Home Made Turbine

The materials you need for a home made turbine vary. You need something to use as the turbine blades, you need a rotor, a generator, wires, and batteries. There are other parts you will need depending on the design you follow, but those are the basic parts and the ones you are most likely to be able to use recycled parts.

The turbine blades can be made out of anything which has sufficient strength and which has or can be molded to a shape to move with the wind. Weight also has to be a factor because the heavier it is, the less the wind will be able to move it. One material which is recommended for this is PVC pipe.

A rotor is what the blades attach to which transfer the spinning motion to the generator, or which may actually house the generator, again depending on your design. A good source of these would be from junked automobiles which you could find at a local dump.

The generator could be made from magnets and copper wire, or you might use something like a recovered alternator from an automobile, also found in the junk yard.

Wires might come from any number of locations, but may be difficult to find as used items since these are often sent to scrap metal dealers. You may be able to find something at a demolition site or again looking at a junk yard. You should test any wire you are not certain of to be sure it works.

For the battery, you may find that places like golf courses, which may replace batteries annually in their golf carts, could be a good source as they may be paying someone to take the old batteries away. You might be saving them some money while getting yourself a good source of batteries.

How can you find the best way to use these recycled parts to make them into a working turbine that generates electricity? You'll want to find one that has detailed plans and offers step by step instruction in how to put together a working system. There are a lot of these available out on the web.

You should also look for one that offers you some assistance if you get stuck, or at least gives you good customer service and offers you your money back if it turns out not to be what you wanted.

Of all the systems that are available out there, I've found only one that offers all of that as well as step by step videos so you can actually see what needs to be done and how, rather than just read about it and see a picture. These videos can be invaluable.

The only system I've seen out there that will give you all of this is Earth 4 Energy, which I highly recommend. It is a good system, and the videos alone make it worth having.