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I drew this simple circuit to use a motor as a regen for a motorbike. It would use diodes that I would be able to turn on or off manually. It is a hybrid so there is also an engine. A voltmeter would used to monitor the battery voltage because there is no regulator. Do they make simple...

Yes, it is. I cant quite figure out the alternator, but I'm playing with it. Now I'm trying a motor. All I want to do is make a simple bike generator. Does anyone know an easy setup?

I wanna use a 24V motor to charge a car battery. Can I use a solar charge controller?

Awesome, more good info. Well I tried to post a photo. I think theres only one field coil. And I found the diagram, here, also attached. For now, this is going to be a human powered bicycle generator and yeah, Im guessing it will be like 300W max. Anyway, I found some more stuff on the...

OK, well, learning some new stuff here. Pinouts, thats the word I was looking for! Not sure what plural field coils are? Attached is a shot of the schematic, let me know if you need more.

Yes, I read it. I've read other stuff on it too, including a textbook. Still none of it has answered this question.

Still dont quite understand. I'm not really clear on alternators yet. As I understand it, the field coils are used in place of permanent magnets (wish they would have just said that in tech school). And the computer can vary the voltage to the coils to change the output current right? So...

I'm using a PCM controlled alternator. And it is internally reg/rec, so nothing to worry about there. It will be hooked up to an SLA an then an inverter. I've seen some other people use AAs for the field coils. But which electrodes do I connect to? Can it be connected continuously? And if...

I'm building a generator using a car alternator. I can't seem to find out how much power I need to supply to the field coils or any other details around that. The alternator has a four prong plug. Any help would be great!

Ive got a standard 36 volt hoverboard lithium battery pack with BMS. Its for a bike so i dont have anything other hoverboard parts. I think the normal charger works through the control module. Can I use the charger thats built for it? What about alternatives? AC adapter? I also have a...

They are Li-Ions. I have a basic electrical training, chargers are a little beyond me. Can you just explain everything I need for this to work?

Will this work? Help me fix it. http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/charlesv842/media/Charger_zpsnjqk0c4h.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

This is actually for a bicycle hub motor. I'm looking into buying a front wheel kit. I would like to get a 24 volt system because I want to use SLAs and I only want two. But I haven't found very many of them for a low price, especially because shipping is high because a lot of what I have...

Would that setup be slower than or the same as a 24 volt system and 24 volt motor?

Is it safe to run 24 volts through a 36 volt system? What about controller?