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My hat is off to Honda. I bow to them for this great product and what it means to humans and the planet.

Now my question is:

When will the United States and the auto makers here wake up and get a clue.

God forbid that people be able to run their vehicles on water and electricity!

The majority of the planet is filled with water. This vehicle produces Zero (0) emissions. The only bi-product is water.

I would love to see all auto makers only be able to produce vehicles that run like this. On water and electricity.

How would you feel to be able to drive past the gas station and not even care about what the fuel costs are?

The really nice part about this vehicle is that you would not be giving up any comforts that you currently enjoy. The only thing you would be giving up is the cost of fuel.

Quote from Honda:

“This is an important day in the history of fuel cell vehicle technology and a monumental step closer to the day when fuel cell cars will be part of the mainstream,” said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda. “Our customers and dealers share in our vision for a cleaner and more sustainable transportation future, and share in our challenge to embrace a new generation of automotive technology that we think will carry the auto industry and its customers into the future.”

I challenge law makers here in the United States to grow some and pass laws that will only allow these types of vehicles to be produced and sold in the US.

I suppose that could never happen as long as we have a president and VP that has financial interest in OIL.

It seems that the real estate developers and other with money in New Buffalo Michigan are scammers. They ignore the rights of the people of New Buffalo Township the right to vote on life changing issues.

Listen to this scam from our local radio station.

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Someone said that mounting your wind generator towards the ground was like mounting your solar panels in the shade as the wind is almost nothing near the ground. This proves to be true as I try to test the different blades. I find that there is simply not enough wind in my location to make them spin.

So, I took the time to bury 1″ steel water pipe (black) into the ground and cement it in for a base so that I can get the generators more off the ground. They will be between 15 and 20 feet in the air when I am finsihed with them. I know this is not even as high as they recommend however its still alot better then having them less then 5 feet from the ground.

Look at the video and you will see more about this.

Update: Here is the generator up on about 15 foot plole. Its now using the long skinny blades but as you will see they are too thin for cut in speed. (start up speed) Once spinning they are like nothing I have seen to date as far as speed goes. They are very, very fast.

Watch the video below to see more about this.

Here are some pics of some hubs I have made from cheap cutting boards from Lowes Home Improvement in Michigan City. These hubs are 1/8 of an inch thick. Very thin yet seem to be very strong. However I guess when we are talking about all the power in the wind, nothing may end up being as strong.

Using the cutting board to make a hub circle. You can see from above this will make a perfect 6 blade hub.

Cant be seen very well but its 1/8 of an inch thick.

This one is very nice and works great. I think this is my favorite.

Showing the thickness.

A ravaged cutting board after ripping a couple of hubs out of it.

I made this blade from 8″ PVC available at our local Michigan City Indiana Lowes store. 8″ PVC was the largest that they carried. I also looked at Menards store but the largest that they had was 4″

The length overall total was 5′ (feet) The actual pvc pipe was 10′ in length but I had the store cut it in half for me so I could better get 2 five foot sections into the back seat of my car then trying to get one 10 foot piece into it. (which of course could not fit)

The center of the blades with hole. You can see from the pic (above) that I used a sander for smooth the edges. Not real sure if it will make alot of difference but I figure it probably would not hurt with the wind cut in on the blades and such.

(above) Longer view of this design out of the 8″ PVC sch #40

(above) Pic of one of the tips of the blades. I sanded it smooth using a hand sander to help the air/wind flow over the tip and maybe to cut down on the sharp edges to reduce wind noise.

above: another view of the tip of the blades.

I know this really has not much to do with wind but the wind generator/motor/alternator used in this post is from another person that is using the same generator (AC-Delco = DC-540) to get power from a water wheel. Its his application in regards to the use of this generator and his specs that I find interesting.

Click on a screenshot for large pic.

As posted from Jenson (France)

All the same here are my first, shocking test results with new permanent magnet generator 180 tooth cog on water wheel straight to a 7 tooth cog on pma.

With out generator = 21rpm

Generator (no load) = 17rpm, 425 rpm @ generator produces 31v

Generator with 12v/ 20w bulb = 13rpm, 325rpm @ generator

Generator with 12V/ 100w bulb (barely lights the bulb) = 7 rpm, 175rpm @ generator

Shocking or what eh, dunt half take some torque once you start loading the pma, I’m sure that it will loosen up a bit through use as the bearings are going to be tight at the moment.

A couple of videos this one is with a 12v/20w bulb.

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyRJSvoQzE&feature=user

Now watch the wheel slow down when I put a 12v/ 100w bulb.

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=__CYMekZzNA&feature=user

I am going to try and make a 5 tooth cog or smaller but although the Teflon is tough I will be running out of diameter to play with.Once I get gearing spot on I will then get a machine shop to make me up a set of cogs but can’t afford at this stage to pay for experimenting.

I might also have to look into the possibility of modifying the mill race, I could possibly put the wheel further forward and maybe 20 or 30cm’s lower down but don’t know whether it would be worth the effort.

Jensen