i am working on a small wind turbine for a project but i cant find a large enough DC motor for cheap.
But at a thrift store i saw a large used AC motor for .
I know you can use DC motors to generate DC current but can you use an AC motor to generate DC power?

I'm making a small wind turbine for a science project. It doesn't need to produce a lot of electricity, just enough to register on a multimeter. I just need to know: For the generator, are magnets and coils the only things I need for the turbine to generate electricity? Or is there something else I'm missing? I just need this cleared up.

i want to know if there is a very small wind turbine generator whose diameter is near about 1 meter.
if yes then please tell me if 1m cube air passes through it at 10 meters per second , then how much electricity will be generated by the turbine.
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please tell me.its very urgent

i want to design a small wind turbine which i will place on top of my car. as long as the car speeds up, this turbine will work and will charge a small battery other than car battery. what should i do as starting step for this and which site can tell usefull info for this idea?

i was wondering if you could use a microwaves fan to make a small wind turbine or what here's a pic

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj304/stevnmilr/microwaefan.jpg

To sort out all the problems about where to situate wind farms, can we not just put a small wind turbine on top of each electricity pole? The electricity generated can be put into the wires and transported round the network.

Green solution. Done.

I want to make a wind turbine at home. How much would something like this cost? I obviously dont want one of those massive things you see at wind farms. I just want to make a small wind turbine to power things such as an outside fridge and some lighting.

thanks

I am looking into installing a small wind turbine for our suburban home. We live on the coast, so there is usually a constant flow of wind. We have been looking into VAWTs, but I also have been exploring other possibilities. Anyways, can someone tell me what the name of the company is for the wind turbines on the second image of this website: http://greenhome.huddler.com/wiki/residential-wind-turbine-introduction
I'm not sure it will work, but I would like to investigate it further.
Thanks

I'm not looking forward to paying my electricity bill, especially because I almost always have my computer on doing something intensive. I know it's possible, but how difficult is it to get some solar panels or a small wind turbine and somehow use it to generate electricity?

i want to make a small wind turbine but i need to know what kind of motor to use and where to get it.

I am trying to build a small wind turbine with enough power to light a 5 watt bulb.

Basically, I was planning on just connecting some 3in. fins to an electric motor from a hobby store (see http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102828&cp=&sr=1&origkw=motor&kw=motor&parentPage=search ) and then hooking the electric motor up to a light bulb - will this work? Are there any issues that I have ignored?

Thanks!

Would such a small retail store, or corner market, consider using a small wind turbine and/or solar panel if it is in a safe area of the main city? How would the UN or the World Food Program help with this research?
Can just one small corner store owner in the entire country get any protection from the UN or the World Food Program to at least run their store and try some alternative energy sources free of violence?

For a science fair project for my school I am building a small wind turbine. If you were to measure the amount of electricity produced, would you use watts or volts? Thanks.

Hi, all
I am just wandering how to find a distributor of wind turbine blades. Situation like this, we company manufactures small wind turbine blades. At present, we have many customers at home, but a big zero for our market abroad. Does anyone works in this field? Or do you have friends engaged in wind energy products?
I would be appreciated if someone could give me suggestions.

Martha

i want to make a small wind turbine of 15cm diameter is it possible?
i want to make it so that,when im travel ling in my collage bus,i can put the turbine out of the window , so that i can charge up my mobile,
is it possible to make a small turbine ,if yes ,plz help me with some help ful sites plz plz plz

I have been around those large wind farms and they make a lot of noise. Would a small wind turbine for a home make too much noise to enjoy the quiet outdoors?

when the idea of extracting the most power from the wind on a small wind turbine is in mind would a mechanical furling system which works on varying the pitch of blades in high wind prove to be more effective than a mechanical tail furling system or any other furling system for that matter.
If so how much more effective would it be
thanks

Air conditioning and other minor car appliances. Could a system similar to a small wind turbine not only power car appliances but create extra vacuum of wind from the turbine blades cooling engine bay or braking systems. However I am not sure if the turbines would cause problems such as A) make the cars engine work harder due to resistance, B) having the technology for the wind turbines/generators made small enough for this application and C) produce enough power to run even small systems like lights, audio systems or air conditioning. Maybe the turbines could work in conjunction with solar roof panels working with the cars alternator. Is this idea flawed, what's your opinion. Cheers John.

For a 5 month project at school I have to build a wind turbine for my home. How many hours will it take, will I get an efficent gadget, and how much will it cost? I'm thinking of getting help from a small wind turbine manufacturer. And I would just like to say my motor skills are very poor and I am not used to building things. Can I do it?

I have a small wind turbine, and i was just wondering, how would i store the energy for later use? Every time i connect it to a battery, the turbine starts spinning, and the battery gets used up. Can you please tell me how to store the energy from the turbine? Thanks.

Im curious is anyone has a small wind turbine installed at their house. the reason I ask is because Im looking for someone who is interested in a little project. I'd like to make additional wind turbine blades for other home made wind turbines. I would like you to make a simple mold of the turbine, in return I could send you a duplicate...perhpas made of carbon-fiber resin. anyway, please respond if youre interested. I live in michigan by the way. ~ Ryan

and why ?
I study about small wind turbine.
Which is popular in USA?

Hi, I wanna build a small wind turbine, but the only ones I can find either come in a kit or are extremely complicated. I want to build my own without using a kit or spending a lot of money, are there any sites that show you how to build one? I also don't have any power tools @ my house, so I won't be able to do any ones that involve those kind of tools. thanks xoxo

as the electric car is driving could a small wind turbine be deployed up say from the trunk or through the grill area and allowed to spin to create new power made from the car moving forward to repower itself ?