Have any of you built a small wind turbine?
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at
7:24 am
I'm looking to experiment with a wind turbine over the the holidays. I want to build one and learn how they work. Are they efficient, is there a step by step process, how much will it cost? It doesn't need to power my home, this is just for fun.
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Sounds like a cool project… I’d love to try out some ideas too, but haven’t yet.
There’s a boom in "residential wind turbines" and related literature. This link:
http://www.squidoo.com/residentialwindturbine
gives a good summary of what’s commercially available, but about 1/3 down the page is a do-it yourself section with supporting references that might give you a good start.
Same site lists a "Earth4Energy DIY Wind Generator" for around $200. Probably a good start just for learning, then you can scale up as interest & budget allows.
Good luck & be safe!
Many DC motors (fans) can generate electricity. For a small one use a computer case cooling fan to power a lcd.