Thank you so much for posting the 1000w wind turbine:-)

I was actually looking for an alternator / generator plan for a project, and found that any commercially made ones were unbelievably expensive. I knew how to make a generator / alternator, but specifics on design are hard to find online without paying over $50 for plans promising "high efficiency" or even "over unity" ( over 100 % efficiency, which isn't possible in the real world).

My alternator will be greatly scaled down to fit a small / high rpm Tesla turbine.

I'll let you know the results when it's up and running.

ldb

Will you be making an instructable showing how to control the rpm and how the ac to dc rectifier goes to your battery bank and then to your controller?

Spence:
 You said near the bottom of page 2 that at 30 mph. the blades turn out of the wind,( I read through 3 more pages and it dosent look like you answered that one) How does that work, I was under the impression that the blades were mounted solidly to the hub or does the 10 degree cut have something to do with it. Other than this issue I think I have a firm grasp on this thing, I have written down your e-mail address and will write if I have any further questions.
 The reason I asked is that here the wind blows all winter long and 30mph. is almost the minimum we get 25 to 30 mph  almost constantly and many times more. Hey I might be able to light up all of my neighbors too with this if it turns fast enough, lol 
                                             Michael 

Im making the alternator with the 12 magnets, i know that it normally uses 9 coils,I would like to know if I can use 12 coils with the 12 magnet set up and it will be 3 phase but with each phase having 4 coils. I know the wire set up for the star with the 9 coils ,what would it be with the 12 coils. Thanks John