BigBlue
Active Member
O.K.,
On my daily touring training sessions, I have a lot of time to think of different systems that could be used on various motor setups for charging batteries and/or electrical systems. Unfortunately, my training takes precedent over my actual working in the garage. I've got a boat load of projects that may never see the light of day. Furthermore, I have a custom motorized touring bike that I am building for a long distance tour.
Here's a project that is actually almost completed. I have to make another drive shaft. I had to adjust my mini lathe because all my shafts that I made had a taper. If I don't get around to it soon, I may have a local machine shop make the shaft and then finish the other work myself. It is a friction drive system that I made in a intro to welding class at UCD. It is a Cag pocket bike engine with electrical start and generates electricity. They are used on mini quads. I added an additional alternator on the output shaft. It will only generate electricity when the clutch is engaged. I had to taper the end of the shaft to accept the alternator.
I know that the engine is probably under-powered for the 2 alternators, but it is more of a proof of concept. The 2nd alternator will only work with clock-wise engines. If you tried to run it with a counter clock-wise engine, the alternator would start to unwind from the housing.
A possible alternative would be a stator from a scooter or small motorcycle. I tried to get Staton to extend the gearbox drive shaft to run a stator, but he wasn't interested.
Thanks for looking,
Chris
AKA: BigBlue
On my daily touring training sessions, I have a lot of time to think of different systems that could be used on various motor setups for charging batteries and/or electrical systems. Unfortunately, my training takes precedent over my actual working in the garage. I've got a boat load of projects that may never see the light of day. Furthermore, I have a custom motorized touring bike that I am building for a long distance tour.
Here's a project that is actually almost completed. I have to make another drive shaft. I had to adjust my mini lathe because all my shafts that I made had a taper. If I don't get around to it soon, I may have a local machine shop make the shaft and then finish the other work myself. It is a friction drive system that I made in a intro to welding class at UCD. It is a Cag pocket bike engine with electrical start and generates electricity. They are used on mini quads. I added an additional alternator on the output shaft. It will only generate electricity when the clutch is engaged. I had to taper the end of the shaft to accept the alternator.
I know that the engine is probably under-powered for the 2 alternators, but it is more of a proof of concept. The 2nd alternator will only work with clock-wise engines. If you tried to run it with a counter clock-wise engine, the alternator would start to unwind from the housing.
A possible alternative would be a stator from a scooter or small motorcycle. I tried to get Staton to extend the gearbox drive shaft to run a stator, but he wasn't interested.
Thanks for looking,
Chris
AKA: BigBlue