DIY Homemade Wind Turbine for $32!!!💰
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- Make your own wind turbine out of easy and cheap items. I found a motor and a windmill at a garage sale. This video will give you some ideas of how to put it all together.
The motor i used is AMETEK 124851 PERMANENT 40VDC MAGNET MOTOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR 116123-03
Here is an ebay listing with this motor:
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What was a great video, ended so horribly. Don't make us sit through almost 7 minutes of good explanation, only to give us 2 seconds of "success". Give results!
look at the end of the video and pause it..something wrong???..like the fins are the wrong angle for the blade to spin in that direction..
strange.....wind blows from all directions
I am not sure if you are arguing with me or yourself, but i just said in the last comment above that wind blows in all directions. It's sarcasm. It's on a charge controller so only allows power in.🤓🤓🤓
@@live.life.simple. AHHH ... sarcasm ... that's where I went amuck ... so, only power in, got it so why is the fan going counter clockwise when by the blade pitch it should be going clockwise? Inquiring minds want to know .... sarcasm ...
@@ThePadutch if you turn the blade around the pitch is opposite
I am still waiting for the "homemade" part in this video.
O.K. If your wind turbine is producing a negative (-) reading on your Volt meter, just reverse the leads. No need to worry about getting the rotational direction correct. These motors will produce electricity equally well if turned in either direction.
Thank you for input and constructive comment. I 100% agree.
I don't completely agree. Due to various effects of magnetic circuits that I'm not going to get into, it benefits both motors and generators to have the brushed advanced by a certain angle, because of this many generators and alternators work better when spinning in one direction than the other. If the brushes aren't advances then if one can rotate the case slightly to advance the brushes themselves then they can make their motors/alternators more effective.
@@lazyh-online4839 Wow... it pays to have that bit of extra knowledge. Thx for explaining this for us laymen. +1
Just put a bridge Rectifier then it won’t nt mater which way it turns
This is just superb, been searching for "make electrical generator" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Diyadison Penhloe Blaster - (search on google ) ? It is a great exclusive guide for generating your own electricity without the headache. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my buddy got great results with it.
i was retired at 39 - living in the woods of Maine.. love the life. after 20 yrs of traveling and being away..nice to be home and enjoy the family
That is awesome!
Hey, why stop your vid soo early? You forgot to tell how much power it actually provides !
I hope you will do a follow up on this build since it's been over a year. Also, more details on how the pvc attached, etc... I had the same idea replacing my diy pvc blades. Thanks.
It would be good to have test results such as wind velocity, voltage and current. There was little doubt that it would turn.
Power output? 🤷
Zero.
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Nice man, now I gotta find your vid showing it producing and storing and supplying energy..
We need to see how you connected everything up for collecting and utilizing the electricity generated.
Positive and negative go into a charge controller. From charge controller + & - go to battery.
Agree, why would you not show this as part of the video? Wasn’t that the whole point of the video? Otherwise it’s just an ornamental with a motor added?
What a emotional rollercoaster you sent everyone on. . . 32$ windmill makes it seem like you found a cheap repeatable way to DIY a windmill.
Instead it was you getting lucky and finding some random deals that you nor the majority of us will likely find again.
And then ontop of that you end with no power output readings, means of storing the collected energy or any details.. just supposed "success". . . Do right by everyone who spent 7 mins watching your video and do a recap video.
noshit.
I agree so much
True. But at least we found out in a minute he got lucky at yard sales.
Well said
This is AWESOME . You showed me exactly what I wanted to know. Of course I do want to know a little more. You see I have a really nice windmill in my garden and every day I see it spin I think of all the energy I could be collecting. Your video showed me the essentials, but I wonder if you could do one that shows how to connect the motor/generator to wires and a 12v battery. My plan is to have a back up marine battery to run my husband's c-pap machine if we are ever without power for a long time, or even to charge it if we go camping
You will need an inexpensive charge controller to regulate the input. It's simple hookup. Red and black into charge controller and red and black going out of the charge controller to the battery.
@@live.life.simple. thanks :)
That's what I was looking for too.......the motor is pointless if ya dont show how to hook it up to battery bank.
I had 4 deep cycle battery's. I just installed a diode on the hot wire to the battery's. Battery's held the voltage down to save level on my amtek motor.
Great work!
Could you do an update video of this project?
