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I have pulled out a still good but older Aerogen 2 wind generator with the intention of fitting it on our boat. But ... on looking at it both wires coming out of it are white .... as oposed to red and black or whatever. Even looking inside they are both white. Can someone please advise as I find this quite confusing. The intention is to link it into my solar system which has facilities for wind genny. Thanks in advance.
 
iainzxr said:
I have pulled out a still good but older Aerogen 2 wind generator with the intention of fitting it on our boat. But ... on looking at it both wires coming out of it are white .... as oposed to red and black or whatever. Even looking inside they are both white. Can someone please advise as I find this quite confusing. The intention is to link it into my solar system which has facilities for wind genny. Thanks in advance.
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If the wires aren't colour coded l'd assume it was an AC output and that you will need a suitable rectifier. Easy enough to check it out.
You may also need a suitable regulator, which for an Aerogen will be a dump resistor type. IIRC you have to use the dual battery type if it is going to be used with other charging sources.
 
The plot thickens ... downloaded some stuff about the unit and they describe the wiring as 2 white wires ... 1 with a black sleeve and 1 with a red sleeve ... Alas there are now no sleeves ... so ... is there a way to tell which is which. I do have a system on the boat which handles the solar panels and the wind generator. There is a dump built in. ... 1 step forward 2 steps back.
 
iainzxr said:
The plot thickens ... downloaded some stuff about the unit and they describe the wiring as 2 white wires ... 1 with a black sleeve and 1 with a red sleeve ... Alas there are now no sleeves ... so ... is there a way to tell which is which. I do have a system on the boat which handles the solar panels and the wind generator. There is a dump built in. ... 1 step forward 2 steps back.
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Yes
Use your multimeter !
 
The multimeter .... yes it does far more that I will ever understand. It's also fairly straightforward when you're shown. But ... with the power of the internet I have discovered that inside there are 2 slip rings. Been there and saw them ... the top one is the positive so now we are heading in the right direction. As you probably realise ... I'm very much a nuts n bolts person ... electrics are black magic ... but thanks for your interest and help.
 
iainzxr said:
The multimeter .... yes it does far more that I will ever understand. It's also fairly straightforward when you're shown. But ... with the power of the internet I have discovered that inside there are 2 slip rings. Been there and saw them ... the top one is the positive so now we are heading in the right direction. As you probably realise ... I'm very much a nuts n bolts person ... electrics are black magic ... but thanks for your interest and help.
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If its the same as the Aero4gen it has a (3 phase ) AC generator with a rectifier inside the main body. The slip rings connect the DC output from the rectifier to the fixed wing in the pole.
Identify the positive and negative with you multimeter and be very careful to connect it with the polarity correct.
If you connect it to the battery with the polarity reversed you will probably destroy the rectifier quicker than you can say Whoops.
 
If you measure with a multimeter and see -12.6v that tells you the positive is negative.
If you read 12.6 volt with no minus sign then the red lead of the multimeter is connected to the positive aerogen wire.
Are you sure your solar regulator can take a dc input as they are usually ac. Nearly all wind generators output a/c into solar and wind regulator/controlers
What regulator is it ?
 
Rappey said:
If you measure with a multimeter and see -12.6v that tells you the positive is negative.
If you read 12.6 volt with no minus sign then the red lead of the multimeter is connected to the positive aerogen wire.
Are you sure your solar regulator can take a dc input as they are usually ac. Nearly all wind generators output a/c into solar and wind regulator/controlers
What regulator is it ?
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Solar regulators are AC ??
From AC solar panels ?
 
Stop confusing the man :) - Keep it simple.

Jonathan

VicS said:
If its the same as the Aero4gen it has a (3 phase ) AC generator with a rectifier inside the main body. The slip rings connect the DC output from the rectifier to the fixed wing in the pole.
Identify the positive and negative with you multimeter and be very careful to connect it with the polarity correct.
If you connect it to the battery with the polarity reversed you will probably destroy the rectifier quicker than you can say Whoops.
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We have Aqua4Aerogen - you have it exactly. We have the dump resistors (looking like something form the 1930s :)

And before anyone wants to be disparaging we find it an invaluable bit of kit (and yes we do have solar - but even in Sydney it rains, and some, and we do have clouds ..... and our consumption is the same in sun or cloud.

The Aero2 does not generate much power, from what I recall - is that a factor to the complexity of how the OP wires the unit into his charging system.

Jonathan
 
VicS said:
Solar regulators are AC ??
From AC solar panels ?
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Solar charge controller with dual input has ac for wind and dc for solar ? The thread is about a solar charge controller that can also accept a wind turbine.
 
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Rappey said:
Solar charge controller with dual input has ac for wind and dc for solar ? The thread is about a solar charge controller that can also accept a wind turbine.
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It's about a solar controller which will accept the output from a Aerogen 2 which has a built in ( 3 phase ) rectifier and is therefore DC. .
The Aerogen range require a dump type of controller so a solar controller,even one which accepts a DC input is unlikely to be suitable.
 
iainzxr said:
I have pulled out a still good but older Aerogen 2 wind generator with the intention of fitting it on our boat. But ... on looking at it both wires coming out of it are white .... as oposed to red and black or whatever. Even looking inside they are both white. Can someone please advise as I find this quite confusing. The intention is to link it into my solar system which has facilities for wind genny. Thanks in advance.
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I have a 25 ( which I assume is similar, the fan dia is just under half a metre) they are good things but the output is not huge so you can connect it directly to a battery as long as it is over 75 Ah in capacity. It still makes sense to tie off the generator if the battery is full and half a gale is forecast.

I agree that a solar controller might not be suitable...............but if you don't need it no matter. Fuse the thing 5Amp, near the battery because the whole length of wire is live 24/7. I nearly had a serious fire once, neglecting this issue.

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