the largest VAWT i will probably ever build.

[soilfit]

since no wind is coming in from top then why not put a cap on top and seal it from rain and snow...just a thought

[hydropowertube]

@soilfit i like that idea, maybe solar panels?

[dieselwarriordotcom]

I like the duce and a 1/2, cool truck!

[ItsEasyIfYouThink]

I love your ideas! this is very inspiring! i am going to borrow your idea of using bike rims! thats brilliant! i just built my first turbine and i am going to use your ideas!

[entersubconsciouskey]

very impressive, low-cost solution. thank you for sharing this idea!) are there any updates?

[billlyh]

Very INGENIOUS!! I'm very impressed. Do you think that it would be a good thing to attach something to hold the other end of the wheel axle? I noticed the bottom of the wheel on the top shows the lower part of the axle just hanging there. It seems that if it were connected with just one cross piece, (like the same wood you have used), that this would make the wheel spokes hold longer and better. It seems that the top spokes are carring too much of the weight of the turbine. I LOVE THIS DESIGN!!!

[costajules]

You can't simply convert Volts to Watts, it depends on the load that the Volts is measured across. If it measures 10V across a 1 Ohm load, then there would be 10 Amps flowing through the load, and the power would be 100 Watts, but if it measured 10V across a 100 Ohm load, then there would only be 0.1Amp flowing through the load, and the power would then be 1 Watt.

[checksummedchest]

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[URTARDS]

To find out what ratio your system has simply take the diameter of the large pulley and divide it into the size of the small pulley for the answer. For example, if the large pulley is 20 Inches and the small pulley is 2 inches your ratio would be 10. So with this example your gen is spinning 10 times to the drive pulleys 1.

Hope that helps.

[Stannogs]

The music is good.

[kreuzundquer]

Did u ever measure out torque or rpm?

[mbunds]

I'll bet that puts out some serious torque!

[tiantan63]

Using an oil drum has this advantage too:

If you were to cut eight U-shaped cuts around the sides of the drum and bend them out, you'd have your blades............and the weight to keep it turning

during intermittent wind too.

Tiantan

[mrbuki77]

How much power can you generate? AMPS, WATTS and so on. Later from sunny FL

[DominickBlack]

Not on your life.

His design is far beyond yours. His design took far more thought than yours, too.

[tiantan63]

May sound stupid, but more blades would

mean better response to low wind, and

the weight of an oil drum would give it more

momentum during intermittent wind........

just a thought.......

Tiantan

[kelltiozim]

I'll give ya a 5 - not bad.

[davidrrrd]

you can add another tryangle to the bottom and top to support another three blades for more tork and speed.

and prehaps another generator could be added also.

prehaps use as a test bed for several diferent generator motors .

[PsionNinja]

Good and solid design. If the wind "cups" were larger your vawt would go faster, or provide for better torque.

[scarlejr]

Nice! The belt and pully system is just like the one i'm working on. I'm starting to feel like a chain may be better though. BUT the belt would give me wayyy more rpm. Nice turbine though, would love to see some wind speed and output tests :)

[EyeCheatYouLose]

Nice job. Gives me a few ideas. Thanks.

[jusupsukatendel]

hi,

nice work!

[judah486]

um i am a bit silly but have you taken a ride yet looks run...albeit maybe a long ride... depending on the winds

[emagnets]

the AMPs are based on the load you apply to it and whether your turbine sustains the rotating motion or not. to keep up the demand the higher the resistance, the higher the amps.

[rol671]

nice vawt. :)

[hydropowertube]

thx

[emagnets]

you did good.

i hope you are getting some power out of it, i am gessing 10 to 20 watt?!!

later

[hydropowertube]

i hooked it up to a tester and it was outputting anywhere from 1 volt to 10 volts in the wind that day. not sure what that equates to in watts tho.

[URTARDS]

@hydropowertube - To test watts you'll also need to know the amps along with volts to determine the watts - Example, 5 volts x 2 amps = 10 watts. So next time you test volts take an amp reading to then multiply them together to determine wattage. But remember, testing volts and amps with no load is different then when they are under load.

[URTARDS]

@hydropowertube - When under a load you can expect roughly half the volts and amp readings due to it (working). For this example it would be like walking down the street empty handed then adding an elephant to your back. Gets harder huh? :-)