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Thanks I needed a reference on ac output for my windy nation 750 moel I put it up yesterday but the wind has only been 5-7 mph It was putting out 10vac at the low wind speed!
put solar panels on the blades of any wind turbine and get both powers at once and if one is not being used the other one is being used.kenneth van horn
sorry buddy that i was only showing you voltage while holding a propeller spinning at around 400 rpm!!!!,,,,, and couldn't change the meter to amps so you could then workout the watts while sitting down in a comfy chair for your viewing pleasure, in my next video i will try and remove one of the blades while spinning at full whack and then put it back again just for you because that's just the type of nice guy i am.
the whole point of this video is to show that u can charge a battery
I'm no electrician, but why do we measure the output in Voltage? How about Wattage? After all the utility companies charge us by the Kilowatt Hour. Volts tell me nothing. I can have 40 Volts that make 10 Watts, or 10 Volts that make 200 Watts. At least give us Volts and Amps so we can do the math ourselves. Does this make sense or am I missing something here?
The wind turbines are cool and the solar cells too. What I don't understand is why would anybody buy them either. You either pay thousands of dollars to the the makers of wind or solar systems; or to the energy companies. What's the benefit?
You just don't need the solar cells or wind turbines. There is batteries, inverters, charge controllers etc. I really don't get it.
@mercurio0000 conservational energies are ever lasting....till d earth survives, n we let it survive....dese batteries, inverters r soon gonna be in junkyards...n talkin abt d costs...conservational sources r one tym investment...install it once, even if its a bit expensive, n u wud say to ur grandsons dat dere was a tym when we used to pay d bills...;)
@anmol004 You are probably right. I would probably not benefit much from it, but my future generations will, if they decided to stay on the property and pay the taxes on it. May this tech will get cheaper too. Look at what's happening to the "Home Phone Service". Remember when AT&T used to be a monopoly. I used to get $2.99 a minutes long distance calls. And locally you could only make 100 out calls. Then they would charge you more after that. Now here in TX, $14.99 a month with everything.
easy the motor and blades are different all together this is a off the shelf recicled treadmill motor with pvc home made blades, the other is a extremelly powerfull motor capable of 600 watts and the blades are basically the rolld royce of blades.
I tried doing this with an 8ft windmill on a 6 foot step ladder. Two people holding the ladder up was still not enough, probably 100-200lbs of thrust.
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Depends on the size and type of the battery and the output from the windmill. if you are only producing a few amps into a large lead acid battery, you can easily watch it by checking it on windy days.
for sure duct tape the meter to the unit and use 2 hands friend ! looks like it all might bolt up with an old gunstock to give you a good grip and a nice feel when aiming it in to the wind! none the less a great idea, thanks
ok so you got 20V out of that, now how do you get it to 115V ? making 6 o 10 more turbines and connecting it to a regulator to get the 115 ~ 120 V ???
Inverter, all photovoltaic and wind powered systems require an inverter, it doesn't matter what kind of voltage it puts out, what matters the most is amperage.
I'm building my own wind turbine and need to know more about what type of alternator to use. Baring in mind that I'm a student and poor, so if possible could you recommend a cheap alternator.
Any chance you can tell me what you used to build it? Me and my mates are going to build one for a school project and we'de like to have a list of materials. £35 looks really cheap
Chances are he is measuring open circuit voltage which means there is no load and essentially no power output. That/s why it is spinning so fast. There is no load. A turbine this size can only produce a few hundred watts in a strong wind.
Actually, he was measuring amps. When you measure amps with a fluke meter like that, you must have a load or you will have a short circuit, so there had to be a load. It is reasonable for a turbine of that size to produce 500 watts in 20mph wind.
Actually you can see that it's on the 200V DC scale, and that the socket for measuring amps has no cable in it. Also most "Multi meters" can only measure up to 10 amps before they blow the fuse :)
Looks like the meter is set to DC volts. 21.5 was the highest. It would be interesting to see this experiment duplicated measuring amps. Then we would have a watt calculation, which is the important part. If this rig is producing 21.5volts at only 1amp that wouldn't even power a light bulb.
I would like to see the amps as well. If he is spinning a fixed magnet alternator it's likely putting out 8 to 10 amps at 500 RPM. The right alternator will put out 5 amps at only 250 RPM. That thing looks like it was doing a 1000 RPM. So not bad.
