DIY Wind farm

[daveparry]

Anyone built a DIY wind turbine?

[grumbledoak]

You may as well buy these

and have a curry.

Sadly, you'll probably get some kind of grant.

[mk1fan]

In its simplest form it'll be a windmill and a car alternator.

[daveparry]

I don't really want loads of truck batteries in my house/garden/shed, how do i make 220v? inverter/transformer?

[Tuna]

There are courses you can go on if you really wanted to, and a couple of quite detailed websites.

However, domestic scale wind turbines are pretty useless - power is related to the cube of the blade length, so once you're below a couple of metres you get next to nothing unless you live on top of a very windy hill. You'd be lucky to light a low power light bulb.

[Huntsman]

daveparry said:

I don't really want loads of truck batteries in my house/garden/shed, how do i make 220v? inverter/transformer?

I have a new MGB alternator in the garage, i was thinking of fitting a fan to it and using it to run the radio in there.

[Huntsman]

daveparry said:

I don't really want loads of truck batteries in my house/garden/shed, how do i make 220v? inverter/transformer?

I have a new MGB alternator in the garage, i was thinking of fitting a fan to it and using it to run the radio in there.

[Morningside]

Huntsman said:

daveparry said:

I don't really want loads of truck batteries in my house/garden/shed, how do i make 220v? inverter/transformer?

I have a new MGB alternator in the garage, i was thinking of fitting a fan to it and using it to run the radio in there.

Why make an inverter? Find and old computer UPS. Some (like I sold a couple of weeks ago) would pump out 3kw. That was 48 volts.

and convert some of your lighting to LED.

[Flintstone]

Huntsman said:

daveparry said:

I don't really want loads of truck batteries in my house/garden/shed, how do i make 220v? inverter/transformer?

I have a new MGB alternator in the garage, i was thinking of fitting a fan to it and using it to run the radio in there.

Huntsman said:

daveparry said:

I don't really want loads of truck batteries in my house/garden/shed, how do i make 220v? inverter/transformer?

I have a new MGB alternator in the garage, i was thinking of fitting a fan to it and using it to run the radio in there.

Sure you weren't thinking of a stereo?