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Making a home that has electric power from alternative sources is not as difficult as one might think. With a simple understanding of electricity you can create all kinds of ways to harness free energy. At the aworst you can learn to conserve and not be totally reliant on big company energy. I think that a lot of people are going to need this type of thinking to survive in their old age especialy when we are cheated out of our retirement by falling markets,overseas takeovers and just big conservative "I don't care what happens to the people" attitude. Its time to get back to the land and heres how to do it.

First off basic electric principle

type=textOk im gonna make this as simple as I can. There is 2 kinds of electricity we have today. One is called DC which stands for direct current.This is the elctricity that is used in automobiles and batteries,This usually a low voltage source we will be talking about 12 volts systems.Voltage is the push or force of the electricity. AC is alternating current and this what is found in home use with high voltage most homes are 110-125 volts.
most of our appliances run on house current so what we have to do is figure a way to run them off the battery voltage and heres why,We can build a windmill or solar panels to charge a bank of batteries and always have a constant source of power to run 120 volts of alternating current would be too much power to run so we want to get the same work but out of less voltage.
A circuit is electricity going in motion from the battery through the wire through the load (in this case a lightbulb but it canbe any device that uses electric current) back to the battery wa-la! it made a circle hence the word cicuit a circle electricity and thats how all appliances work it has to make the circle if their is a break in the circle the device does not work . a switch is a break just like cutting a wire.
Ok so what we wanna do when we build a solar or wind generator is recharge batteries with that energy.

Battery bank
we can wire together car batteries and have large amount of usable power. if we wire the house with LeD lights or 12 volt lights we can run our likes longer and on less power.The windmill and solar panels would always be charging the system. but what about washer refridgerater and other 120 volt appliances? well first off we can look at rv recreation vehicle products there are 12 volt refridgerators and othe appliances out there

what if we have to use 120 volts?
then we have what is called a innverter wired in our battery bank. it will change the power to 120 but it will drain our system fast so we want to have as less as possible high volt usage.

we can have as many batteries as we want in our system and we can use ordinary car batties even tho they make special batteries for this purpose. so the object is to have a battery bank , wire up our loads and keep charging the bank. Its that simple all a windmill or a steam or water generator is the same thing tha runs your car a altenator . You could use a altenator and it would work as long as you had a source to spin it and had it wired into your bank.

A wind generator is a device that generates electrical power from wind energy.

Wind generators have traditionally been wind turbines, i.e. a propeller attached to an electric generator attached to appropriate electronics to attach it to the electrical grid or to charge batteries.

Instructions.Things You'll Need:
Toothed pulley
Generator with high DC voltage, low RPMs and high current (Ametek: 99 volt DC motor)
5-inch diameter disk
2 pieces of large bamboo: 4 inches in diameter, 24 inches long
8-inch-by-14-inch heavy sheet metal
2-by-4 board, 2 to 3 feet long
1-inch diameter iron pipe
4 chain link fence brackets
1 1/4-inch diameter steel EMT electrical conduit, 10 to 30 feet long
1 1/4-inch tee
Steel cables
Steel stakes
1-inch pipe fittings (2)
12-inch long pipe nipple
Car batteries
Electronic control system
1 pint of glossy environmentally-friendly paint
1.1
Make the blades from a large piece of bamboo (or a non-toxic HDPE plumbing pipe). Cut the bamboo lengthwise into thirds. Mark 6 inches up the stalk from one end. At the opposite end, starting underneath the stalk, mark a cut line (perpendicular to the previous mark) that travels around the curve of the bamboo stalk 2 inches. Cut down the stalk to the marked point at the opposite end. Sand the blades into a wing or airfoil shape.

2.2
Make a hub to attach the blades to. Depending on the motor, find a toothed pulley that fits on the motor shaft. If it is too small to bolt the blades onto, find a larger disk and bolt it to the pulley.

3.3
Drill mounting holes into the hub and blades. Bolt the blades onto the hub.

4.4
Paint all of the wood pieces. To make the wind tail, take the 2-by-4 and attach the motor onto it with the stalk of the bamboo/pipe to fit over the motor to protect it from rain. At the other end, it is helpful to have a tail to guide the turbine into the wind. For the tail, attach the metal sheet perpendicular to the 2-by-4.

5.5
Make a tower to post the turbine onto so that it is raised to catch wind. This strategy for the tower will allow the turbine to turn freely with the changing directions of the wind. Attach the floor flange underneath the 2-by-4, 7 1/2 inches away from the edge on the motor-mounted side. Screw the iron pipe nipple into the flange. Slip the iron pipe into the conduit.

6.6
Drill a hole through the 2-by-4 above the floor flange to feed the generator wires through the flange and down the pipe/conduit and into the base of the tower. Fasten the turbine at the top of the tower.

7.7
Cut a 2-foot diameter out of a sheet of wood. Use 1-inch pipe fittings to create a U-shaped piece. Put 1 1/4-inch tee, making sure that the tee is able to turn around the pipe (1 inch) and forms a hinge that enables the tower to be lowered and raised easily. Add a close nipple, a 1 1/4-inch to 1-inch reducing fitting, and the 12-inch nipple.

8.8
Add a 1-inch tee between the 12-inch nipple and the reducer for the wires to be able to exit the pipe.

9.9
Drill holes in the wooden disk to hammer steel stakes through it to lock the disk securely onto the ground. To brace the tower use four chain link fence brackets to attach steel cables to. Connect the cables to stakes and hammer them into the ground.

10.10
Pull the wire from the generator through to the bottom of the tower pole and out from the tee. Connect the wire to the controller (use manufacturer's instructions for wiring procedure). Next, connect the electrical cables from the controller to the battery (or batteries). All electrical loads are controlled to allow the battery to operate effectively. The controller changes the turbine power to charge the battery if the battery voltage is below 11.9 volts. The controller changes the power from the turbine into the dummy load if the voltage is 14.8 volts or above

Reader Feedback

  • robstouffer@myactv.net Oct 15, 2010 @ 10:54 am | delete
    In my experience, since I have actually built a diy wind turbine in my backyard, I can say that it generates enough power to cut my electric bills in half. Definitely worth it and I have already seen a return on the investment. If you can do it and have the room, go for it.
  • Lorie Oct 10, 2010 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    We see eye to eye on DIY :-)
    Keep up the really good lenses, I'd like to see more from you!
    Lorie

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