DIY Wind Generator

[beormakate]

Hi

I'm a liveaboard in Greece and looking to up the power on our boat with a wind gennie. Has anyone experience of building their own wind generator?

Cheers.

Monty B

yachtmontyb.blogspot.com

 

[fireball]

Baked beans are pretty good wind generators! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[tobble]

I think there's a lot of literature about, try web page for loads of books. How ever, I would seriously consider if it's really worth while. I live abord and was thinking aout building one, but decided that to get a reliable output it wasn't worth the stress and bought a D400 for eclectic energy which has been great, enough to run a fridge when I get round to installing one! Good luck, let me know how you get on!

 

[Boatman]

I Agree with Tobble, I tried and gave up in the end went and bought a areogen which works very well

 

[beormakate]

Tobble - what is an areogen? Tell me more.

 

[sailorman]

http://www.lvmshop.co.uk//category.asp?ls=&v=B4AD24AD1AF54C04A0B958FBE4998D35&id=72

 

[captainslarty]

Without appearing or intending to be nanny, its considered bad form to post the same thing on different forums in the same website....

apart from that.. the ampair is great.... the rutlands are great, but not for what you are doing.

 

[col_shaun]

a while ago i look'd in to this and found that a push bike wheel could jenn a trikle charge of power to a 12v bat useing the hub type and fiting fan blades to the out side of the spokes, it woks as a mate of mine has put one together and charges his bats up in the shed but it looks mm haw to put it 'crap, and also found that this link also sells plans to the same sort of things http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl as the tutors rightbooks on it.
its the university of alternitive power some thing like that.

 

[pheonix]

considdered it myself using a sturmy archer dynohub "allmost antique but available on e-bay". look at this site for information and design http://www.reuk.co.uk/Sturmey-Archer-Dynohub.htm.
i have the dynohub but havent put it together as yet
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[VicS]

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look at this site

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http://www.reuk.co.uk/Sturmey-Archer-Dynohub.htm


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[col_shaun]

very good site,