Suding Associates Inc.
Green
Energy Products for the Hobbyist
This 4' by 4' Trailer holds Prototype #8 of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). There is no big dangerous external propeller on a VAWT ; instead the wind causes eight internal turbine blades to rotate around a vertical axis when the wind blows. In this version, the rotating internal turbine is directly coupled to an alternator above the turbine and another alternator below the rotating turbine blades. Outside the turbine are twelve fixed circulator blades which concentrate the wind at the correct angle into the eight turbine blades. A VAWT is able to capture wind from any direction, able to handle with ease gusty, turbulent wind which would destroy a large propellor system.
I enjoy experimenting, so in this picture I am trying various angles on the outside circulator blades to determine what angle captures the most energy from the wind. Click here for more information on my VAWTs.
"It's Kinda Nice Being Green!"
We live in a High Technology world; this is the major contributor to an effect called "Global Warming". But we will never return to the primitive days, which had very little effect. If you naively think everyone is going to change because "It's the Green Thing to do", ask your wife to use Solar drying on the clothesline outside, instead of that nice electric or gas automatic drier convieniently co-located right next to the washer! I'll bet your HOA even has a covenant against Solar Drying! 'nough said about that.
This webpage intends to show how to live comfortably in our modern style and still minimize the affect we have on "Global Warming". In fact I intend to show you how you can live better, even more comfortably, doing a lot of it yourself, and save a lot of money in the process. And without any tax credits and rebate gimmics!
What's this Global Warming stuff?
What are the Biggest Causes of the Problem? Green Electricity and Other Lies
Green & Natural Green & Smart Green & Passive Green & Active Called Green but Really Ungreen
Solar Electricity Wind Energy from a HAWT Wind Energy from a VAWT Water Energy Nuclear Energy
Charging Batteries On - OFF the Grid Fuel Cells ReallyWierd Stuff
Green Amateur Radio
When I got my first Ham licence in 1953 as WN8NSO, It was 5 WPM of telegraph code into a home built crystal controlled 6L6 shown in the ARRL Amateur Radio Handbook. After I dropped the Novice class "N" in my call 6 month later, and was certified as able to send and receive 13 WPM by none other than the FCC themselves, I became known to the world as W8NSO. I checked out the handbook's antennas and after selecting a reasonable looking one, I soldered it together and expected it to do the job perfectly. I liked to build so much that I had to get an Amateur Radio Handbook every 3 years because it was all worn out after 3 years! I got a lot of parts and boxes from Army Surplus stores in Detroit, like Aaron's and Silverstein's, and built a State of the Art station (so I thought). I got used to running a couple of KV to surplus WW2 RADAR tubes, finally settling on an 813 tube modulated by a pair of 811s on 160 meters.. Well heeled ham friends just bought their appliance as a kit. I thought it to be the high point of laziness to just purchase a Heathkit DX-100 aka "The Benton Harbor Kilowatt". And worst of all were some of my Ham acquaintances who just bought, ready to transmit, a Johnson Viking II transmitter.
Well it's 2007 now, my call has been W0LMD since 1967, Heathkit is long gone and Silverstein's is a parking lot. It's not your old long wire and homebuilt antenna tuner any more, it's a "G5RV' run by a "Ricebox" radio's autotuner. It's sophisticated, it's digital, it doesn't drift in frequency, and the instruction manual doesn't even tell you how to remove the covers. I can't remember the last time I talked to someone running a "homebrew rig"! And to top it off, the Ham of the future will be a NoCode Extra Class. Is Ham Radio dead? Click here to see how I evolved with the ham radio evolution from SDR -Software Defined Radio to UDS - User Designed Station , from RTTY to PSK-31, from HF and VHF to Satellites and Dish antennas, and Antenna designing with Software to name a few. And click here to see how my ham club will be using Green Technogy on Field Day.