Would like to see it all in action!
Apologizing for all the negative jackoid comments. Thank you so much for the DIY vid! People like you help spur on other ideas. I've had the same windmill for years now and wondering how to make energy with it. This is one way.
Haha! The negativity gives me something to laugh about almost everyday. If you do convert you windmill, make sure your motor is something very torquey. These blades are not as big as a full sized windmill. Thanks for your comment.
try a barring collar to replace the cork . and your going to need a blocking diode to charge a battery or the battery will run the motor even if there is no wind .you can find real wind genny collars on ebay or you used to be able to anyway . but you have a good motor so the rest of it could be changed at any time . the motor is the important piece .
What type of motor do you suggest?
i think you mean a "shaft collar" not "barring collar"? Collar bearings are different from shaft collars.
Explaining how the spinning direction of the motor affected whether it charged or drew power was helpful, thankyou.
glad it helped. thanks for your comment lewd dawg
I love how he simply says "success" with no testing to see if or how much power it produces. If it can only power a single LED light, I wouldn't call it "success".
unless you have a massive turbine, you will never do much more than top off your batteries
@@live.life.simple. that's at least somewhat of a answer. Do you mind me asking how many batteries you have and what you power with them? Just trying to gauge the number and size of batteries you could top off with this setup.
@@Steven-gv1ke hey good question I'm upset had a motor from a powerful ac window I cut the cords but I got over 30 tran-bal 14.4v nickel cadmium batteries
I have bought so many of those exact windmills at Harbor Freight for around $25 (using the 20% off coupons) but I am bummed because they don't carry them any longer. I have often wondered if I could add a generator of sorts to it like you are doing.
Thank you very much the infomation.
This is just what I wanted to know because I thought my back yard windmill was doing a lot of work with no benefit. So here is your video and I was excited. Then you start using cork and then you just quit with no explanation as to how well it all held up or what task it now performs.
I'd say it's a poorly built windmill that does very little. Using that type of motor as a generator is a bad idea and extremely inefficient unless its in a hurricane.
Please show or explain how it all was installed at the top of the tower. I'd really like to know what work this installation is doing?
How about a follow-up video with some data and real time power amperage info? How did it perform in strong winds? Light winds? Thanks for the video!
Not sure which direction blades were facing, but, I have noticed, on other videos, that the strobe effect by modern cameras will actually show turning blades stopped or even running backwards. So, a moot point. You know which way they need to face and that is what is really important. Nice video, thanks for taking the time to present it...
Thank you Tony!
Why not change the generator to a vertical mount instead of horizontal? ( That way you don't have to worry about the wiring getting twisted since the generator will be fixed and not turn) Use the hole where the weathervane hooks to the tower for the generator shaft to come through. You need to use a solid metal bushing to fit the blades to the generator. If the windmill blades don't grab enough wind you might have to build a new blade set up or maybe you could use a small squirrel cage out of a car or small furnace.
Thanks for your comment Ben. I could definitely make this vertical, but this was just a quick setup with cheap parts. I am just using this for small jobs, mostly charging batteries.
well said Ben thats my question to.. beside having a slip ring setup the other way is to point the motor up and have a different blade configuration..whirly gigs seem to spin alright in low wind
Nice video! Beautiful wind turbine! Massive success!! Wind power ROCKS!!!
Nice project. I have 3 stepper motors like that. One i made a solar ceiling fan that ran for years. Made a wind turbine up on a 30 ft pole with fan blades. Had clamps like in this video and in one year it fell and broke the blades. Make a bolt on mount if you do this. Did the turbine work? YES It melted a 12 gage cord I had run to the battery. Make sure to install an diode on the hot wire to the battery. If you don't it will run the motor. Diode ---- Lets current go only one way. I used a 50 amp diode.
hello! i am going to attempt to make one of these myself. I am curious on what the voltage output of the motor is.
Easy way to get center when drilling is place a washer over the cork, and use the size drill bit that the center of the washer has.
Awesome tip. Thanks so much.
Thank u I have wanted one for years good idea
Absolutely. Let me know how yours turns out when you get it finished
Greetings from sunny australia. Thanks for the vid. Love yr can do approach. Can you do a follow up showing what you run off it, how it is going and your final thoughts good bad ugly on the system. Thanks again.
