Maker Workshop - Wind Power Generator on MAKE: television
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Uploaded by makemagazine on Feb 13, 2009
Taking a motor from an old exercise treadmill and some PVC pipe, John Park constructs a wind-powered generator. The electrical power may not be enough to get your home off the grid, but the great thing about the project is how it explains in simple terms the technology involved in turning wind into free electricity.
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@gifa01 obviously no wind so he had to use a truck for the video.. you moron
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I'm making a kite generator. I love Make Magazine,I'll feed back as soon as I have some more results. meantime you may get inspired to try the one on my channel
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@gifa01 its a useful way to check the aerodynamics of the wind turbine. as long as you have a dynamometer of some sort on the other end of teh turbine.
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Make: Television wow.
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how much did u pay for gas?
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Downloading for personal use and future reference. :)
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this is like the best tutorial ever! DIY KING!
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That was one awsome tutorial. Well directed, well spoken, well made! Thanks for contributng to the DIY/Go Green movements. Your tutorial is greatly appreciated.
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My treadmill motor has 5 wires going to it and 1 is the ground so technically 4 wires and I have no idea what each of those wires are 2 go to the outer part for the "magnets" and the other 2 go to the wires on the inside and how do I know what ones give of the power I have used a multimeter and none of them did
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I have a old Ceiling Fan. Can I use the blades and motor set-up on a frame?
Xtophernyul 11 months ago 6
So wait... lemme get this straight... he had to drive his truck at 15 miles per hour for about 20 minutes with a wind generator mounted in the back, to charge up his batteries enough to run a blender and make a smoothie... And he says that the best part is, it was made with free energy...
Last time I checked, there is nothing free about driving a truck...
gifa01 11 months ago 5