Half Brainer Wind Turbine
If I managed to build it
and it works so you can make it too. This is no joke. I've built this one with
only half brain.
I came back from my
exhausting night shift at work and wanted to spend some time in something
useful and guess what I could come up with. Yes. A working wind turbine.
I really come from night
shift feeling that I am only thinking and seeing the world with only half a
brain. Let's get started.
Note:
This is how I look after
coming home from a night shift.
Step
1: Collect Stuff
Components:
Here are the components
for this project , you can see that nearly all of them are recycled materials :
Motor Amazon US , Amazon DE , Amazon FR, Amazon UK , Amazon CA , Amazon ES , Amazon IT , eBay , Banggood , FlipKart India , Lazada
Malaysia , aliexpress
This was the only new
component I bought for this project.
Old steel groom --- This
is the main pole for the wind turbine
Tie rap Amazon US , Amazon DE , Amazon FR, Amazon UK , Amazon CA , Amazon ES , Amazon IT , eBay , Banggood , FlipKart India , Lazada Indonesia , Lazada
Malaysia , aliexpress
Old CD-Rom player metal
cover --- This is the directing rudder. For wind turbine automatic direction through all
wind situations.
PET bottle ---- To cover
and protect the motor against dust and water.
Some Wires
1 mm Copper wire
1.5 Pet Bottles
Tools :
Pliers Amazon US, Amazon UK , Amazon CA , Amazon DE , Amazon FR , Amazon ES , Amazon IT , Banggood , Aliexpress ,
eBay
Scissors Amazon US , Aliexpress , eBay
Gardening Scissors Amazon US , Amazon UK , Amazon CA , Amazon DE , Amazon FR ,
Amazon ES , Amazon
IT , Banggood , Aliexpress , eBay
Step
2: First Trial
Actually I intended to
build a vertical axis wind turbine using two PET bottles.
First, I cut the two
bottles to make fins.
Then I welded the two
bottles from their top using heat.
And made holes for
generator and for Copper wires.
Then installed the
generator and fixed it using Copper wires.
Failure. Just another
none rotating vertical axis wind turbine.
The bottles didn't make
enough torque to rotate the generator.
Step
3: Second Trial - Success
Using half brain, I've decided to cut the bottles bottoms hoping
to make some rotation.
Using trial and error, I've discovered what works and what
doesn't.
And then I cut the bottles to shape each one if them into
something that looks similar to wind turbines blades
to generate enough torque for rotation.
Success. It works and generates electricity.
Also another thing I discovered about this wind turbine is that
it is completely safe to you and to your kids.
The blades are very elastic and delicate. Even if it hits something
while rotating there is no problem at all.
Thanks for reading my post.
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