That looks pretty cool! If you're trying to get an idea of it's output, maybe you could mount it in the back of a small truck or something on a calm day. You would then know what output was for a given wind speed. Good job!
The windmill design isn't optimal. Lay the generator on it's back, put up some sails and spin it like a roulette wheel. You never have to worry about it facing into the wind because it always is. (When there's wind).
Hi megavotze, I think you can clearly see that its only a permanent magnet generator with pvc pipes attached to it and when it spins it produces dc current to then charge a battery, may i take this opportunity to invite you to read on the net about home made wind turbines, before you call people idiots, lack of knowledge and research is what makes you make these comments.
Hope this clarifyes it for you then again maybe not.
kk, sorry i thought it was another joke-vid. i will read more about this stuff because i'm very interested. and sorry my bad english. thank you and have a nice day from CH
your open circuit voltage was 20+ volts max, but what about the short circuit current. As you might know, your max power is the product of the two!!!!!!!
Personally I believe our greatest obstacle is harnessing the energy. As you have shown, it takes a little effort, a bit of knowledge, and even less money to produce quite a bit of energy, but the batteries we use to store it are, among other things, very toxic, inefficient, and bulky. I believe that this is the biggest hurdle before turning wind power into affordable, efficient, eco-friendly transportation, not to mention the biggest thing holding us back from giving big oil the big finger.
well said researchx, i think we are on the same wave length, there has got to be other ways of making electricity, without damaging the planet, that is why solar and wind power is the way of the future, mother nature is providing this never ending source and we have to be clever and use it.
Lets face it. Gasoline, Electricity and Natural gas are going out of site. We need to learn more and share this technology so we can learn to become self sufficient and finally break the backs of big oil companies.
to the guy who said that 20V will mean 400W - that is utter rubbish. you would need to know the effective internal resistance of the turbine etc etc etc....
the blades are made from 6 inch pvc ground pipe, I have also in the past used gutter pvc pipe it all depends on the surface and curve of the pipe to catch the wind, so in theory you need to get the right pipe size for your specific motor, some motors cog and somme don't, it's a bit of a learning curve
hi, do you have an idea on how many watts is produced by this turbine? I mean, suppose you use an inverter to produce 220VAC. Whan can you power on that inverter? a TV? a 60W light bulb? what? very good your project.
18-20 V will mean 400-600W seems for this design. What to power depends on battaries, not on tudbine power: you can charge 400 Ah /24V battaries 100 hours with 4A, or 10 hours with 40A (10% current is good charging).
This turbine, depicted, at good wind (not at extremal conditions! see intetvchannel here)could charge battaries in 10 hours to supply you with 900 W energy for 6-7 hours. But better to choose Whisper (100 or 200): with charge controller. IMPORTANT for battaries!
it really does not matter how many volts you get, you need to test the output under load, having the type of reading on your meter is a good indication that you may be able to charge a 12 volt battery.
treadmill motor, but check the volts and the rpms, the higher volts and the lower rpms the better, divide rpms by volts times 13, 13 volts is what you need at least to start charging a 12v battery, see u
You need 13V to FINISH charging a 12V battery. If the battery is currently holding 10V, then anything over that will be added into the battery, but it won't go over the voltage that's fed into it.
Most decent inverters will function from 10-14V on a "12V" system. If you're getting more than 10V to the inverter, then you'll be in business, well, "small business" at any rate.
Dont be lead to believe that electronics are needed to control simple turbines such as this good example. This small wind turbine produces DC electricity that can be feed directly into a battery without any controls.
thats right windyjamiller, you don't need any special electornics for this turbine set up, however if the turbine is left unattended for too long then a charge controller might be necessary, other than that is a diode and fuse in line to the battery and happy days, you are charging.
To actually harness any useful power out of something with such an unstable power output such as wind turbine, you need power electronics which constantly monitor and convert the voltage/frequency so you can either offload to a battery or an AC system. That's part of the reason why large-scale wind generators are so complex.
I don't know what wind generation is like in Greece but I only agree with you as far as small systems go!!!
Here in California we have very large wind farms (HUGE fans) in certain windy areas and to be best of my knowledge all that power is fed more or less directly back into our power grid.
Thank you guys, for your support I didn't know anything about wind turbines, but after looking at the website gotwind, i saw what the fella ben could do for a few pounds and i got inspired, and was able to make up this turbine, and I,m really happy with it, has I was already using solar panels this turbine compliment the set up.
