Home Wind Turbine - second video

Ten foot diameter, 500 watts at 24V

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[umagrama]

How's the performance of the turbine? Mine's almost done and I'm not sure what to expect. HAve you calculated the watt-hour produced?

[AMCOEAOWE]

It depends 100% on where you put it. My machine (10' diameter) can hit 500watts peak output in 20mph wind. But it does not work well for me in the location shown in the video because the trees are taller than the turbine. I'm going to move it to a new location. You need to put your machine in a place where it can get "clear air" wind flow. You don't care about "peak" output. You need to care about "sustained" output. That means you need sustained wind (no trees in the way).

[umagrama]

Thanks for the reply! I'm excited to get mine going. Maybe in 2 weeks it will be going strong. I broke two magnets and now need to wait for them to arrive.

Another thing I was wondering, what do you (you in particular) power with the energy produced? Lights, TV, freezer?

[AMCOEAOWE]

The wind turbine (and 400watts of solar PV) charge a 24V battery bank. I'm running a Xantrex 1800 Prosine inverter to power my home refrigerator/freezer. The Xantrex has a built-in relay that allows switching between the battery bank and grid power with the flip of a switch. Unless you are in an area with lots of hours of daily wind or sun (no clouds) you need to be able to switch back to a backup power supply (grid or generator). Otherwise you flatten your batteries.

[Lojikbom]

You could put something like that up to power grow lamps.

Go green to grow green. ;)

[WhiteRhinoPhantom]

i love these videos and all but the owners never sign on to answer more questions. they always leave out what everyone asks for. watts and price!

[RomanKnight88]

yeah awesome :D 5* wind turbine you made it? or you buy it??

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[esre69]

Está muy bien tu aerogenerador, pero véo un detalle, el eje desde el rodamiento, es muy largo y tiene que soportar mucho peso, es posible que en un viento fuerte, lo rompa, yo que tu, trataria de reforzarlo antes de que sea demasiado tarde. No estoy criticando tu trabajo, simplemente es que me hé dado cuenta del detalle y trato de avisarte.

[ilovejesus4evr]

@fingerspies Are you kidding me????? As long as this Earth spins on it's axis there will be wind man! Plenty enough to blow your hair around and provide my house with efficient electricity. Geez!

[ilovejesus4evr]

@SidneyBou I believe the rule of the thumb is to be higher than anything within 300 feet. With that in mind you can see by all these videos that height seems to be the key to sustainable wind energy. The "experts" say that minimum height should be around 80 feet. Considering the size of tower a person would need to attain that height makes the cost beyond most peoples budgets in the DIY mode.

[iw0upv]

Bravo,complimenti !

[Nubs4TheWin]

You should also out a solar panel on top of that..

[diazrichard]

@Lojikbom Had same revelation when watching "The Colony". Built a huge windmill with an alternator, a shit ton of car batteries , a bunch of scrap metal, and a power head made of bicycle chains and gears. I was like : O