Just tested this at 26 volts with a pretty good wind.
Nice, how many amps/watts are you getting out? Did you hook it up to a battery?
@bluemona my god blue... that is not how electricity works... like.. at all..
@bluemona my pedalling, is the load.. it might produce a measly amount of energy, but it will have zero effect on my pedalling.. there is no part of a generator that secretly works against you in reverse...
@bluemona my point is that the generator/motor is in between electricity and mechanical energy. you're talking like it's 40 kilograms or something.. obv, if you can't generate the required volts and amps, then you won't supply enough energy to your target...so if you're trying to power a fridge with a bike, you will obv fail.. but the fridge isn't demanding it from your legs, nor is it applying mechanical force back at blades...
@bluemona ahh, finally we can agree
I don't agree with everybody hating on you for not putting enough information on exactly how to do everything, but I am very interested in this sort of thing and would love to know how much energy this thing put out and what you powered with it or what you could have possibly powered with the energy being put out by it. Thank you.
I definitely would have gone about this a little bit differently.. I've been thinking about making my own. I'm thinking a pulley system would be great! That way you don't have to worry about the cork wearing out. They also make gear boxes that would produce even more power per turn on the windmill
Loved the simplicity of this video. I'm not looking for a Hollywood production! Just a simple DIY.
So very cool! thanks for the heads up!
treadmill motors are everywhere for free and do even better.
It was said you could just trun the fan around and that would reverse rotation! Doesn't work that way, when you take a fan or propeller off and trun it around (180degrees) the blades are still pitched the same way!!
THis was outstanding. I am interested in the voltage and amps that come out of it as you have it there, I have been experimenting with the smaller ones and this made me rethink what I have been doing. thank you for this video.
I love all the comments and responses on this lol, some peoples children I tell yah. Cool to see the improvisation used to make this but like others would be interested in the results as well. Thanks!
No doubt there are lots of we'll call them "experts"😂 thanks for your comment Jimmy
For future reference instead of a cork rig it up to make use of the keyway already cut into the shaft on the motor. Drilling out metal of the shaft could cause a balancing issue, as well and mounting the motor. If the motor isn’t specific to it level it’ll cause vibrations and or break the motor. Great diy tho. Thinking on your feet
He did say the cork was temporary just to see if the system would work.
At the rotation speed that thing will travel, balance of the motor shaft couldn't possibly be an issue. The wheel isn't dynamically balanced, and a more-or-less straight hole through the shaft won't change the balance.
Great idea, now I want to build one
Thanks for the video
The motors that seem to be easily available here typically produce peak output at 3000rpm, which is 50rps, or at least 10x the speed of a multi-blade rotor like the one you are using. Adding a gearbox or pulley system will significantly increase startup speed and reduce efficiency, so wondering now if using a high speed, 3 blade prop would be better?
If you cut and hinge the vane off-center with a spring, it will then govern out of high winds by turning edgewise to the wind while the vane remains in the wind. This is how many American windmill makers achieved speed governing.
Also, the PVC pipe cover for the generator is a nice idea, but I question how much ventilation it receives on windy days when the generator is running hot.
Yes even the old farmstead homes have windmills with the vane to the side instead of straight back. I hadn't thought of that. I have not had heat problem yet, but i could definitely see how it would need to be adjusted to let it vent better. I might try to make an alternative this spring. I appreciate your info.
Thanks for the video,.. When the motor is producing power,.. does it heat up? If so, it would need a bigger shroud to allow it to cool.
That particular motor is an ametek and it stays cool. What kind of motor are you planning on using?
Dope video! Keep it going... but for sure we need an ending.
thanks!🙌
Yes, whats the output please
How much power does it generate?
Is it still standing?
If so you should do an update video when you get time
Just found your channel. Man I wish you were my drinking buddy 😂 cheers to you from Northern AZ. Great work. I was yelling at my phone "DRILL IT OUT AND PIN IT" and you sho' did. Great stuff. Subscribed. These are the kind of videos that make TH-cam worth paying for.
Good to hear. Thanks for watching. Hope to do more of these type videos soon.
I love this. I'm looking at landing Wyoming. Off-grid is the only option. I have a tiny house that is wired like a traditional house. I really need some direction and advice on what kind of power to use. A solar system is going to be around 40K (according to the cost calculators). I need a cheaper alternative. A mini split is a necessity in the summer
Hey, if you swap the terminals on the meter and turn the motor backwards, it will produce power!
