A Wind Power Generator.build it yourself Get Free Electricity
Author: John Mowatt
You can build your own wind power generator at quite low cost.Commercially made wind turbines are available but they are expensive.Building your own is quite easy and will save you a great deal of money.Plans and instructions are available to simplify the job.Using used auto parts and a few odds and ends you can build an excellent and reliable wind power generator.You could build several for the cost of one commercial turbine and sell your excess power to the power company in many areas.
From the 1930s through the 1950s wind power was used to generate electricity on many farms.It was also used for other tasks such as pumping water from wells.In these much more prosperous days most people have given up on this idea and prefer to pay the power company for their elecricity.Now in this 21st century it has become obvious to all that we need to find ways to produce power which are less damaging to the environment.Oil,gas and particularly coal fired power plants are one of the big sources of air pollution.We need to cut back drastically on their use before our environment is irreversably damaged.Free power from the wind is an excellent alternative.Free abundant and universal the wind can be harnessed to produce much of our power needs in the future.
Individual power production on a small scale is increasingly popular.Many consumers are now installing small wind power generators to generate at least part of their power needs.If you have a country home,with no power line access,you need to have your own power plant.Gasoline or diesel powered generators have been used by some people to produce power in country locations.These are sources of pollution of course and with the ever increasing cost of oil they are not very practical any more.Wind power is the obvious way to go.
It is not hard to build a small wind power electricity generator.The average home workshopper can do it using simple tools.Detailed illustrated plans with instructions are available and make the task fairly simple.Used auto parts,wood and a few odds and ends will build a very efficient generator which is easy to operate and maintain.Put it on the roof in your city or country home or on a free standing support and generate your own power free,courtesy of the wind and every little breeze.
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Is it possible to do build a wind power generator to turn a small electric motor?
The quoted question is:
Build a wind power generator that will turn a small electric motor out of everyday items if possible.
N.B. You cannot use anything that is typically found in a science lab.
How do I build wind power generator?
Hi,
I have heard about a lot of people who have build their own wind power generators. I am looking to setup one at my house and was wondering where I can get more information on how to build my own wind power generator.
Any help would be much appreciated
How do you build a nuclear power generator?
Ok I was just wondering…can you build a nuclear power generator like the one that was shown on iCarly (but a legal on, not an illegal one lol), and if so, how would you go about it?
It would be cool to cut down on the electricity bill with one of those things lol.
How to build a power generator safe for the environment??
something not extremely hard and that doesnt run on elctricity
its for a science fair project
any other project ideas relating to this?????
Which should I build as my home power generator?
Well I just read about a power generators and I thought I could build one as a backup home power generator.
Which should I choose?
Check out the DIY section of the site below, you can save money while doing something for our environment.
Yes, absolutely. What’s more, it’s actually quite easy. You won’t get significant amounts of power out of it but it will run a very small electric motor so long as you use a generator that is significantly larger than the motor you are driving.
You’ll need something that you can use for windmill blades and a motor that you can drive as a generator.
The best and easiest solution is to use a radiator fan from a modern car. Most modern cars use electrically powered fans and this is perfect for you because it takes care of the fan assembly and the generator in one go without the need for a complex assembly procedure. They are cheap and easy to get hold of too. Any car wreckers should be able to sell you one for under $20.
This type of fan is not the ideal configuration for capturing wind (they are designed to generate airflow from electricity, not electricity from airflow) but the advantages you get from simplifying the construction process more than makes up for this. Also, as far as I am aware, they are all DC motors which is exactly what you need.
Because a generator is identical in construction to a motor, this fan will generate electricity for you without any need for modification. All you have to do us hook up your small hobby motor to the terminals of the fan motor and put it somewhere where there is enough wind to get the fan spinning. You should be able to generate up to 12v depending on how fast you can get it spinning. If you find that it takes more airflow than you can manage to get it spinning fast enough, you can always construct a ram scoop (like a big funnel with the wide end open and facing the incoming wind and the fan across the narrow end) so that the wind is scooped in from a wider area and forced through the fan at higher speed. This doesn’t need to be that strong, corrugated cardboard (like you get from cardboard boxes) would probably do the trick.
So long as you get the fan spinning at a reasonable rate, you should be able to easily power a small motor. Of course, as soon as the fan slows or stops, so does the motor so it’s not really a viable solution for real world applications. It should be fine as a simple experiment to demonstrate wind power though.
If you want it to be a bit more practical (i.e. actually work in the real world rather than it just be for demonstration purposes), it would probably be better to run the motor from a battery and use the generator to recharge the battery. This is how proper wind powered systems work. However, the setup becomes more complex when you do this and some circuitry is required to manage the recharging of the battery, among other things, so unless you have some experience with electronics, I wouldn’t advise it.
It sounds like this is outside of the parameters of your experiment anyway.
The motor you are going to drive should, ideally, be able to run on voltages between about 3VDC and 12VDC but cheap and easy to find motors like this one (http://www.jaycar.com.au/ShowLargephoto.asp?id=3255&IMAGE=) that is designed to run on voltages from 3V to 4.5VDC will still probably work OK for your purposes. If it is fed 12V continuously for long periods of time, it may overheat and burn out but, considering your setup, it will probably last at least long enough to meet your needs. If you do go for a low voltage motor like this and you want to make sure you don’t damage it, just make sure that you don’t spin the fan too fast and monitor the temperature of the motor. If it starts getting hot (i.e. too hot to touch), stop it and let it cool down for a while before you start it again. It’s not too big a deal if you do burn it out though, these motors retail for about $2 so you won’t exactly go broke if you kill it.
Good luck with it.
Hope this helps.
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You wouldn’t be allowed to build a nuclear power station at your house.
However, there are plenty of other ways to generate your own energy like micro hydro (water), Wind, solar and burning things. What you chose depends on what resources you have i.e. you’ll need a fast flowing river or some sort of water level height difference (like a dam) for hydro, a forest that you own/ are allowed to cut trees from for burning things.
Building one would be a fun project, but it is likely easier and less expensive to purchase something ready built.
If you have a high power car alternator and an old lawnmower engine they can be connected together to run an inverter to produce 120VAC to power items in your house. Click on the link for ideas.
http://theepicenter.com/tow02077.html
I use a Briggs&Stratton 5500 watt generator which connects to a transfer panel in the house. During an outage the generator is wheeled outside and started. After a few minutes to warm up, the cord is plugged in and the transfer panel breaker is turned on. This powers all essential circuits in the house along with several comfort items. Very easily connected, and done in a safe manner.
If you purchase something and want it connected to your house please read through my web page for some ideas.
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html