Wind Turbine Generator

25 Responses to Wind Turbine Generator

1. smclane6 says:

   March 19, 2009 at 01:48

   dont know name of motor. came from HP printer. Not all DC motors work. A stepper motor works best & can produce more voltage at lower rpms. We plan to rebuild or just make a nother wind turbine with a stepper motor I got out of an old copy machine. Basicly to see if a DC motor will work good as a generator just spin by hand or in a drill and see if it puts out any voltage. (use a volt meter). you cant get shocked.
2. DeanC993 says:

   March 19, 2009 at 01:58

   wow i got mine out of a hp printer was it a johnson motor
3. gggatttorrr says:

   March 26, 2009 at 22:35

   Great Vid. Keep the updates coming. I have the same motor and am real interested in the output. I am putting mine into service hopefully this weekend. Waiting on a blocking diode. Keep it up and hope to hear more from ya soon.
4. khayrea says:

   March 27, 2009 at 09:58

   nice …
5. Anubis1372 says:

   March 27, 2009 at 18:16

   excellent…good job keep going
6. gggatttorrr says:

   March 27, 2009 at 22:02

   Today in some decent winds I got 19 volts open circuit out of my Ametek 38 volt. I have no way yet to measure amps. But if you got 5 amps at 14.1 that might be what, 7-8 amps? What do you think.
7. smclane6 says:

   March 27, 2009 at 22:53

   Its hard to say for sure. When connected to a battery it will self regulate closer to 12V. Amps really depend on how much load there is. Shorting output with amp meter is Max current! Would be less current connected to a battery. The more discharged the battery the more load which + more current draw. Thats why Watts are important. The more Watts the generator can make means it can supply the heavier current loads. You should be able to buy a cheap milti meter that will measure Amps too.
8. gggatttorrr says:

   March 27, 2009 at 23:01

   I have one but it has blown a fuse that nobody seems to be able to get. Anyway next week it will be up and then I will have both a volt meter and amp meter monitoring all the time. I have been told that the 38 volt motor doesn’t start really producing until higher RPM’s and that to fully get it’s potential you need to use a 5 to 1 pully ratio. I am hoping this isn’t true and your vid gave me hope. Guess I will have to wait till I get it up. Thanks
9. DeanC993 says:

   May 19, 2009 at 00:59

   Voltage x milliamps=amps i think im right
10. SVKmellow says:

    May 25, 2009 at 15:03

    yeah.. but it needs to be 14V with the load… so I’m not that sure it’ll work
11. sjh7132 says:

    August 25, 2009 at 20:03

    Nice start, you might need to trim the blades to be a little faster because charging voltage on a car bettery is around 14v.
12. froshmasta says:

    September 9, 2009 at 21:38

    In case anyone reads this guy’s post: he is NOT correct.
    A milliamp is one thousandth of an amp. From the prefix milli meaning ‘thousand’. 1000milliamps = 1 amp.
13. djpickle68 says:

    September 16, 2009 at 19:26

    Google TLG and wind there is a great source for blades many 2 choose from and there much lighter and stronger than PVC. Also blue power is a good search
14. smclane6 says:

    September 29, 2009 at 02:22

    froshmasta is correct. and Volts x Amps= Watts.
15. pacificcresttrans says:

    December 11, 2009 at 07:48

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16. peterwind22 says:

    February 21, 2010 at 18:53

    Give a look on my blog where I explain how to made a Homemade windmill.
17. MondoBeno says:

    March 15, 2010 at 04:29

    Does it generate enough power to recharge a Mac laptop?
18. YoLninYo says:

    May 23, 2010 at 12:58

    way to steal public property… WTF
19. smclane6 says:

    May 23, 2010 at 18:00

    @YoLninYo It was not a street sign from intersection. It was an old hand held crossing guard sign that was given to me for scrap aluminum.
20. RadecekJezecek says:

    June 10, 2010 at 21:58

    I think, you couldnt say 70Watts, cuz power isn’t multiple short circuit current and open circuit voltage. Another thing is, 70W motor is too strong for usual printer…
21. cusanusnicolas says:

    June 19, 2010 at 04:11

    A great demo. Another youtube vid demo shows that pvc blades are shortlived and very dangerous. Be careful.
22. hasanjohnh says:

    August 2, 2010 at 12:57

    @YoLninYo
    Think before you comment ya Pedro…lol
23. YoLninYo says:

    August 4, 2010 at 18:19

    @hasanjohnh STFU noob gringo!
24. corkkyle says:

    August 8, 2010 at 12:47

    Cool. Nice job!
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    August 8, 2010 at 14:20

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