Thanks for showing us the power output.
Do you have a video about hooking the power generated windwill to be used for powering a barn
Your pvc motor cover will hold in heat from the motor. Friction=Heat=Wear. A large Javex bottle with the big end cut out keeps out water from above, the sides and the windward side of the motor and allows room for your wires and heat to escape.
Its not going to get that hot being powered by the wind. Thats a high powered moter that spins ten times faster when powered up and running normally. Its never going to reach normal running temperatures.
I don't know if you get to read this, but I have a suggestion and a question. 1. Suggestion. Try using a roll pin instead of the wire to hold the blades to the arbor, just use a roll pin that fits tightly into the hole. 2. Question. Since the wind turbine rotates to follow the wind direction, how will you prevent the wire from winding around the tower? Thanks in advance for any additional information about this you can share.
You can just put something in the way so it will not fully rotate or check it every few days. The wind does not switch directions enough to tangle it after a day. They do make a connection plate that can be purchased online as well.
@@live.life.simple. Thank you, I will look into that.
you should put a large bike cog behind the windmil and connect that cog to a tiny bike cog on the shaft of the motor.. basically speed gear for a bike.
When that cork rots out go to Tractor Supply and buy an impliment bushing in the size you need. You may have to get more than one size to fit one a tight fit inside the other, but cross drilling a bolt hole will keep it together. I'd just buy a big bolt (or the bar stock I have in stock) that fits inside the fans center tube then drill out the center with my lathe. But, that's just me! Would love to hear how many amps that little blade set is making!
Cool! Appreciate the tip
Good video, would be nice to see the amps and voltage together at once hooked to perhaps a battery or other load. yes, the wires would get twisted without a double ring beneath the whole thing to allow the connection to be made without wires at the critical point (dble ring similar idea to the car steering wheel which has multiple rings that slide on top of each other to make the connection (think 2 donuts on top of each other making the connection, now think add 2 more donuts but larger diameters for the other connection)) . For the center just take it to a machine shop, they will fix it good (temp cork will eventually wear out).
I'm sure someone makes a double ring that can be purchased for this purpose. Do you know of anything that is available or something that would work?
@@live.life.simple. You could make your own for such a small project, just lay bare copper wire on a 1/2" thick piece of plastic about 4" x 4" square, staple or glue the bare copper wire in a circle like 2 donuts within each other, repeat for top rings but use copper flat ribbon (or you may have to cut a piece like that out of thing copper plate. now align them, secure with bolts or other, That should do it. (in a pinch you could probably get away with multiple strands of bar copper wire side by side in circular fashion to get the width needed to insure good contact instead of using ribbon for top. If you use motor salvage wire be sure to strip off the varnish insulataion usually clear and hard to see (varnish remover? )
@@live.life.simple. Do the double ring thing as below, then be sure to measure "both" amps and Volt at same time to some kind of decent load. Watts (power) = Volts x Amps
Great info. Thank you.
@@live.life.simple. Be sure to keep the whole windmill esp the vanes where they connect to the axis, to prevent rust (a good clear coat spray paint would be best x 2). Mine rusted apart eventually over years. You could get a bar that diameter of the cork, then cut off what you need, then drill hole in exact center for permanent fix.
I got a used 150w 12v dc motor from amazon for 15$ and then a rv fan blade with 5 blades on it. Im using mc4 connectors with a built in diode to connect it directly to my wattfun yetti jackery power station. My parts arrive monday. In total my builds only 50$ for two motors blades and mc4 diodes
I would've tried using a belt or a chain to make like a 1:6 ratio. Idk though. Definitely play around with it alot.
I feel like the way I saw the blades pointed you're going to lose some total voltage/day. I may be wrong but I feel like I saw you pitch the blades incorrectly which would make some portions of your day produce limited voltage comparatively. Great stuff. I'm not too sure people can often come by your $32 for both a motor and a metal windmill. Very hard to find. Well done job.
Thanks for your comment! Hopefully you can wrangle up some parts to do a similar project.
I just seen this video and noticed about the blades go in the wrong way but yes just reverse your leads if you won’t have to worry about the propeller blades. Either way good job.
You can turn it either way. Just connect the leads to the type of voltage you need.
