>NZ alternative energy site.
>Includes ideas on using a NZ made "smart drive"
>brushless DC washing machine motor as an alternator
>in a microhydro system (typically about 500 watts
>but varies with model) .
>
>
>        http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/ecoinn/index.htm
>

Hmm interesting. Wonder how those motors would go driving an electric car,
with suitable drive electronics. One motor per wheel.....


Interestingly LG have just started marketing a "direct drive" washing
machine here in the UK. Instant thought when I saw the advert, "NZ has been
doing that for 10 yrs" :))))

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