Green Radio Control (R/C)
I bought my first model airplane when I was in the 2nd grade. When it became time to glue the wings to the fuselage, the directions not being too clear about the orientations involved, I asked my mother how the wings attached to the body. She looked at me, looked at the airplane in process, and looked at the directions. then she told me how to attach the wings. When the airplane assembly was completed, and I took it with me for a little bit of "Show and Tell" at the new school I was attending. But my big splash turned out to be a real belly flopper! My mother's assembly advise resulted in the wings being put together with the ailerons facing forward. The other boys in the 2nd grade, being more aircraft savvy, I suppose, laughed at my obvious stupidity. That was the last time I ever asked my mother for aeronautical advice! Click here to find out more about my R/C days Click here to find out how I am using Green Technogy to help our club R/C field.
Several people have been able to get one of my rare old battery chargers but without instructions. I am making the instuctions avaiable by clicking on the one that you want, and then printing it out. Repairs, Upgrades, and Parts are no longer available.
Ultimate Charger 1 - Has 10 toggle Switches & a small one line display - Red metal Case
Ultimate Mini Charger - White Plastic Case
Ultimate Charger 2 - Has large graphic & 8 line display
Green? Musician
Even the kindest would never call me a musician. But I took Classical Piano Music lessons from the 2nd Grade through the 8th grade. Every day I practiced for one hour. The other neighborhood boys played baseball; I practiced "Country Gardens." My last recital piece was "Rustles of the Spring" by Christian Sinding. My music teacher, Rosie Snell, thought that it was much too hard for my mediocre skills, but Sinding was real close to Suding (My last name) in spelling, and I took Rosie's comment as a personal challenge. I memorized all 8 pages of this 5 flat monster, and played it flawlessly at my parting recital in 1951. 56 years later I still remember the first page of "Rustles of the Spring", and occasionally play it. I suppose that my PIPE ORGAN could be called Green because I assembled it from ancient parts! About half of it was made in 1920 and the other half was made in 1950. I bought it from two churches that were getting ready to scap it out. It is full of Lead pipes that are now making beautiful music instead of leaching lead into a dump site. My MIDI (which stands for "Money Intensive Digital Insanity") pipe organ uses all low cost circuit boards and "obsolte" parts
Green Scientist
I never had any brothers or sisters. I was the proverbial "only child". I engaged in solitary hobbies when I wasn't doing homework or practicing on the piano. When I was in the 5th grade I discovered Electronics. I bought a commercial crystal set which was a piece of red plastic holding a tuning coil, a Galena crystal with a "catwisker" assembly to find the best spot on the Galena, and headphones. I soon found that this commercial crystal set had rather mediocre tuning abililities, when a strong nearby station in Pontiac, WCAR, would drown out the Detroit station, WXYZ. "The Lone Ranger", my all time favorite show, originated at WXYZ. I built a crystal set a week always looking to improve the selectivity to get the Lone Ranger and Tonto better. One time after putting a wooden lattice on my Rollfast bicycle, I wound about 100' of wire around that wooden lattice and could listen to my favorite program as I rode down the street My dad bought me a Lionel Train, Lincoln Logs, a Chemistry set, and the epitome of construction skills, a genuine A.C Gilbert Erector set #10 1/2 for Christmas when I was in the 7th grade. The local girls on Margaret Street in Auburn Heights, Michigan used to call me "Scientist Suding". In college I learned that telescopes exist, and started grinding my own mirrors and I memorized the stars overhead. Click here to read how astronomy can make a major savings in global warming and at the same time restore our skies to the star filled skies we used to have!
I have stopped making the various products that I made in the ~distant past so that I can concentrate on developing low cost "GREEN TECHNOLOGY" items similar to things shown on this webpage. I am hoping to begin the manufacturing of these Green Products in the Summer of 2008. Various versions of my VAWTs and Solar Panel Trackers will be the first items manufactured. Soon after these will come the Energy Storage systems (LESS) and the Energy Distribution systems (MORE). To maximize the "Green", my designs are made so that they use least cost available parts and simplicity of design for ease of construction yet be very rugged for long life.
Dr. Robert Suding W0LMD
27107 Richmond Hill Rd.
Conifer, Colorado 80433
(303) 838-6346
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Our Family - Robert & Mary Jane 4 Kids - Linda, Paul, Dennis, & Ann
10 Grandkids - Clare, Gus, Bonnie, Madelline, Joseph, Carl, Amber, Caroline, Ann Marie, & Matthew