(Mic) wrote in :

Or any alternative method for a electrical water powered generator for
crusing a la homemade.....


It's so easy you'll just be sick:

http://www.otherpower.com/

The rotors are made by gluing strong magnets to an old car disk brake
rotor, still on its bearings. The coils are hand wound pancake coils
placed sorta-close-to these rotating magnets, but not too close or it'll
stall it. 3,000 watts of rectified DC output is pretty simple, but your
rotating propshaft internal or dragged behind the boat, won't produce as
much power as their home-made wooden rotors do.

Notice how SLOW their alternators turn....no noisy gear trains, no belt
drives, no pulleys.....

I can just see an old brake rotor spinning behind the sternrail on its long
shaft trailing out behind your sloop, its copper stator coils shining in
the sunshine against the sea.....(c;

The guys whos webpage this only have a few complaints, one of which is what
to do with SO MUCH FREE POWER!

(Don't miss the hamster powered alternator pages done just for the
kids...(c