Now connect a battery to the turbine which will put a load on the voltage and drag it down to a more realistic level.
You will need at least 13.6v to charge the battery.
my rig has 10 batterys with a 10meg ohm resistance to deal with which means a lot of weeks charging which is why I am now going to add 400w of solar as well.(Hybrid System.)
sounds like hurricane
Greddier1 1 month ago
Put your tongue on it
89gtu 4 months ago
Touch it come on a dare you touch LOL, its a nice home made windmill serves its purpose, Congrats
DrBrunoSanchez 7 months ago in playlist wind turbine
how many AMPS ????
nadeem5476 7 months ago
What are you using to make the power? An alternator maybe? Let me know
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indibry 9 months ago
Thanks I needed a reference on ac output for my windy nation 750 moel I put it up yesterday but the wind has only been 5-7 mph It was putting out 10vac at the low wind speed!
troybrownrigg 9 months ago
put solar panels on the blades of any wind turbine and get both powers at once and if one is not being used the other one is being used.kenneth van horn
kennethvanhorn 1 year ago
i like eggs
stevosectiond 1 year ago
how many rpm do you get once on load? or u just use it to recharge batteries?
billmalta1 1 year ago
What amps do u get from this?
enemyofhumans 1 year ago
sorry buddy that i was only showing you voltage while holding a propeller spinning at around 400 rpm!!!!,,,,, and couldn't change the meter to amps so you could then workout the watts while sitting down in a comfy chair for your viewing pleasure, in my next video i will try and remove one of the blades while spinning at full whack and then put it back again just for you because that's just the type of nice guy i am.
the whole point of this video is to show that u can charge a battery
humbertini900 1 year ago 3
I'm no electrician, but why do we measure the output in Voltage? How about Wattage? After all the utility companies charge us by the Kilowatt Hour. Volts tell me nothing. I can have 40 Volts that make 10 Watts, or 10 Volts that make 200 Watts. At least give us Volts and Amps so we can do the math ourselves. Does this make sense or am I missing something here?
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cadentavaricegrtrj 1 year ago
The wind turbines are cool and the solar cells too. What I don't understand is why would anybody buy them either. You either pay thousands of dollars to the the makers of wind or solar systems; or to the energy companies. What's the benefit?
You just don't need the solar cells or wind turbines. There is batteries, inverters, charge controllers etc. I really don't get it.
mercurio0000 1 year ago
@mercurio0000 conservational energies are ever lasting....till d earth survives, n we let it survive....dese batteries, inverters r soon gonna be in junkyards...n talkin abt d costs...conservational sources r one tym investment...install it once, even if its a bit expensive, n u wud say to ur grandsons dat dere was a tym when we used to pay d bills...;)
anmol004 1 year ago
@anmol004 You are probably right. I would probably not benefit much from it, but my future generations will, if they decided to stay on the property and pay the taxes on it. May this tech will get cheaper too. Look at what's happening to the "Home Phone Service". Remember when AT&T used to be a monopoly. I used to get $2.99 a minutes long distance calls. And locally you could only make 100 out calls. Then they would charge you more after that. Now here in TX, $14.99 a month with everything.
mercurio0000 1 year ago
@mercurio0000 ABSOLUTELY...NOW U GOT IT....nw u r thinkin long term...:)
anmol004 1 year ago
Nice playlist on home wind turbines, enjoyed it.
HomeWindTurbines7 1 year ago
nice but i made 1 at home with knex and it made 16+ volts i used copper wiring and two bar magnets, how does one this work?
tmg996 1 year ago
how about the power?
RestauranteChines 1 year ago
pero que estas midiendo tension o corriente???
drakon1805 1 year ago
sweeeeet !!!!!! excellent rotation, how do you get such frictionless spin? .....
williamblake69 1 year ago
how did you build this for £35?....on your webpage your selling the PMA for £235 and the blades for £210!....
IrlDave71 2 years ago 6
easy the motor and blades are different all together this is a off the shelf recicled treadmill motor with pvc home made blades, the other is a extremelly powerfull motor capable of 600 watts and the blades are basically the rolld royce of blades.
cheerio
humbertini900 2 years ago
this is cool ;]
You should add a tutorial
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maninistdotcom 2 years ago
You are showing the volts here, but what about the amperes?
Volts is not energy alone.
atvheads 2 years ago
I tried doing this with an 8ft windmill on a 6 foot step ladder. Two people holding the ladder up was still not enough, probably 100-200lbs of thrust.
