I want to make a wind power generator so that I can put it on the roof of my home.
Has anybody done this? They seem to be fairly popular now
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.
a generator is a generator. it doesnt matter if you have an ox pulling the sucker around. you just need gears to change the direction of your mechanical energy. maybe your question is how do you make a generator?
Are you wanting to make a windmill that makes power?
If so then you can make "wind power generators" by using the instructions at http://www.earth4energy.com
The generator is just a part of the whole thing. You can pickup generator from many different places.
Hope this helps.
Yup, I think he is in fact looking for a win mill type generator. You can buy these but they’re really spending. I built my own with schematics and detailed instructions I found online at http://www.ebooksreviewed.info/earth4energy and it was a snap, even for a non-mechanical person such as myself. I recommend you take a look there first.
Yes I have done this, it is so simple to do, the plans that I used where very easy to read and the materials were easy to come by.
Earth4Energy is one solution that looks promising. There are a couple of other products out there as well. I found one called Poor Man’s Guide To Wind Power And Battery Systems and blogged about it last month on my Residential Wind Turbine Blog (http://residentialwindturbine.blogspot.com). This guy provides instructions on how to make a 1,000 watt wind turbine for less than $150.00 and a 3,000 watt wind turbine for about $220.00. The smaller one is probably what you’re looking for.