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How To Build Your Own Wind Turbine For Less Than $150 |
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| By Michael d'Estries in Green Living, Wind Power | June 20, 2007 | ||
These are seriously some of the most helpful and detailed instructions for building a small wind turbine that I’ve found. If you ever wanted to know even a teensy bit of info on how the entire setup comes together, just look at this page. Pictures included! From the site,
“I managed to score one of the good 30 volt Ametek motors off of Ebay for only $26. They don’t go that cheap these days. People are catching on to the fact that they make great wind generators. Other brands will work, so don’t fret about the price Ameteks are going for. Shop wisely. Anyway, The motor I got was in good shape and worked great. Even just giving the shaft a quick turn with my fingers would light a 12 volt bulb quite brightly. I gave it a real test by chucking it up in my drill press and connecting it to a dummy load. It works great as a generator, putting out easily a couple hundred Watts with this setup. I knew then that if I could make a decent set of blades to drive it, it would produce plenty of power.”
Rockin’!
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Hun Boon said,
It would be even better if there’s some way of storing the power i.e. incorporating a battery.
JP said,
I just posted a link to this article at GreenDeals Daily (http://www.greendealsdaily.com) – what a neat project!
marc de villiers said,
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
MY NAME IS MARC DE VILLIERS. I AM 45 AND IN A MOTORISED WHEELCHAIR.
I LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA..
I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY WHEEL CHAIR AS IT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED FOR ME TO USE IT . BUT WITH ALL THE POWER CUTS I GET STUCK. /
SO I AS A PERSON WHO DOES NOT GET A LOT OF MONEY AS A PEN SION HEREBY ASK/// PLEA FOR YOUR HELP.I AM LOOKING FOR SMOEONE TO DONATE ,
A POWER INVERTER ( 12V TO 220 VOLTS.)
PLEASE EVEN IF IT IS AN OLD WORKING ONE .
I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS . CAN YOU TRY TO HELP ME.
MY ADDRESS IS ….
23 OSCAR STREET
KABEGA PARK
PORT ELIZABETH
6025
SOUTH AFRICA.
PS MAY GOD GUIDE YOU IN WHAT EVER YOU DESIDE TO DO TO HELP. MARC DE VILLIERS.
Bobby said,
TURBINES!
Alan Swinney said,
Its no hard to do, and powering a laptop is child’s play. You can easily build a turbine that will give you 1kw per hour. If you live in a high wind area (avg 14mph or higher) you can power your house at a fraction of the price of solar panels. There is tons of info out there about how to do it. If you want to build your own wind turbine just do a little research, find the supplies online, and put it together. I have made HAWT and VAWT. check out freewind4me.com
wind turbine said,
As a wind turbine engineer, I have to say less $150 only made a very simple and mini wind turbine. The generator efficiency and other indexs is completely much lower than the designed one.
homemade wind turbine said,
Want to know exactly how to build your own wind turbine from scratch? Then you need this guide! • Step-by-step plans • Plenty of pictures and diagrams..