MrPizzaman09 2 years ago
What kind of tread mill motor did u use?
losttreasurehunt 2 years ago
tell me all the parts to use and how much it will cost and how to build it, i must have one myself
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What do you reccommend for a charge controller for wind turbine?
TheiPhone3gAppReview 2 years ago
Depends on the size and type of the battery and the output from the windmill. if you are only producing a few amps into a large lead acid battery, you can easily watch it by checking it on windy days.
MrPizzaman09 2 years ago
Good job!!
what kind of motor you used?
show it pls.
Ciao
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abmod03 2 years ago
I have done that before, and it can get pretty scary in high winds. You have a nice setup there. 5stars
MrPizzaman09 2 years ago
Looks dangerous.... Oh Shit! There goes my finger!
ArashiNage 2 years ago 9
oh damn !!! thats great ! i didn't know that! i'll have it in mind for future projects... thanks.
gescoboza 2 years ago 2
for sure duct tape the meter to the unit and use 2 hands friend ! looks like it all might bolt up with an old gunstock to give you a good grip and a nice feel when aiming it in to the wind! none the less a great idea, thanks
SkipW 2 years ago
Thats the fucking mad note!!
sounduser 2 years ago
ok so you got 20V out of that, now how do you get it to 115V ? making 6 o 10 more turbines and connecting it to a regulator to get the 115 ~ 120 V ???
gescoboza 2 years ago 2
What you do is make the 20 v charge a 12 v battrey then use a power inverter to convert it to 115 v. :)
HelpSaveTheEarth2051 2 years ago 5
Inverter, all photovoltaic and wind powered systems require an inverter, it doesn't matter what kind of voltage it puts out, what matters the most is amperage.
stumbo2w 2 years ago
lol transforamtor would do it too
elGarstico 2 years ago
yeah, and power comes just out of the wall, not a plant
nrdesign1991 2 years ago
is it a tredmill motor?
pow0006 3 years ago
the propeller is spinning from the wind, then it generates electricity
horizonflyer9 2 years ago
I love the wind.
amoswt 3 years ago 6
Nice blades!
DeanC993 3 years ago
Hi,
I'm building my own wind turbine and need to know more about what type of alternator to use. Baring in mind that I'm a student and poor, so if possible could you recommend a cheap alternator.
Would a solenoid work to generate a voltage?
Thanks for any tips!
JamboyStu 3 years ago 2
Make your own alternator. There are instructions all over the Internets.
capaonfire 3 years ago
Hey buddy an cheap alternator can be found at your local scrap yard.You might even get it free. :)
HelpSaveTheEarth2051 2 years ago
Any chance you can tell me what you used to build it? Me and my mates are going to build one for a school project and we'de like to have a list of materials. £35 looks really cheap
BMXStreetDrummer 3 years ago
Chances are he is measuring open circuit voltage which means there is no load and essentially no power output. That/s why it is spinning so fast. There is no load. A turbine this size can only produce a few hundred watts in a strong wind.
naflodi 3 years ago
Actually, he was measuring amps. When you measure amps with a fluke meter like that, you must have a load or you will have a short circuit, so there had to be a load. It is reasonable for a turbine of that size to produce 500 watts in 20mph wind.
capaonfire 3 years ago
Actually you can see that it's on the 200V DC scale, and that the socket for measuring amps has no cable in it. Also most "Multi meters" can only measure up to 10 amps before they blow the fuse :)
flauschloride 3 years ago
Not a Fluke meter.
Daaremikkel 2 years ago
post a how to
brandotime 3 years ago
are those amps?
circusboy90210 3 years ago
Looks like the meter is set to DC volts. 21.5 was the highest. It would be interesting to see this experiment duplicated measuring amps. Then we would have a watt calculation, which is the important part. If this rig is producing 21.5volts at only 1amp that wouldn't even power a light bulb.
epochrecords 3 years ago
I would like to see the amps as well. If he is spinning a fixed magnet alternator it's likely putting out 8 to 10 amps at 500 RPM. The right alternator will put out 5 amps at only 250 RPM. That thing looks like it was doing a 1000 RPM. So not bad.
imikewillrockyou 3 years ago
alot of power you can save with this amazing thing, hook it up to a inverter and if it has amps, lol, see what happens.
gamer2284 3 years ago
That looks pretty cool! If you're trying to get an idea of it's output, maybe you could mount it in the back of a small truck or something on a calm day. You would then know what output was for a given wind speed. Good job!
naisayd 3 years ago
whoa shit! Don't let go LOL.
jackmonkey26 3 years ago 2
Did he take off?...
sploggon 3 years ago
good job my freind good job
ryancolemanstudios 3 years ago
The windmill design isn't optimal. Lay the generator on it's back, put up some sails and spin it like a roulette wheel. You never have to worry about it facing into the wind because it always is. (When there's wind).
