The motor was converted by turning down the rotor and adding magnets to it while maintaining the original airgap.It is now a permanent magnet alternator .The idea is to eventually use it as a wind turbine to charge batteries. The output was rectified by a couple of Bridge rectifies to give the...
I just converted a 3 phase 7.5 hp induction motor into an alternator/generator.i have a 5hp compressor motor that i want to test the alt./gen with.I put a 1.5" pulley on the 5hp motor and a 10" pulley on the alternator/generator. The 5 hp motor spun the generator quite easily and give a RPM...