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A WINDCHARGERBy Lewis H. Cline1102 West River Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Here is something that might be of interest to readers of GEM. It's a wind charger that I built in the late 1920's before Rural Electrification and used for quite a number of years. It was mounted on a 40 foot windmill tower using an old windmill head with crankshaft and wheel removed and a piece of shafting turned down to fit Model T front wheel bearings clamped in place of crankshaft. Courtesy of Lewis H. Cline, 1102 West River Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Courtesy of Lewis H. Cline, 1102 West River Road, Battle Creek Michigan 49017 The generator was 6 volt with third brush set for maximum output and was driven from 18 inch V pulley. Propellor was made from a piece of fine grained fir 2 by 8 inches by 8½ feet long. Pitch was about 6 to 1 on outer 2 fe... 796 of 1988 characters shown.
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