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Title: How I Built a Wind Generator in My Backyard for $150
Source: Kevin Harris
URL Source: http://www.thekevdog.com/projects/wind_generator/
Published: Feb 11, 2009
Author: Kevin Harris
Post Date: 2009-02-11 13:16:07 by X-15
Keywords: None
Views: 97
Comments: 1

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...

www.thekevdog.com/projects/wind_generator/

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#1. To: X-15 (#0)

off the grid bump

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"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Rotara  posted on  2009-02-11   13:21:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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