Hello my new best friend
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They are, indeed! It started life out on a Sasketechewan farm in the sixties, I understand. Then got transplanted here for a few years with an aquaintance of mine, and now I have it. I got the bearings changed, got it re-wound, dipped, baked, megged, new brushes, a new paint job, new rings, and we're off to the races again.
Mine is a Long case model 60, rated at 40v DC, 70 amps max, 2400 watts, according to the plate (and yes, I know the math doesn't work out
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Now, these TC-40s, who makes those? Are those Trace C-40s?
Talking to Michigan, for mine, since it's only 70 amps max, and with about two hundred and fifty feet of line from turbine to batteries to have some line loss, we figured one C60 would do it.
Including a rectifier, which they're quoting me on, and some load diversion, also, they're getting me a quote on.
It came with the old Jacobs load sensor gear, but it looked pretty sad, and probably would be cheaper, I figured, to start fresh.
It did come with two Enermaxers for load diversion; they're even the good ones that do 12-24-32-36V.
If I do have to go with a C60, I may sell them to pay for it... one of them, anyway.
I was wondering if I should throw a blocking diode in there anyway... Schotky, eh? Yeah, having my Jake turn into a Cessna would be a bad thing
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A thousand amp hours in a day?!?! Man, that would be sweet
. Not likely here, except in mid-winter. Here, wind is hit and miss. I think I'll be ok with it, but this part of Canada isn't exactly a wind tunnel. That's actually why I went with a Jake when the chance came along; they have a nice low cut-in speed; better even than the H80s.
Oh, and mine's flyball governed. As you said, Deux ex machina
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Oh, and Kev! Do you have the manual for your new toy? If you don't, I have one, and I've even scanned it to an adobe document if you want it!
DJ