DIY Energy Blog » howto http://www.diyenergy-blog.com Do It Yourself Energy Blog Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:23:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Building a wind generator http://www.diyenergy-blog.com/2009/04/23/building-a-wind-generator/ http://www.diyenergy-blog.com/2009/04/23/building-a-wind-generator/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:16:50 +0000 admin http://www.diyenergy-blog.com/?p=22 The factory made wind mills can cost around three thousand dollars for just an entry level one. But you can make a wind mill of your own by just spending a little more than two hundred dollars. The things you should do in order to attain this includes making a plan and doing some home work. The things you should set up in order to make a wind mill are:

1) Generator blades: The finest materials to use in the making these blades are ABS or PVC pipes. They are strong but light, and are easily available.

2) Generator: We can make use of a simple DC motor with small RPM. A DC motor usually takes in electricity and in turn rotates its shaft. But when you are rotating the shaft in the opposite direction you can produce electricity.

3) Generator housing: We can make very efficient generator housing by using painted PVC pipe as the pipe will help protect the generator against the weather.

4) Tail vane: This is the part of the wind generator which is used to rotate the blades to make them face the wind. We can use any type of scrap material which suits the purpose to make this.

5) Tower: A few pipes can be easily used to make a stable and efficient tower for the wind generator.

All this can e done with ease and the main factor is that you will save two thousand eight hundred dollars by doing this.

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