Generator-+E1G6


 * 5/8/09**


 * 5/12/09**

5/13/09 media type="file" key="VID00092.AVI"

5/15/09 5/19/09 media type="file" key="E1G6 post.wmv"

5/20/09

We didn't accomplish as much work as we wanted to this week. We got into an argument over if we should use the 4 2.5cm diameter washers or get another 3cm washer. We ended up using the 2.5cm diameter washers and we made what we needed to.

5/22/09

Today we did not do much. Mikey brought in the magnets and we were able to get some of the stuff done that was on our list. Ross was not able to bring in a screw eye so we could not attach the tubine but we will next week.

5/26/09

media type="file" key="Video 63.AVI" 5/27/09

6/01/09 Our team goal for the week is to finish the project all the way by Friday. This is the coils that will generate electricity. We had a problem with the second coil because Samuel messed it up while taking it off so we tried to fix it.

6/02/09 media type="file" key="1st Test.wmv" We ran into the problem that the LED light did not turn on when we tested the turbine. We think that we may be able to fix this shortly if we figure out the problem. One thing that we feel we need change is the fact that we forgot to glue the magnets to the washers. When we had the fan on, the magnets we slipping and they almost flew off. Another reason that we think it may not have worked is that we taped over the copper where we scraped the enamel off on the wire. The current may not have run as well with the tape. We will try to fix these things and then we will test again. That video will be on the wiki as soon as we can get it there.

6/03/09 This is our wind turbine on our second to last work day. On the left, you can see part of the wind turbine ripped off. We are currently gluing the part back onto the wind turbine. It ripped off when Samuel put the wind turbine in front of the fan on a high setting. We want to rebuild the project today and think about more ideas to improve it. We also need to straighten our crossbar, which might have caused the turbine to not generate electricity. Today we did fix the turbine part and then when Samuel was screwing around and holding it upside down he dropped it and the magnet popped off. We will now work to fix that, it will waste a little more time but hopefully we can finish and Samuel will not break it anymore! We reglued the crossbar.

media type="file" key="Movie.wmv" media type="file" key="LED success.wmv" Above are the videos of our final project inside using the fan.

Below is the video of our final project outside using the wind. media type="file" key="Outsidefinal.wmv"

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