Sunday, August 29, 2010

How I home-built an electricity producing Wind turbine

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It was easy. You can do it too 

Several years ago I bought some remote property in Arizona. I am an astronomer and wanted a place to practice my hobby far away from the sky-wrecking light pollution found near cities of any real size. I found a great piece of property. The problem is, it's so remote that there is no electric service available. That's not really a problem. No electricity equals no light pollution. However, it would be nice to have at least a little electricity, since so much of life in the 21st century is dependent on it.
One thing I noticed right away about my property is that most of the time, the wind is blowing. Almost from the moment I bought it, I had the idea of being energy independent by putting up a wind turbine and making some electricity, and later adding some solar panels and a wood gasifier. This is the story of how I did it. Not with an expensive, store-bought turbine, but with a home-built one that cost hardly anything. If you have some fabricating skills and some electronic know-how, you can build one too.




18 comments:

  1. woohoo, alternative energy sources

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  2. This is amazing, thanks for sharing! If you have any more be sure to post them - i'll definatly read. Visit my blog if you're interested in reading about cooking recipes and student help! Ive just got started but i will post more: http://tip-to-life.blogspot.com

    Hope you post some new information soon as it was an enjoyable read, if you have or know of any science blogs could you message me or send them my way so i can look into them ? (i love this stuff) Thanks!

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  3. really nice stuff.

    keep it up, bro.

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  4. I love saving the planet!! I reuse everything but toilet paper

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  5. Cool stuff, man.

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  6. on the topic of saving Earth I agree that energy should be saved ~~ http://anti1337.blogspot.com/

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  7. cool
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  8. Woah, now that is interesting!

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  9. i will have this wind turbine very soon :)

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  10. If only I could make my own lol.

    Take a look at my blog if you have time!
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  11. hmm great idea...how much does it save on your bill?

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  12. This is really cool!

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  13. good stuff! check out my recipes

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  14. My neighbor actually has a windmil, no joke. It's on their deck. Pretty small though.

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  15. Cool stuff, especially the part about the wood gasifier.
    Following. ;)

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