Make This Thousand Watt Wind Turbine

 

The reality is as amazing as our infrastructure is, it is also very vulnerable; if it goes down, most of us are in trouble

This amazing idea uses the concept of wind technology – on a small scale – and a battery bank to create a way to generate power.

Build the magnet disks

We had 12″ steel disks hydro cut. We cut a template for mounting the magnets. Then we mounted 12 grade n50 magnets around the outside edge. We then built a form, and poured the resin with hardner.

Build the coil disk

We wound the nine individual coils, soldered them in a 3 phase wye configuration, and encased them in resin. We used 35 turns of 2 parallel strands of 14 gauge enameled (magnet) wire for 12 volts. Use 70 turns of single strand for 24 volts. # 3 phase diagram shown here shows 3 stator coils. each of those coils is actually 3 coils in series. coils 1,4, and 7 are series together, 2,5, and 8 are series together, and 3,6, and 9 are series together.

Build the bearing assembly

Two Harley Davidson wheel bearings are inserted into the pipe, with a smaller pipe locked between them to keep them in place.

Construct the blades

The blades are 2″ x 6″ pine, cut at 10 degrees on a table saw, and sanded into a rough airfoil. Not perfect, but close enough.

In a survival situation, using what is available is imperative to making it through. This is one idea for creating a power generating wind turbine.

The steps are complex, but if power generation is your goal, in a long-term survival situation, what do you have to lose? For more details on this innovative concept, please visit Instructables.


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98 Comments

  2. Daniel R Stricker said:

    I think you could probably use Patrick Allen,for the wind, then you’d be all good sailing,with your windmill too,no problems, and he could be there to save your life too,Don Dravis Sr.

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  6. Joseph Burns said:

    Dude seriously screw the fact that all your video post take you to a page that leads you to another page that requires you to click a link to a third page and sometimes even more pages… Just post the freaking video

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  9. Richard Draper said:

    No one has realized that any AC power it generates would not be of any standard frequency like the 60 Hz power your household appliances require. Frequency would vary with wind speed. One can work around this by converting it to DC then using a DC to AC inverter to produce 60 Hz AC. It ends up being more costly than described here.

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  10. מיכאל חנה ישראל said:

    my solar panels are 400 watts… they are enough except for rainy days… all ani would need then would be one of these on a windy day.

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  11. Michael Tankersley said:

    Great, a 1kw is all you need for portable pc/DVD/sw and trickle small batteries, especially during hard times.

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  20. Billy Twowolf said:

    I have several wind powered ones
    But I also have solar and hydro
    They will charge a bank if batteries and that’s the whole point
    You don’t run anything on your charging source

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  26. Carl Kinser said:

    If you can get me a DIY wind generator that has enough power to run my Keurig, I’ll look into it, lol!

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  38. Aaron Patrick Wood said:

    Nice. Is it phased in a 60hrtz cycle? At 240v constant? Or will the voltage and frequency change as wind does? Best use dc and then convert with a normal acdc inverter. I guess it produces dc, that would be normal and proper.

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  39. Eric Beatty said:

    House voltage is meter in kilowatts. (thousand watts). An average house uses 1000 to 1500 kilowatts a month. (That’s 1000 x 1000 watts per month) does it pride 1500 kilowatts a month?

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  40. David Webb said:

    “Thousand Watts” Lol ! You mean a thousand watts a DAY !

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  41. Evan Fuller said:

    I’ve read about this one before. It’s on instructables. This one he wired in three phase.

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