How to make a small windmill from a permanent magnet motor

[assfau1t]

take the permanent magnet motor out of the title. there's no magnet motor here, just an electromagnetic one. I learned this in 5th grade...

[135jason]

Haha

[tarstarkusz]

This is a neat project, but it will work better with fewwer blades, 3 is optimum for bother power and stablity. 5 is very good at starting a high torque load, but every quickly drops in efficency as the rpms go up and the blades begin fighting each other. 3 blades is the perfect ballance for power and vibrations.

[Shtin24]

does it mean when the motor spins the opposite way, it generates electricity

[AceGod7]

you add a magnet and you wont need wind.

[tanzblm]

Can I use any motor like a motor from a remote control car??

[millerjames96]

where did u get the hand blow torch thing its awesome i need one

[TheMikkelet]

How much money did you spend on the parts? :)

[artnuwa11]

HUm, do you think the blades from a ceiling fas would work out? Very cool, thanks for sharing?

[raksawmalaboo]

with this u can make scate board lights

[josephdupont]

put enough of them in series..

[silirain]

how do you make a blades??

[themodmancarl]

would a drill or dremel work for the motor

[xXVampireKiraXx]

as well as the volt meter u have where can u get one of those?

[xXVampireKiraXx]

what about a moter from a trendmill will that work? and where do u get those wires and that volt meter? and is there anyway to connect this to a lightbulb or something that uses energy to see that it works?

[goldeneffect]

@xXVampireKiraXx A treadmill motor will work if it a permanent magnet type. Volt meter can be bought from any hardware store. A LED will light up with this small windmill.

[jawbreaker480]

where can i get the smae torch you used in this video?

[Emman206]

@jawbreaker480 you can buy it at napa, or any hardware store like lowes home depo.ect

[mxcontroler]

i have a motor off or a electric car is this a permanet magenet motor?

[goldeneffect]

@mxcontroler If the magnets put up resistance when shaft is spun it is.

[axeleneesh]

this isnt a permanent magnet motor, pretty though

[axeleneesh]

this isnt a permanent magnet motor, pretty though

[000DQ000]

so you mean the Larger ( stronger) windmill will create a higher voltage?

[plzforgiveme987]

where did u get that burnner thing..

[000DQ000]

@plzforgiveme987 : go to Lowes or homedepot it only cost 9 bucks for a whole set

[xXxakaXH]

what should be the direction of fan clockwise or anticlock???

[goldeneffect]

@xXxakaXH It doesn't matter

[stackcups]

@xXxakaXH clockwise. it doesn't work the other way.

[pspplayer21]

what kind of motor do i use for generating, i am using one that i got from a big toy car

but it dose not make any thing why????

[goldeneffect]

@pspplayer21 Mabey the motor is burnt out or brushes are old. Try spin it and see if there is an output voltage.

[SVKmellow]

@pspplayer21 it might just turn too slowly... i actually didn't get a thing out of such a motor until i didn't spun it wth the help of a bicycle wheel (put the toy car wheel to a spinning bike wheel)

[neonbluen851]

what can you link it up with?

[neonbluen851]

i just finished mine and it hasn't been out yet so hopefully it will work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BeamSurfer]

thats not really a "permanent" magnet motors

your actually using it like a generator anyways

permanent magnet motors run on forever

[CRITZKRIEG]

wait so you could just connect the motor to a LED and it'll work?

[goldeneffect]

Yes, but the output voltage cannot exceed the L.E.D. rating or it will burn out.

Also the light pulses because voltage output is A.C.

A voltage regulator could be used to limit the voltage entering L.E.D.

[mijdtr]

very cool thanks for the vid

[bettyd3345]

could you use a alternator?

[cambigfoot88]

yes but you need huge rotor blades!

[cheat2kil]

hey listen add some magnet"s to the motor up and down and to the fan also so that when the fan rotates the magnet will help the fan to moves....

[usernameno1willtake]

put some gears on it to make the motor spin faster should make the out put little higher on volts or even to hook up some rechargables to it or some sort of compaciter to hold volts and the wind mill charge it

[knowledgemonger]

There is a trick that can let you use an induction motor as the generator in a wind mill.

It only works if the wind mill spins the motor fast enough. If you take a small induction motor that runs at 3600 RPM (60 Hz places) and spin it a little faster than that, you will discover that when plugged into the mains, it pumps power into the mains instead of taking it out.

[goldeneffect]

Wind rotors usualy spin at around 1000 rpm

to slow for 3600 rpm

[knowledgemonger]

Yes, you would either have to gear up or run the AC at a lower frequency. In any case, it is an idea worth thinking about because of the mechanical simplicity of the generator.

[marthale7]

Combine this with a joule thief circuit, and you could power several led's. Thanks for sharing!