the capacity on your Power Wheels vehicle if you’re not supposed to…you could burn up the engine. Follow the recommended guidelines for your application.

- Don’t use two different chemistries when connecting a pack. Usually the voltages will be different, but more importantly the charge rates will be different and the capacities may be different, thus resulting in a shortened life span.

- Try to match capacities as much as possible. When connecting batteries in a pack you should try to match the capacities as much as possible to avoid discharging one battery quicker than another. A pack operates at a combined voltage so your one cell that discharges quicker will likely discharge deeper than it may be able to recover from.

“Used by permission, - Zbattery.com

Posted below is a diagram for a diode and its proper hookup.

A Diode is needed so that electric current will run from the wind generator to the battery bank and not back to the generator causing the generator to act as an electric motor.

Here is a nice little tip for you out there that want to save huge on your electric bill….starting next month.

The most common 60 watt light bulbs put out more heat then they do light. Light would be like a secondary product of the bulb. When ever you create heat using electric it will cost you on your bill every month.

With the bulbs available today you can get more light from one bulb, it will last 10 times longer and it will cost you less then half of what you are paying EACH month on your electric bill.

Check out the video to see how this can save you huge bucks on your light bill.

Those of you that run wind generators or solor panels can also use these to use less of what you are already getting for free from the earth…..allowing for you to use more for other things.

Okay, one thing I could not find was a way to make the hub “perfect”

Its important to have all the measurements correct when your blades go on otherwise you end up with your blades off balance and that is not good at. In fact its dangerous if they fly off and hurt or kill someone.

I could not do this by myself so I went across the street where there is an office of engineers that specialize in commercial building design. I figured that even though this had nothing to do with commercial buildings, one of them may help me with a basic hub for a wind turbine.

Luckly after I explained what I needed to one of the engineers he said, “oh thats no problem. Hold on a sec.”

After sitting there watching him for about 5 minutes he designed a perfect hub for ANY wind generator.

He and I then turned it into an image that could be printed out (SEE THE IMAGE BELOW) onto a piece of paper and used as a template for others that are working on their wind generator projects.

This template will allow for you to use it on any wind generator project. It will allow for a 3 , 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 blade design.

If you are using the “windows printing wizard” to print this here is what you do….

First, download the image to your desktop.

Next, open the image.

Now click on the print button or icon.

Then choose “full page fax print. Cenerted and rotated to fit”

Now your all set. Simply use this same template for no matter what size of wind generator you are going to be making.

Of course you have to cut it out….but I am sure you already figured that much;-)