DIY – How to Make a Vertical Wind Turbine!

by max on Monday, September 29th, 2008

Check out this really cool DIY on how to make a vertical wind turbine. This thing can produce some good amount of electricity for under $300.

With this one I am hoping to get the 100 watts.
Here is how I did it.
First we need:
–5 pvc tube. size 3″X10′ (hardware store)$48
–3 bike wheels. size 12″ (junk yard or ask your kid to use their bikes for a minute) maybe $5
–Ametek38 volt (ebay or surplus store) $60 (a problem with ametek, it needs 700 rpm to reach 14.1volt.
–Or buy windblue alternator (ebay) $250 it will only need 200prm to reach 14.1 volt
–1 square foot 1″ plywood or anything 12″ diameter (laying around)
– 3 X 2×4 X 12′ studs (from lumber store)$11
I am not going to name the tools, but I used the usual tools.
faroun

via hackaday, instructables

Tags: alternator, ametek, bike wheels, diameter, DoItYourself!, ebay, hardware store, instructables, junk yard, lumber store, plywood, pvc tube, rpm, square foot, studs, surplus store, tube size, vertical wind turbine, watts

Categories: Consumer, DIY, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Featured Hacks, Gadgets, HOWTO, Hack, Misc, Projects, Video, Wind, technology.

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