How to Build Wind Turbine Generator - home made use
Author: Bret Parker
HOW THEY WORK -
There are two main types of wind turbine generator and they are horizontal and vertical turbines although they differ in design, the way they produce electricity is basically the same. Wind power generators are the same sort of design as the old windmills.
The wind blows against the blades of the wind turbine generator and creates friction. This friction causes the blades to turn or spin. The blades are connected to a shaft and by way of gearing, the shaft will turn a lot quicker than the blades and this is used to power an electric generator motor.
WHY -
The reason that so many home owners are searching the internet for ways to generate electricity at home is the fact that the cost of electricity is soaring and they hate paying ever increasing prices for their electricity.
It isn't surprising the popularity of creating our own electricity at home will help reduce the need for fossil fuels and find wind power an effective alternative way for home-generated electricity.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS -
The wind is everywhere and because of this, there is no need to mine our natural resources for fuel. The wind will never be exhausted as it is always being replaced by more wind. Wind has no by-products, uses any natural resources, emits no pollutants into the atmosphere, does not pollute the water with chemicals and has no waste.
There are no greenhouse gasses been released into the atmosphere and reducing the impact of global warming? In general the environment benefits with clean, fresh pollute free air quality which will have a positive impact on reducing the amount of health respiratory problems for all.
HOW TO BUILD A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR -
When you search the internet on how to build a home wind turbine generator, you will come across many sites promising how to reduce your electricity and save money each month but be very careful as most sites give useless data quoted from manufacturer manuals and no instructions on how to build -
And you will be hard pressed to find any commercial sites giving away free install and build plans.
The home made wind turbine generator has been designed and tested by renewable energy enthusiast who like you and me want to reduce their electricity and the impact on the environment.
The most important thing to remember is their wind generator can be made from local and cost effective material at a fraction of the costs of the commercial models. Also the build procedure can be easily and affordably completed by home owners with minimal experience and know how to create their own wind electricity.
WIND TURBINE GENERATOR PLANS -
The Manuals, guides or plans have a minimal cost to cover the cost of developing how to build a wind turbine generator at home. This is accomplished by joining the energy site as a member to be able to download the manuals and view the how to videos and receive the latest information.
Home wind power turbine generator will feed the electricity produced into a regulator or charge controller which controls and limits the input [amps] that the electric current is fed into your battery bank and reduce or stop any overcharging of the batteries for extended battery life.
After your battery bank is fully charged you will require an inverter. An inverter is a device that converts your battery bank power [D.C.] to domestic household power [A.C.]. The voltage will depend on your country.
You will be able to get your Manuals that will explain in great detail how to find all of the materials required for your actual home wind turbine generator construction and detailed step by step instructions from the internet.
You will also get detailed plans for a residential solar panel array construction and also where to find your batteries for your battery bank.
Out of all of the renewable energy sources, power created from the wind is probably the most rapidly expanding way to produce electricity. Renewable wind energy is the obvious first choice and owning a home made wind turbine generator is a green alternative.
REMEMBER to source out the correct package that gives you all this information
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what type of machine can be used for my home made wind turbine?
hi am doing myself a wind turbine i don no what type of machine can be used to charge my battery of 12volt and 50 ah…please suggest me some ideas of what type of motor or a generator or alternator can be used and also what specification can be used to generate my required power of 600 watts..
kindly tell me some suggestion for making my wind turbine a successful one…
Type wind power on Yahoo search.
Other related topics, alternative energy, free enery, windmill farms.
My suggestion, get a old electric fan or motor and rewire it to produce
electricty. You other parts like fan blades gears, battery, battery charger.
voltage converter etc.
Let me know when you have one working.
An automobile alternator will generate about 700 watts if spinning at the proper speed. You may need a belt drive to get to that speed.
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Hey USA, Bramble is quite correct. You have two issues here. First, design of the generator itself. The number and size of windings has more to do with the frequency of the generator output and the current you expect to carry through the winding. The power output will be a function of the current and the voltage that is generated. Once you have the generator built, and you know what RPM it needs to turn at, then you can get into the gritty part of designing the turbine. Your generator will require a certain amount of horsepower to turn it, and since most wind turbines operate in the 25% efficiency range, you then have to build a unit that can sweep an area and wind speed about 4 times the power output of your generator. 1200 KW by the way is huge, do you mean 1.2kw by chance?
We live in a home that has been powered by the wind and sun for years. Our wind turbine is rated at 900 watts, or .9kw, it’s just big enough to run the house on a windy day. We should have a 1.5kw unit, but for now, we are making due. There are formulas for figuring power output in watts for a given wind speed, air density and swept area of a wind turbine, the best place to go is the American Wind Energy Associations website. Go to google, type in, “wind turbine power formula,” and look for a link to the AWEA.ORG website, that page has all the math work you’ll need for designing the turbine once you have the generator specs in hand. You’re embarking on a fairly complicated project, I don’t want to dissuade you from trying, but there are a lot of turbines out there for sale today for a whole host of locations and requirements. We tried to build our first one, it ran for 4 minutes. The second one kept burning up regulators because the wind was too strong for it. Our current one is working fine, but still has issues from time to time. Good luck with your project, and take care, Rudydoo
How do you calculate the number of copper wire coils for a generator so that I can generate 1200 Kw power?
I am building a home-made wind turbine generator with lots of tools, money and materials. I need to know how to calculate the number of copper coils, i.e. coil number, windings, size of windings, etc., to generate 1200 Kw of electricity. What size of copper wire? Size of magnets? How many? I am really interested on the mathematics of the wind turbine construction.
How to build a economic “Wind Mill Generator”?
Can anyone show me how to build a home made wind generator. Or show me the site to it. Thanks and have a nice day.
Are we being gouged by the electric company?
I’ve noticed a new charge on our electric bill called PCA. It was explained that it stands for Power Cost Adjustment, which varies from month to month to compensate for the regular fluctuations in the price of the coal and natural gas used to generate the electricity you consume.
What a crock! Our house is totally electric. Our last bill was $423.00 for the electricity…the PCA charge was $268.00. Doesn’t the cost of the electricity already factor in the cost of making it? But now we have to pay for it to be generated. I think a wind generator made specifically for one home’s electrical needs would be money well spent. Any ideas if this PCA charge is legal? Any ideas on where we can find alternate sources of electricity for our home? As high as the bill is, we’re going to be left in the dark anyway.
the state review board is looking into it to decide if the price hike is legal. unfortunatly it could take up to three months to decide if it is legal.
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Some seem to heat the house hot water if the power is not needed.See ebay listings
what happen if the generator continue rotating and there is no one using its generated power?
I just want to make a home made wind mill and I’m afraid it will explode if I’m not home and it continue generating and no one is consuming the generated power.
thanks.