diy Lighting System

looking over these motors there's not a lot of room to make a gen. but after a few failures
i may have something that will work. problem with using the white wire it shares the ground with the magnito. to much of a load and it effects the cdi. there are products on the market but im cheap so
here we go...


just to be sure i had the proper winds in the coal i unwound a magnito. took about two hours without damaging the wire.

the iron core is from a microwave fan. will be cut to fit coal slot with epoxy.

ill go into more detail if it works... as you can see in the pics it likely will after i get another magnito lol



cheers

Very nice. That looks promising. I would like to see how it all turns out. I would be interested in trying to making one.

I am thinking of setting up a 'fairly' powerful headlight using some info from Scotchmo's posts. I took a 4 amp 6 volt battery out of an old 1,000,000 candlepower spotlight. I think the white wire will charge it well enough as I do most of my driving in the day. Plus it can be charged with an ac adapter. I just need to grab the diodes etc.

i've been toying with this idea as my mag dosen't kick out much juice . post more phots of your mounting if you can. good work.

all ready for testing in the morning..

Very nice looking job! It will be interesting to see how much it can produce.

wow i got 1.2volts... ok now on to the next idea heh.

how about a tool motor mounted under the motor with a vacuum belt?

it worth a try if it works i will need to source out a aluminum pully

karma1968 said:

wow i got 1.2volts... ok now on to the next idea heh.

how about a tool motor mounted under the motor with a vacuum belt?

it worth a try if it works i will need to source out a aluminum pully

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Tool motor? Like an older 12v DC cordless driver acting as a genset? I've given that some thought myself as we repair power tools where I work and so there's quite a few cordless tools kickin' around w/o battery packs. As just replacement batteries often cost as much as a new kit, tool included - that's not really a surprise.

I've a coupla concerns though, the biggest is I don't think the bearings can take the prolonged high speed use - not even the quality tools, but... mebbe? Gotta be better than the Walmart gennys right? Another is they're not even vaguely weather-resistant, but I suppose the most important is I dunno if they can be easily/conveniently brought up to speed.

The drill/drivers have a reduction gearbox of course, and this would help. It's "draggy" as heck... so I was thinkin' a sprocket drive somehow... there's another "mebbe" lol I'm not sure all tools would act as gensets when spun, some have very puzzling circuit boards and whatnot. I also had the thought that the 14.4s might be more appropriate for charging a 12v sys as you do need about 13v... but it's not like these come with a regulator and you might well succeed on getting more than 12v out of the older 12v tools if they're spun overspeed...

The 14.4s are a lil easier to find these days tho lol

I was thinkin' something like this as with the 90° head it has mounting options, couldn't be used as a tensioner as the bearings/shaft are in question to begin with... and ofc it's $150 new lol;

BOSCH Cordless Screwdriver Kit, Volts 12.0 VDC, Drill Speed 0 to 600 RPM, Max Torque 80 In-Lb, 90 Degree Articulating Head

So yeah - sorry about that, I didn't really provide any answers lol If ya do try this, I'll be watchin'

o.o

not sure about using a gearbox most tools use nylon or plastic gears. i have another motor that could take more
abuse. this ones 20v with a built in fan.

once i get the pulley system dialed in i wont be restricted to just one motor.

the one i have installed now gives me over 6volts just spinning it by hand should be interesting to see the max voltage at idol.

ill post a video on youtube.

YouTube - karmabike1911's Channel

hey check out "wonderful creations store" motorized bike stuff on ebay, they sell a mini gen. maybe a bar config. would work better?
what about mounting an old bike light gen under the motor case? seem's like the mounting could be used to tighten a belt drive? most of them are 6 volt systems. just an idea.

now that i have something to work with ill try it.

it work powered up a 20volt bulb no problem. still need to work out the belt problem. i may look into a flat belt.


YouTube - karmabike1911's Channel



when i get around to ordering the parts ill post pics.

cheers

karma1968 said:

looking over these motors there's not a lot of room to make a gen. but after a few failures
i may have something that will work. problem with using the white wire it shares the ground with the magnito. to much of a load and it effects the cdi. there are products on the market but im cheap so
here we go...


just to be sure i had the proper winds in the coal i unwound a magnito. took about two hours without damaging the wire.

the iron core is from a microwave fan. will be cut to fit coal slot with epoxy.

ill go into more detail if it works... as you can see in the pics it likely will after i get another magnito lol



cheers

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Karma.....if that works please let us know.....I'm sure many of us would use that scheme....


Thanks,
Salty

it worked but i only got 1.2volts. problem is you would need more than two magnet poles
with this setup.. or high rpms