pico wind generator

[gcp1975]

here is my pico wind generator made from an old pc fan

sorry about the piccys will take more when i get reaquainted to MY shed

close up of coil , fitted to plastic from an old plastic blind.jpg

1st prototype - made of A4 card.jpg

i made this just to see if it would work ( lasted 2-3 mins but then fell apart !)

spay can hub with plastic milk bottle blades (note i got the pitch the wrong way).jpg

extra epoxy ( as wind destroyed original ) back to the drawing board !.jpg

finished prototype with an L.E.D attatched (just to test).jpg

shown without hub and blades

pics include a simple nail in the end of a piece of wood mast, and showing an L.E.D to prove that it worked..

i then added rectification and found that i can charge a poundland 1.2v rechargeable cell !! i know its not a lot but hopefully this project will get bigger !!!

[gcp1975]

can anybody see the photo's ?

[preservefreak]

I can't, sorry sounds like a great project though and I'm looking forward to seeing more about it

[gcp1975]

1st prototype - made of A4 card.jpg (46.74 KiB) Viewed 3016 times

close up of coil , fitted to plastic from an old plastic blind.jpg (71.79 KiB) Viewed 3016 times

spay can hub with plastic milk bottle blades (note i got the pitch the wrong way).jpg (127.7 KiB) Viewed 3016 times

extra epoxy ( as wind destroyed original ) back to the drawing board !.jpg (33.62 KiB) Viewed 3016 times

finished prototype with an L.E.D attatched (just to test).jpg (79.76 KiB) Viewed 3016 times

[junmist]

looks good do you know how much power you get from it hang on I should ask how long does it take to charge a car battery, as soon as you start on amps I'm lost

[24942895]

Hmmm, I've got about 20 120mm pc fans in the cupboard...

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[gcp1975]

junmist - you won't charge a car battery with it

I originally wanted to just charge aa/aaa batteries with it . a bit like a wind version of a solar freeloader !!

Gary

[gcp1975]

24942895 - google pico wind generators and do what i did !!!!

[TorNicho]

The amount of power obtained isn't useless.

You know those little spinny-round things on the top of vans, I think they are there to trickle charge the battery for all the stop-starts they do. Correct me if I'm wrong. And I can't imagine those little things kick out that much.

Probably charge a mobile phone too, with the right circuit.

it's a shame about the design of fan because, if you could have the shaft spinning though several you would get a bit more out.
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[Arzosah]

How interesting! Thanks for taking the time to post these

I'm wondering about that card one, the first one - if you did it with sheets of plastic, the sort of thing you get stationery folders made from, I wonder if that would be sufficient to do the same trickle thing? It looks like an easier design, I *think*.

Will google pico wind generators