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September-06-09

Home made wind turbine up and running

I made this wind turbine for under £200 with the intention of charging a series of 12v batteries which will hopefully be used to power the company computer / printer / scales / mobile phones and anything related to the business.

When the designed has been altered / improved slightly it will be great.

This project was alot of fun and not without mishaps.

I got the wind turbine up and running at about 4.30 am and it was flying very fast, I came down in the morning and the motor / fan assembly had detached at high speed and had partially wrecked the blade and the hub, I had to repair them and they will never be 100% but saying that the current blades are making over 1v per 1mph wind speed.

This is the first video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsjNLSrC6yM

This is the second video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IdhN4gPQYU

This is the third video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKo9JTmtfh8

This is the 4th and most important vid of it producing electricity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjorxOdZdMA

Wind generators are a good way of trying to cut down on energy use.

Further updates will be provided in due course