Ricallbur 3 years ago
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fake - this "thing" must have batteries inside you idiots
megaVotze 3 years ago
Hi megavotze, I think you can clearly see that its only a permanent magnet generator with pvc pipes attached to it and when it spins it produces dc current to then charge a battery, may i take this opportunity to invite you to read on the net about home made wind turbines, before you call people idiots, lack of knowledge and research is what makes you make these comments.
Hope this clarifyes it for you then again maybe not.
cheerio
humbertini900 3 years ago 7
kk, sorry i thought it was another joke-vid. i will read more about this stuff because i'm very interested. and sorry my bad english. thank you and have a nice day from CH
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highplainsdrifter842 3 years ago
@humbertini900
did you know you can comment on peoples actual comments so we can see who your flaming and why?
derman077 1 year ago
@megaVotze ha ha ha ha ha
TheKogo22 10 months ago
your open circuit voltage was 20+ volts max, but what about the short circuit current. As you might know, your max power is the product of the two!!!!!!!
Semper Fi
mnb888mnb 3 years ago 3
right on
Ascaron50 3 years ago
How did you make the alternator? or did you just buy it?
poelaertpieterjan 3 years ago
Personally I believe our greatest obstacle is harnessing the energy. As you have shown, it takes a little effort, a bit of knowledge, and even less money to produce quite a bit of energy, but the batteries we use to store it are, among other things, very toxic, inefficient, and bulky. I believe that this is the biggest hurdle before turning wind power into affordable, efficient, eco-friendly transportation, not to mention the biggest thing holding us back from giving big oil the big finger.
DanLightning 3 years ago 6
your right my friend but now they have domestic wind turbines that are ring fed into the house maines which require no batteries.
BALLYHEIGUEBOY 3 years ago
pvc waste pipe, found on building sites
humbertini900 3 years ago
wHAT GENERATOR IS USED, PS GOOD JOB
spinaway 3 years ago
what are the blades made from
madladpjl 3 years ago
well said researchx, i think we are on the same wave length, there has got to be other ways of making electricity, without damaging the planet, that is why solar and wind power is the way of the future, mother nature is providing this never ending source and we have to be clever and use it.
humbertini900 3 years ago
Lets face it. Gasoline, Electricity and Natural gas are going out of site. We need to learn more and share this technology so we can learn to become self sufficient and finally break the backs of big oil companies.
ResearchX 3 years ago 6
to the guy who said that 20V will mean 400W - that is utter rubbish. you would need to know the effective internal resistance of the turbine etc etc etc....
jgubby 3 years ago
lol, don't let go!
'arrrr, me head!!"
noelie84 3 years ago 2
I'm gonna try to build one ! Please be carefull with your nose.......that thing really moves.
mush1955 4 years ago 2
what kind of geneartor do you use ?
from an automobil ?tnx good job
xe1kw 4 years ago
I want to make one but I'm afraid the Florida storms would tear it apart. Great job!
starofinanna 4 years ago
good job but ya how do you put the wind turbine together...?? i need to know by tomorow cuz im making one for my science fair project
12 year old girl
100057964 4 years ago
just mount a simple bicycle dynamo to the propeller using a coupler.
sarmila85 3 years ago
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You grow up and become an adult, and then you put it together.
duke1duke1 3 years ago
Sure will tear it apart!
Home-made tourbines making could be a good hobby, but the difference is as home-made airplane and factory made:
see Whisper 100 at good wind at
inetTVchannel here. What would be with
home-made turbine under similar conditions?
And what about people neaby, when blades rotoates with 11 Hz? (blades move faster that WWII Mustang fighter!)
inetTVchannel 3 years ago
the blades are made from 6 inch pvc ground pipe, I have also in the past used gutter pvc pipe it all depends on the surface and curve of the pipe to catch the wind, so in theory you need to get the right pipe size for your specific motor, some motors cog and somme don't, it's a bit of a learning curve
humbertini900 4 years ago
where do u buy the blades?
aeroscope 4 years ago
where are the plans..
josephdupont 4 years ago
Is that tape holding it together? Don't let go!
kleinatize 4 years ago
hi, do you have an idea on how many watts is produced by this turbine? I mean, suppose you use an inverter to produce 220VAC. Whan can you power on that inverter? a TV? a 60W light bulb? what? very good your project.
