I want to make my own wind power generator at home because I want to use it to power my laptop and a small portable TV. How do I go about building wind power generators?
Who am I ?
Hi, I’m Erik Astrand and the man behind this site.
My story? I am about to be 50 and all my life I have been interested in technical things. Not sure if the special interest for the wind, and how to use the wind, started when I as a 5 year old boy and got my first sail dinghy.
Anyway, wind power and to build my own wind generator was a dream for several years. I studied many websites and also bought many courses before I finally built my own windmill. This site is about that journey and you will also find some more general articles about wind power.
Enjoy! and check out the about me page to read more.
I make my 2 wind power generators at home and you will need
a generator, blades battery and inverter.
I use them to power my lighting along my balcony.
Actually I got the infomation from http://www.makewindpowerathome.com. Thats where I got my blade designs from and learnt how to wire it up.. Its saving me some good money
Building
First of find yourself a big motor (like the ones in portable air conditioners) then find some fan blades and stick them to moving part of the motor
Using
Attach the wires coming out of motor to plug of your device one to each metal rod in the plug take your wind powered device outside on a windy day and
WAALLAA
I have done this at my cabin, but for only a few small electronics you may want to assemble a solar panel instead. It will cost you under $150 if you use the plans from http://www.earth4power.biz . It also has cheap wind turbine plans (small scale ones like this, but they are slightly more complicated to assemble). I’d really recommend you take a look.