Peter Hendra wrote in
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Question: Any ideas on what/how I could use as an external regulator
or heat dumping device. I have heard that some people heat water with
the surplus energy.



"Regulating" a windmill always means "keeping it loaded so it doesn't
overspeed". Once the charging has completed, you need to load the hell
out of it to keep blade speed to a minimum, but not so low it burns out
the windings. It must NEVER freewheel!

So, as it's NOT like regulators on alternators on the engine or battery
chargers that simply shut off, I'm not sure it's a grand idea to have
multiple windmills charging the same battery banks. If you're going to
run both of them, separate the two battery banks, then apply the load to
one or the other, discharging them separately, either with a split load
or by switching the load between them (i.e., A or B but not BOTH on a
battery switch). The other, simple, thing to do is to simply stop one of
the windmills while the other charges them both more slowly, I suppose.
Bungee cords work better at loading an unused windmill than electronic
loads, anyways. Bungee cords are lots easier on windings and bearings
and rectifiers, etc...(c;

Larry
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