HairyPotter2006 4 years ago
18-20 V will mean 400-600W seems for this design. What to power depends on battaries, not on tudbine power: you can charge 400 Ah /24V battaries 100 hours with 4A, or 10 hours with 40A (10% current is good charging).
This turbine, depicted, at good wind (not at extremal conditions! see intetvchannel here)could charge battaries in 10 hours to supply you with 900 W energy for 6-7 hours. But better to choose Whisper (100 or 200): with charge controller. IMPORTANT for battaries!
inetTVchannel 3 years ago
It's volts, amps is quit another mater.
angelica14709 4 years ago
There was one decimal place. He was maxing out just a fuzz under 22.0
FoobarSG 4 years ago
Is that on 200V? I certainly can see triple digits.
Cr3ativity 4 years ago
it is 20.9v there is a point
pitbike2006 4 years ago
thanks
Cr3ativity 4 years ago
it really does not matter how many volts you get, you need to test the output under load, having the type of reading on your meter is a good indication that you may be able to charge a 12 volt battery.
PoconoPlaces 4 years ago
What motor did you use?
uberpwn12 4 years ago
treadmill motor, but check the volts and the rpms, the higher volts and the lower rpms the better, divide rpms by volts times 13, 13 volts is what you need at least to start charging a 12v battery, see u
humbertini900 4 years ago
You need 13V to FINISH charging a 12V battery. If the battery is currently holding 10V, then anything over that will be added into the battery, but it won't go over the voltage that's fed into it.
Most decent inverters will function from 10-14V on a "12V" system. If you're getting more than 10V to the inverter, then you'll be in business, well, "small business" at any rate.
SamCrut 4 years ago
Dont be lead to believe that electronics are needed to control simple turbines such as this good example. This small wind turbine produces DC electricity that can be feed directly into a battery without any controls.
WindyJAMiller 4 years ago
thats right windyjamiller, you don't need any special electornics for this turbine set up, however if the turbine is left unattended for too long then a charge controller might be necessary, other than that is a diode and fuse in line to the battery and happy days, you are charging.
cheers for your comments guys
humbertini900 4 years ago
To actually harness any useful power out of something with such an unstable power output such as wind turbine, you need power electronics which constantly monitor and convert the voltage/frequency so you can either offload to a battery or an AC system. That's part of the reason why large-scale wind generators are so complex.
Velktron 4 years ago
I don't know what wind generation is like in Greece but I only agree with you as far as small systems go!!!
Here in California we have very large wind farms (HUGE fans) in certain windy areas and to be best of my knowledge all that power is fed more or less directly back into our power grid.
ProductionDesignrMAX 4 years ago
Excelent video!
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yallegamosalaindia 4 years ago
forget the turbine. where do I get one of those cool multi meters?
guitartec 4 years ago
Hey ! good job ! i want to build my own ! do you have a guide or something ?, cheers from Argentina.
Puntaltenses 4 years ago
22 volts is really good, just need a few batteries in parallel and something to get a constant 13 volts, hmm the skies the limit
thisrulzz 4 years ago
cheers mate
the turbine is working perfect if you want to see my other videos to see it performing.
cheers
humbertini900 4 years ago
You're on the right track. It looks like the little turbine looks like it should help compliment your system.
When you get it installed, post up some details on how things are going with it.
jphdg 4 years ago
Thank you guys, for your support I didn't know anything about wind turbines, but after looking at the website gotwind, i saw what the fella ben could do for a few pounds and i got inspired, and was able to make up this turbine, and I,m really happy with it, has I was already using solar panels this turbine compliment the set up.
cheers once again for your support
humbertini900 4 years ago
Well done you have taken the first step.
Now connect a battery to the turbine which will put a load on the voltage and drag it down to a more realistic level.
You will need at least 13.6v to charge the battery.
my rig has 10 batterys with a 10meg ohm resistance to deal with which means a lot of weeks charging which is why I am now going to add 400w of solar as well.(Hybrid System.)
windysolar1 4 years ago
Very well done!
wascillywabbit 4 years ago