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How-To: Choosing a Motor for Your Wind Generator

It’s obvious that the motor you use is the most important part of your wind generator. If you’re new to building a wind generator, then you’ll find that this can be one of the most confusing (and controversial) aspects to the process. Motors, generators, alternators, oh my!?

You’ll find a lot of words out there that seem to be referring to the same things.

So why's it called a motor?