alt.energy.renewable

On Apr 2, 7:45=A0pm, "Glenn Jensen" wrote:
> I realize it seems inefficient to convert from circular motion at the top =
of
> the windmill, to "up and down", back to circular motion on the ground, but=

> this is what I have to work with. =A0Unless I redesign the entire old styl=
e
> windmill, this would be the simplest for me to convert back to rotary moti=
on
> on the ground. =A0Just curious if anyone has done this before. =A0The idea=
of a
> Crankshaft on the bottom, with a flywheel to maintain the momentum of the
> "up and down" motion was an idea of mine as well.
>
> Thanks everyone for their help.
>
> Glenn"harry k" wrote in message
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> On Apr 1, 5:52 pm, nos...@nospam.com (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
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> > In article ,
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> > Glenn Jensen wrote:
> > >Hey There:
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> > >I have a farm windmill that produces up/down motion, about 4 inches of
> > >travel. Any idea how to convert this action into rotary motion, so as t=
o
> > >run a generator or alternator?
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> > The windmill must be converting rotary motion to up-and-down motion
> > in the first place. I'm not expert on wind systems, but wouldn't it
> > make sense to take out the crankshaft or whatever that does the
> > conversion and mount your generator up on the windmill? You may need
> > a gearbox, though.
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> Hmmm....let's see. =A0Windmill starts with rotary motion, converted to
> upsy/downsy, coverted back to rotary...Nope, I don't see anything odd
> about that concept ;)
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Just 'funning' you. I spotted several problems with trying to put the
'works' at the top beginning with some sort of slip-ring to pick off
the generated juice.

Harry K