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How I Built a Wind Generator in My Backyard for $150

Lately I've been spending a great deal of time working on ways to

generate my own electricity. It isn't a necessity for me yet, but someday

being electrically self-sufficient could really come in handy. My interest

started a while back when I stumbled upon a how-to article on building

wind generators from treadmill motors and PVC pipe. It sounded easy

enough, so I decided to try and design my own. This particular design can

be built for $100-$150 if you are thrifty and can regularly generate

50-250 watts (considerably cheaper than a solar panel of similar power

output). Here's how I built it for those of you who are interested...

Videos

Before we get into the details of how to build one of these, here are some videos of it in action. Each one demonstrates the

behavior of the generator in a different blade configuration.

Long, thin-bladed design (best overall)

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Six-bladed design (low startup speed and lots of torque, but slowest)

Wide-bladed design (good startup speed, but also very slow)

How does my wind generator work?

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