wind generator homemade
from penetang ont canada a 400 watt turbine made from a 30 volt indiana general dc permanent magnet motor and a very easy to build two piece tower
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Have you considered using a “squirrel cage” design? I think you could make more power with that. Just a guess but I think you would get a more consistent power source with a squirrel cage design as the direction the wind is coming from doesnt matter thus it does not have to turn to face the wind. Have you tried putting anything in place to regulate the voltage/amperage? Are you going to use this for anything practical and if so what? Thanks.
Im just wondering how long one of the generators will last being used constantly?
nice build. funny vidkeep up the good work guys
@goboats you rock!! too many people think that a wind gen is direct current to any electronic device, but they always seem to fail to consider battery bank charging!!
If it can sustain 8 amps continuously, your 100 a/h battery will be charged in slightly more than 12 hours. At 5 amps, that will be 20 hours. And that would have to be constant over the period – same level of wind. The battery will then contain 1200 watts of power (1.2 kWh) of which about 80% is usable. In a cabin with a very light load (a couple LED lights and a laptop say) that may be all you need. It would run the afore-mentioned washing machine about 30 Minutes.
The wattage is always rated at max efficiency, amps X volts =watts (power) thats never accomplished .The meter is set up from 20 to allow readings over 20 ,alsothe gauge does not lie ,.We measured load on a 12 battery and got 13 .5 volts per hour in a 25mph wind , So you cant do much “with that “??? except charge a 100 amp 12 volt battery in about 8 hours 13.5 X 8 =108 and thats just fine with me :)…its acually being set up at my cabin this summer ..will send you a copy of the next vid
sorry not me dude…
how do sell things on EBAY?
Pretty nice rig. Couldn’t you just put an older model of automobile voltage regulator between the motor and the battery to regulate how much voltage gets there?
Not really very loud ,but could be heard from 30 ft …maybe like a car running
Great Video Goboats. I just picked up those blades. I have a question for you: In your video when you are right by the unit you can hear the blades whirring. How loud would you say this is from 10 feet away? Would it be something that would annoy a neighbor?
Quite cool. Am wondering how you were able to do this with a total cost of around $150? I’m finding today that the Wind Scorpion blades alone (from Thermodynamic Systems) cost $149, shipped. Then there’s the cost of the motor, shaft adapter, tail, rail, pole, welding cable and other wiring, pole mounting hardware, and other misc. parts.
not bad! and you’re getting 400 watts? what about the connections to your home or anything?
pretty neat set up, i want put that on my place in the island. what website did you say this guy sell his product? motor and blades ready made, just the fabrication of the mount and the tower perfect.
well of course your right ,when we hooked up to a battery to put it under load it was still averaging 12 -17 volts …pretty darn good you would agree
You are fortunate to have so much wind. Hi from sunny FL
Was pretty simple really,The blades come with a mounting plate that has a hole in the center,i mounted an arbour, that comes with a set screw to fasten it to the shaft of the motar, the arbour also has a threaded hole in the centre for a bolt to fasten the blade plate to the arbour…make sure its center…good luck …have fun :)
Hey goboats I have the exact same generator and am about to start this project! I love your simple design, can you tell me how you fit the blades to the motor? what parts did you need? thanks
That thing’s spinning pretty fast at 6:15
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You mention good ‘power’ several times, but never measure it. Voltage looks good, but is only useful if you can maintain that into a load.
Wow, very nice output from one windgen! I made one today from scraps I found around the house which is an old electric car fan and some scrap metal, but my blades aren’t balanced, so I’m still working on it. Very nice generator you’ve got there.
Your Welcome, my blades are homemade if you click on “Dean C993″ to my profile you will see the wooden blades that i made with a hub on a 7 volt dc motor not alot but in future i will have a model like yours, thx
thanks very much..do some research and these worked out fine..good luck
Very nice, its very hard to get blades that mach the generator!Good job