using the back of a car alternator to charge control my battery bank. This video shows how to connect up a car alternator to your 3 phase turbine so you can charge a 12v battery. We will use this with our table top turbine when we get to charging so don't worry, the table top turbine will be a very practical thing indeed to build. #scraptopower #offgrid #homemade #chargecontroller #fyp | Barra Mulligan

Exciting times here in the workshop, high winds expected and I will be harnessing as much of that power as I can. The car alternator charging system has worked very well on the river turbine but now it's time to see how it will work out on our wind turbine. Like share and follow for more interesting builds from already available scrap parts #scraptopower #offgrid #homemade #windturbine #diy #chargecontroller #fyp #foryoupage | Barra Mulligan

I built my charge control system from the back of a car alternator. As hacks go this has proved to be one of the best so far. I wire my 3 phase from my washing machine generator into the car alternator, this gives me DC and when I hook up a battery it regulates it to a charging voltage for my 12v battery. This is only the start of testing and a burn off of some sort will be added to cope with very high voltage and when system is charged. For now I have a fully functional wind turbine and chargin