Thread: Show us your Wind Turbine!

generator ? alternator ? home made , shop bought ? distance across the blades ?

Originally Posted by Mudsloth

I don't see too many wind turbines on here so here is mine:

It's just a little 600 watt unit.

mudsloths4x4

three blade, permanent magnet?

I spent a bit of time checking some "off the grid" windmill makers. ten foot blade on a 70 foot mast for approx 3 kW from a furling windmill. Would love to have a place where I could run a big windmill like that. I'd probably have more fun making it and putting it up than anything else.

found it

I just wonder how will perform the ones used on the ocean going yachts.
Perhaps they are better than solar panels where I live.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

three blade, permanent magnet?

I spent a bit of time checking some "off the grid" windmill makers. ten foot blade on a 70 foot mast for approx 3 kW from a furling windmill. Would love to have a place where I could run a big windmill like that. I'd probably have more fun making it and putting it up than anything else.

found it

It's a six blade and I've that homebrew page, it's an awesome home made machine.

Originally Posted by richard4u2

generator ? alternator ? home made , shop bought ? distance across the blades ?

I bought the turbine from American ebay for 84 bucks, the blades cost $100 and the circumference is about 52cm. The mounting bracket is just two pieces of steel welded together. It is held onto the bracket with three big house clamps. The tail is made from a piece of pine i had lying around and a sheet of perspex i had left over from building solar panels. So it's a hobbled together bought and built rat turbine