MANTA generator has claimed to produce 12VDC @ 35amps with just one turn of the shaft by hand this was hard for me to wrap my head around but I wanted to know more I looked web far and wide
some clams:that there easy to burn up unbalanced but still a torque monster and a killer generator so if anbody can fill in the gaps would love to get the background of this little monster,did Briggs build this motor? If not who did ? Here is a cool fact there is no wires inside the plates are the wires the brushes output DC directly no rectification.
is there a way to stop overheating it seems the design could be reworked for greater output so I opened this tread for any information anyone has about this design
The Manta Story - These are NEW motors, NEVER USED that had been claimed as 'freight damaged' many years ago and then put into storage - Years later, broken parts were swapped out or replaced with new parts, all work done here in the U.S.A. - By using improved hand fabricated parts we feel these motors work better than the original motors since our laminations are a bit more conductive and high temperature epoxy is utilized as adhesive insuring a tough bond. We bought them from a seller that repackaged them and put their name over the original makers name. When we got them we in-turn removed their name and replaced it with our own name sticker indicating "MANTA" brand - Most people we speak with Now-A-Days suspect these were once made by Briggs originally. We sold thousands into the wind turbine industries over the last 5-10 years as "MANTA" brand PMG's or generators. In the wind power industry they routinely use motors as inexpensive generators. If you spin a brushed motor is does make a highly efficient electric generator! This effect is also used for regenerative breaking in EV applications. Brushed motors are also more efficient at capturing electrical energy than 3-phase motors are!! Again brushes also have many other distinct advantages since they are simple mechanical devices, easily understood and replaceable in the field, requiring minimal infrastructure to find repair parts even in very remote areas PLUS they are lightning-strike, static-discharge and EMR/EMP proof too. Sometimes simple is best!!
Now that the supply of these motors has 'dried-up' we have since re-opened the storage vault and are now actively resurrecting these little gems.
Now that the supply of these motors has 'dried-up' we have since re-opened the storage vault and are now actively resurrecting these little gems.
is there a way to stop overheating it seems the design could be reworked for greater output so I opened this tread for any information anyone has about this design
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