This video is quickly becoming known as "the best explanation of a rectifier ever". Many are saying it should be the first example shown to every high school student when teaching rectifiers (I tend to agree).

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If you want to make your own alternator you can download the CAD files on GrabCAD under my channel name. There's also an instructables project with more details: https://www.instructables.com/Rain-Po...

For part 1 video:
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Music:
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Summary:
In the previous video I connected an off-the-shelf DC generator to a pelton wheel and drove it with runoff from a large section of my roof. Though I calculated 2 watts of available power and planned on only collecting 50% of it, the actual output was only .19 watts. In this video I design and build a permanent magnet alternator then rectify the AC into DC power to see if I can enhance the efficiency. Spoiler alert: it works really well!