Building a Wind Turbine (46 of 46) Finishing Up

See turbine here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MQaT9EbMDQ

Finishing Up. At this point your turbine is built and you need to consider how you are going to coat and weather proof your turbine.

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[efortune357]

awesome vids. Thank you. Why did you go with the height of the turbine? To collect more wind do you think doubling the height would help? What would the pros and cons be? Wish I had more wind here in ohio

[imikewillrockyou]

@efortune357 Increasing the height will have diminishing returns because you can only gain so much speed with that diameter and load. Or in other words the added weight will slow it down. Adding a little more height might give you a slight improvement but at some point it will actually slow you down and the structure will be less stable overall. Hope that helps. btw, if you live in a low wind area go with solar.

[efortune357]

@imikewillrockyou Thanks for the info. I'm in Columbus Oh so not always wind, not always sunny:( Plus I'm try to conserve money. I was thinking a solution may be instead of having a turbine 3x tall, I have 3 separate turbines stacked. I still need to build a test turbine, just thinking out loud... Are people using multiple turbines to engergize homes? It makes sense on the surface but I have a lot to learn.

[imikewillrockyou]

@efortune357 This is small turbine that needs good wind to benefit from it, 20 mpr +. To get that most of the time you need a mast. So if you are in a low wind area I would go with solar first and then add wind to supplement on stormy and cloudy days. However, if you live in area with a lot of wind, then you won't beat wind energy.

[PhoenixCustomPrimiti]

I've watched this from beginning to the end and I must say I am inspired. My area is blessed with a happy medium of sun and wind, but also tornadoes and pretty heavy downpours. I'd like to know about the plans and where I might obtain them as well as the parts/materials list.

Thank you for doing this step by step video series. I know I will be referring back to it during my build..

I look forward to your next build.

[pablof59]

Thanx for the great videos about the build up of this turbine ! I'm nearly shure that if you open some holes in the roof top you'll get a kind of "venturi" effect that will improve the performance.

[efortune357]

@imikewillrockyou Thanks again for the informative response. Hopefully technology will advance to make these more and more efficient and accessible to everybody.

[sweatyss]

NOW i understand! thanks for sharing and God bless you!

[aznmav2]

thank you for sharing your project with us. i would love to see how you hooked up the electrics for this project. have you consider tying it to your grid?

[terrilynndempsey]

@imikewillrockyou Makes sense; I don't want to die. I can't wait to try this project!!!