So I’ve been working at this for a while now, and been trying to make an easy-to-make, household material wind turbine. This is apparent from my previous post with the picture of wind efficiency, but the only difficulty I see (besides being able to spend time doing this) is acquiring a motor large enough and strong enough to create… enough energy. (enough is enough!)
So I’ve researched quite a bit and found that the wiring from old dryers or washers, and the motors from them can be quite useful. Seeing as though I don’t want to spend the time coiling thousands of small coils then going through a strenuous electrical engineering endeavor, I think that is the best option right now.
However, how many people have broken dryers/washers lying around? Not many I’m guessing, and it’s not that easy to break into one either. I might leave the option of getting a motor up to the one who decides to make the turbine.
Sure, depending on where you live, you might be able to just put a advertisement online on craigslist. I’ve got about 5 emails back just offering about 20 bucks for an old broken washer.
Anyway, here are some really crappy photos of what process I have so far.
