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Re: New Products for 2016: Speculation, Wants

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Originally Posted by Foster View Post
If you Google "electrical slip ring wind turbine" you get a pretty good selection of choices. They are all for low speed(~250 RPM), I don't know what your application is. I also assumed that you were not trying to transfer any load though them.

The one I used is made by Moflon, three wires, 30Amp and cost me about $30. MW1330 is the model I have. As always your mileage will vary.

If you are after just doing control signals, Adafruit has some low voltage, low current ones. 2A / 6 wires ~$15 plus shipping.
I've got one similar to your 30A one. The big issue is that means I'd have to run CIMs on a 30A breaker since the slip ring is only rated to 30A. It's for 16 style swerve modules. And getting rid of the extra wire would help them be lighter.
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