Fuel and Energy Alternatives » Renewable Energy http://www.fuelandenergyalternatives.com Alternative Energy and Fuel Information as well as Tips on Conserving Resources Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:28:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 DIY Vertical Axis Wind Turbine http://www.fuelandenergyalternatives.com/2008/11/30/diy-vertical-axis-wind-turbine/ http://www.fuelandenergyalternatives.com/2008/11/30/diy-vertical-axis-wind-turbine/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:09:33 +0000 admin http://www.fuelandenergyalternatives.com/?p=129 This is a neat project. A site called hackaday posted this project. It’s essentially a homemade wind generator (generates electricity from wind.) It’s not one of those large windmill style turbines that you might have seen. This is a vertical design. They’ve sliced pvc pipe lengthwise in half to catch the wind. One advantage of a design like this is that it would work with wind from ANY direction. Their design drives a small DC motor. (DC motors can be used two directions…. hook up a current and get motion or supply motion and get current…)

This is one project that I may put on my to do list. It looks like it could be enough to keep a few batteries charged at least. I haven’t found an estimate of how much wind it would take to turn it. (That MAY be the real catch.)

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