how to generate electricity using a wind turbine?
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 at
2:48 pm
i need to build a wind turbine for a school project that will actually generate electricity through a motor and a generator and i need to find a website or a person that can help me with instructions on how to build the motor and a list of the materials!!HELP PLEASE!!
Filed under: Wind energy
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Depends on how big you want to make the windmill. Basically, what you need is a generator to produce the electricity, fan blades to catch the wind, and preferably a fin so it will keep itself facing into the wind.
You can use an old electric motor as the generator, and if you’ve got basic tools and mechanical skill, you can make the fan blades out of PVC pipe. See the link below for a how-to video.
Alternately, you can build a small, vertical wind turbine, which is probably less efficient, but might be easier to build.