I am working with a wind-powered generator that only needs to light up some LEDs when the wind blows.
I rewound my generator to make enough voltage at low RPM, but as expected, it provides too much as the wind speed picks up.
I figured a voltage regulator would cure the problem, but I can't seem to get it to work. I get it dialed in at a certain shaft speed, but then as the speed rises, so does the output. I'm using a simple LM317 adjustable regulator.
Isn't the regulator supposed to supply a constant output regardless of input? What might I be overlooking?
I rewound my generator to make enough voltage at low RPM, but as expected, it provides too much as the wind speed picks up.
I figured a voltage regulator would cure the problem, but I can't seem to get it to work. I get it dialed in at a certain shaft speed, but then as the speed rises, so does the output. I'm using a simple LM317 adjustable regulator.
Isn't the regulator supposed to supply a constant output regardless of input? What might I be overlooking?