And how you did for the cable that run down the tower? when the windmill turn this will mess you your cable by twisting it
Run the cord down the center shaft. The wind generally blows from the north or south, not all directions. Check on it every few days or once a week and it will be fine.
I would think some slip-rings and brushes would do the trick and eliminate all twisting wires.
To make this better for a cheap solustion do a cone in the center and a ducted cone around it! But this you done still is awesome!
As the wind changes direction the wires will get twisted around the pole and cause issues unless you use a brush system.
It's called a ro;;pin and they are split and compress into the hole holding tight.
Could have just used set screws bud.but your way will also work without a doubt.
Thanks for your comment Matt, i will use try them out
The arrow points counterclockwise but the fan will be blown clockwise which would equal no power.
It will produce power whichever way you spin it, you just need to hook up a collector to handle the power
Nice tut. But you could have somehow rigged the turbine arbor to the larger "outer circle" of the fan, where the blades are mounted, and then used something like a bikechain or fan belt to connect them. It would have boosted your output like probably more than 10X.
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I. Need to get me a wind mill made in a couple of days. I need to made a few of them , great video!
The easiest way to tell if the motor is permanent magnet is too short the leads together and the shaft will get hard to turn. Also what is the voltage rating of the motor? I have a feeling, that if you hook that to a battery, you're going to wind up with a fan instead of a generator.
of course it will spin if you hook it to a battery. you have to put a charge controller on it so it only lets power in and and not out. spin one way it pulls power, spin it the other way and it produces.
Nice .
Nothing about voltage output or what it was used for.
Was it connected to a battery system to convert it, or just used for an LED light to illuminate the turbine in windy weather
Great great info! My goodness! Thank you so much!
very nice video but next time you should elaborate further to the finishing end again nice video
Please give us more of it actually working
I know this video is over a year old now, but with a couple of diodes you can do polarity protection, then it doesn't matter which direction the motor turns.
I could be wrong, but I can't see the cork holding up for very long. Good for a test run, but I would try to find another permanent solution for securing the blades to the motor. Over all a good idea.
A bushing would be ideal. The cork was just to get the process going.
How much power does it put out?
Well so much for actually seeing it work
power out put will definitly increase if you increase length of blade
I want to see you build one from scratch and using an old washing machine motor.
I need to see how you did the wires out of the back. With the windmill ever spinning to face the wind, how did you keep the wires from getting twisted up?
any video's of you using this and like charging stuff and such? is it possible to attach this to a very strong battery that you can use to keep like a refigerator running and or something like a tv? while the battery keeps getting charged by this turbine? could be like saving a lot of money if it works right? very nice video but the end was horrible hehe
I can't help but believe that cork didn't last very long. I would have found a old socket that fit and made the motor shaft fit the sockets ratchet input and then welded the socket into the fan . But I just prefer to do things once
How much energy did this thing make ?
Actually, when you spin the motor the other way it still produces electricity but it just reverses the polarity which is what your multimeter is showing. Just swap the wires connected to your multimeter and you'll see what I mean.
OK, I got the turbine/motor/housing part… What I need to know is how I take those two wires From the motor to harness the energy we are generating, how to store it for use at a later time. I need to know real input from real battery pack, real storage idea experiences!!
it's still producing power when it reads negative you just have to reverse your meter leads to see that! it's not not creating power just because it says negative! same thing as being able to switch rotation direction by reversing polarity to the motor. lol
Great video. super helpful
Hey look at all these things I bought at a garage sale they're all brand new in the box with shipping labels sounds legit
People do buy things that they dont use lance.
@@live.life.simple. I'm always the cynic I did enjoy your video
Great work ,Unfortunately TH-cam put a lot of video adds at the end of your video that was almost impossible to see the windmill spinning.
Thanks Norbert!
I'd be interested in your voltage output and how your wires aren't getting twisted?
does the motor get hot with that plastic pipe on ? also what kind of load can you put on it before the watts go down or do you pulse it when the rpm is high enough ? possibly using more flywheel weights ?
How did you prevent the wire from the motor winding around the windmill when the wind rotates the whole upper structure with the blades completely around?
Nice article but no details on output when you were done how many volts how many amps you know watts
So I just have to find an estate sale selling a turbine and im off to the races! Off the grid here i come.
Thank you for sharing