[ausev] Homebrew Wind Generator Blades - Off Topic

[Charlesvsi at aol.com]

In the 50's we spend many days removing wind generators called wind mills.  
We removed the massive gears, and blade assembly to use the tower to mount TV  
antennas in Minnesota farms. 
 
I'd suggest looking at the design and functionality of the windmills. Very  
pragmatic, easy to build, assemble, survived weather extremes, and were tall to 
 catch fast moving wind.
 
My grandfather had one at a fishing resort in mid Minnesota that charged a  
room full of batteries that provided electricity for the house and 5-8 cabins. 
 
A search for the old windchargers  may find a good well tested and  simple 
model for you. 
Now fancy switching electronics should be able to utilize any voltage  
(proportional to rotating speed) and charge some batteries. Hope you live on a  
Hill. if not, time to go solar electric. 
Good luck. 
 
Chuck 





In a message dated 12/31/2008 2:48:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
davidtyner at gmail.com writes:

Lindsay  Books offers a guide. I haven't read it, but have ordered many books 
from them  and have always been pleased with the quality.

_http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks10/wturb/index.html_ 
(http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks10/wturb/index.html) 

-David

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Bryan Bishop <_kanzure at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:kanzure at gmail.com) > wrote:

On  Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Thomas Burbridge <_tthinc at yahoo.com_ 
(mailto:tthinc at yahoo.com) > wrote:
> Does  anyone have any private plans for building homebrew wind genny  
blades?
> I have built a few, none seem to work.

If anyone  wants to share some plans, I'd be willing to spend some time
editing,  packaging, prettying things up. :-)

- Bryan
_http://heybryan.org/_ (http://heybryan.org/) 
1 512 203  0507
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