Wind power is the result of converting the wind into a much more helpful form, eg electricity. A wind turbine is generally used for this. Wind power is superb for areas that have average wind speeds of larger than ten miles per hour. You get free electricity.
Materials you will need:
– Treadmill motor
– Plastic 2-liter pop bottles
– A steel bicycle frame
– Zip ties
Instructions to build a wind generator:
1. Find a motor from a treadmill. You can often find one in a skip at terraces near colleges. Different sources of this motor can be free cycle and Craigslist. Spinning this motor using an outside source can create electricity.
2. Fuse the motor onto the axle of a bicycle pedal (the pedal should be removed) .This involves scaffolding to be built for alignment. Mount the motor housing by fusing a pipe to bridge the area starting at the frame on the way to the motor housing, ensuring the motor is stubbornly in position. The housing shouldn’t spin while the spindle of the motor does.
3. Construct the blades by zip-tying plastic from the pop bottles at an angle between the spokes for the wind to make the wheel whisk. The pop bottle plastic is detached by winding a 2-inch strip from the bottle in a curving trail that authorizes a long strip to be cut. The zip ties should be linked thru holes in the plastic that can be done by employing a hole punch. If there’s still an opening that must be filled on the spoke because the plastic is much too short, continue filling it with another piece of plastic that’s zip tied prepared. There should be an area of the wheel that is enclosed with these blades that’s 33% of the entire face of the wheel the wind will force.
4. Make sure the blades do not touch anything as they turn. Also insure this device is out of reach, particularly by kids as the blades could harm them. Save on space by cutting down the remainder of the bike. Mount the generator up high. The generator will make noise, which could scare away animals, but might also provoke your neighbors (only you can decide if that is bad).
5. Place the generator on the highest place possible . Place the wires beginning at the generator towards the preferred site for power. Do not re-energize batteries on this because they won’t get charged and run the motor instead. Ask an electrician if you want to re-energize batteries with the generator.
By following these instructions to build a wind generator, you may find that creating your own home wind generator is fun and simple.
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