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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

This entry was posted on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 9:49 am and is filed under A+Featured Hacks, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Earth, Educational, Energy, Gadgets, HOWTO, Hack, Projects, Video, Wind, technology.
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