Sunday, April 26, 2009

Simple operation and construction of homemade wind generators

The basic construction and operation of homemade wind generators is very simple. Blades of the windmill are set in motion as the wind blows in a particular direction and the vane of the windmill turns it towards the direction of the wind. The household windmill is quite simple to construct. The blades of the windmill are cut very carefully in order to obtain an efficient performance. The blades are made using PVC pipes. After being prepared they need to be attached to a hub. A common stainless steel disc is used and then the blades attached.

The homemade wind generators tail is made from Plexiglas and attached to the main generator housing with aluminum tubing. The tail is required to continuously point the blades into the wind. The blades spin in the wind turning a basic car generator that generates dc electricity that is stored in batteries ready to be used. A simple inverter then converts the dc power into ac power used by your household to power lights and appliances.

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