How do I create a wind turbin generator?

Question

What equipment do I need and how do I put together a wind turbin generator to supply power to a small cabin?

Answer 1

There are websites specializing in this sort of thing.  I have to agree with previous poster -  energy storage is an issue.  Lead-acid batteries are most commonly used and have a usefull life of only 5 years.

You also need to do a bit of pre-planning.  What are your energy needs? Does your location have enough consistent wind to provide these needs?  Most alternative energy websites have sections devoted to this planning and also recommend low-energy alternatives to lighting.  Don't expect to be able to plug in the appliances you've come to know and love, though.  Most require far more power than can be generated by any resonably affordable system.

Answer 2

This is much simpler to explain than you might think:

If you place an electric current into a motor it turns.

If you turn an electric motor at the speed that the electricity turns it, it will produce electricity.

Therefore, a wind turbine is nothing more that a motor inversed.

Of course wind cant turn a motor at high speed because the turbine blades are only revolving at low speed, so a gearbox is in place between the blades and the inversed motor, making 1 revolution of the blades turn the motor up to 500 revolutions per minute.

The longer the blades, the more power is available, so additional gearing may be in place to increase the revolutions to maybe 1000 revolutions.

That is why when you see wind turbines they will always have large blades - they are providing electric power for many households. Smaller ones are for single dwellings and have much smaller blades.

Hope this helps ~

Answer 3

this is a bit too complicated to answer on a site like this....look up wind turbine designs or construction on the web, there are a few DIY sites there for it

if you just WANT one for a small cabin there are good flatpack ones, made precisely for rural applications, around $500, that take only 2 or 3 days to put together.

Answer 4

take your question and type in into google .....

Answer 5

It does not matter if you use solar, or wind turbines.  The real expense is in storing the power, and making it usable.  This requires expensive equipment to turn DC into AC electricity, with a sine wave that is compatible with modern electronics.  You will also need a large bank of batteries, containing dangerous acids, and  heavy metals.  These batteries will have to be replaced periodically, further polluting the Earth.  A system that is connected to the grid is much more appealing, and less expensive.

Answer 6

This isn't really an answer but I think this is great that you are doing this.  I am looking at several different plans that I have gotten from the library.  I have seen some on the web but they are all trying to sell you something.  I want to put it up to light a play ground I have built in my pasture.

Answer 7

It would be less expensive to buy the unit than to try to build it.