Extremely simple wind generator

[billmalta1]

bad title... do you generate wind? :o)

[tanzblm]

How did you do this can I just get a normal CPU fan and then what?

[Alchemikazz]

@tanzblm connect fan wires to LED and spin fan very fast

[erik374]

HAHA COOL

[03465374868]

yes this is extremly simple

[VerystrangeMaster]

Congrats ! Now make a bigger one !!!

[cosminx2003]

Hey mate, i tried myself with an old cool fan, i connected it to a voltmeter and i spinned the prop but no electricity. The fan is not broken because i connected it to a battery and it works.

[HEHE575]

@cosminx2003 it probably has a diode in it

[enticed2zeitgeist]

@HEHE575 What do you mean? What does a Diode do? Or do you mean a light emitting diode?

[22Boza]

Can you specify exactly which fan did you use? I tryed it with severals fans and it doesn t work.

[Alchemikazz]

It's 12cm computer case fan, not all computers has such fans. On that fan is a sticker which says: 12V 0.12A. It might not work for two reasons: wrong LED connecting as it passes current only one direction or too small wind as case fan is not intended for such use, you need quite a strong wind to power even small LED.

[Alchemikazz]

It's not light bulb :)

I used only two things: 80mm case fan and LED. Fan already has needed wires and connector.

[TJforster]

ok, so do you just use like a comp. fan. and then hook up the two wires to a lightbulb!?

[Alchemikazz]

You just need 1000 of them :D

[energyman1988]

true...

[thrundar]

LOL! I want to see that power-house mounted with a tail vane so it stays pointed in the wind