Your Questions About Wind Generators Ebay

How you hook up a volt/amp meter to a wind/hydro/solar generator?

I’m interested in having a combo volt/amp meter gauge set-up to monitor what my power generating source (such as hydro or solar or wind).

I would like to measure this before it reaches the charge controller. So if someone is at the generator source, they can see exactly what the generator is generating (for making tweaks).

Not quite sure how to do this.

I do have a inline watt meter that has one side that says “Source” and the other side says “LOAD” but I think it has to be hooked up in a circuit with a load.

My goal is to measure the generator by itself and not hooked up to anything. I know I can do this with voltage but not sure if this is possible for amps. I Heard I may need a shunt set-up to make this work?

Thanks in advance for your knowledge on making this work would be greatly appreciated. What I’m looking for is a wiring setup.

Thanks!

Where can I find a Permanent Magnet Motor?

I am planning on building my own wind turbine on a smaller scale. I have been looking around at permanent magnet motors and would like to avoid spending the money on one off of Ebay. I’ve tried “googling” what appliances I could pull one of these out of but have had no luck. So if anyone knows of any appliances or shop machines that may have permanent magnet motors I would appreciate it.