May 03 2009
Stator Details
I decided to finsh some details on the stator while I was kicking around the shop today.
The biggest concern when drilling the bolt holes through the stator was to not hit any of the copper coils or internal leads with the drill bit. You can see with the solid green that it could get difficult, but I was successful drilling the three 1/2″ holes 120 degrees apart for the mounting bracket hardward.
The generator terminals will eventually need to get connected to the line so I installed stainless terminal end lugs. The stainless will hold up to weather with no problem, but the main reason for using it is that it’s non-magnetic and I didn’t want them interfering with generation since these will be be in an area between the rotors.
You can see how each phase of the generator output is attached in the photo above and, on the flip side (below) how the line will connect to the opposite side of each lug. It should be an easy matter to hook it up when the time comes.
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