Maker Workshop – Wind Power Generator on MAKE: television
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Tags: Electrical Power, Pvc Pipe, Television, Wind Electricity, wind generator, Wind Power Generator
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 pm
you can use any motor
November 6th, 2009 at 7:18 am
7:40 Very clever!
November 7th, 2009 at 12:30 am
He forgot to balance the blades. When the wind really kicks up that thing will shake its self to death.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:40 am
They’re 6 volt batteries, so to get 12 volts they have to be wired in series.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
from an aeroplane, duh!
November 12th, 2009 at 2:50 am
there is only one problem…. were do u get a tredmill motor ?
November 12th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
no actual in series the have a higher voltage output but same carge as one
in parrallel the have the normal voltage of one but last longer
November 12th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
because they are in series the voltage of both get added together
IE: two 1.5v baterries connected in series equal 3v
and to connect series you connect the negative to one and the positive to the other
November 13th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Greatest video on wind power I’ve ever seen! Simple, straightforward, and right from beginning to end! Also, that PVC pipe for the blades was brilliant! I wish I were a little more mathematically minded.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:17 am
Beacase He Can Have 2 Hooked Together To Get A Longer Lasting Charge And Some Thing With Voltage
November 19th, 2009 at 3:29 am
when he hooks up the blender, why does he hook up red on one battery, and black on another???
November 21st, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Or attach a motor and rectifier to a stationary bicycle and you solve 2 of America’s problems in one go.
November 21st, 2009 at 9:26 pm
he said one of those can charge a 12v battery, you do the math
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:39 am
I found the right ratio is 5 to one diameter 10 in, then 1 blade length could be 50 in long. Union swivel is cool. The rest is for cub scouts.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
If you were to build an army of many of these generators, would you possibly be able to power an entire household? How many generators would that take?
November 26th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Where he uses the term “bridge rectifier” he should have simply said diode.
Since the diode is being used to block reverse current and not to rectify ac to dc.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Is it just me or is there nothing stopping the motor from doing several revolutions and unscrewing off the top of the pipe ******? Other than that a very nice simple design for off grid power.
November 29th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
just remove the bridge rectifer and you got a fan!!
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 am
he said ****** te he
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:17 am
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December 5th, 2009 at 9:54 am
You can build one cheap. Search youtube/ google for plans
December 7th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Great show, especially the blades. If you are not happy using a treadmill motor, you have a lot of other generators/alternators you can substitute with a little adaption.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
it is for any thing that sticks up in the air… The solution is grounding the thing to the ground with heavy cable… Really not a problem, just something that needs to be taken it to account.
December 11th, 2009 at 1:08 am
He used a new motor in the video, the
McMillan Electric model S3456B3282 permanent magnet motor.
Costs about $90 new. I got an old one from a
Treadmill, and it had rust spots and flaking
paint all over, but it works…….
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