Simple Windpower Generator That You Can Build From Home

Want to build a simple windpower generator for your home? With the vast amount of information available at your fingertips these days, building a wind energy system at home is no longer a daunting technical project.
But with these few tips I have, you can make a working wind generator with an even lower startup cost.
The idea of building a windpower generator is already a cost effective alternative to buying a pre-fabricated unit.
And just so you know, these commercially manufactured systems can fetch a price in the range of thousands of dollars.
Building one, on the other hand, only costs no more than $500.
Why the drastic difference in building costs? Simple.
DIY windpower generators make use of cheap and easy to get materials to make the various parts of the unit.
And with smart material sourcing, you can even cut down your building cost by a few more hundreds.
Here are some of the pointers you can use to save money on building your own wind generator: Blades The wind generator blades are one of the most important elements of the wind energy system.
And the unit's efficiency also is directly dependent on the design of the blades and the material used.
While many still make use of wood to carve out the blades, I prefer using plastic - namely, PVC.
PVC pipes are easily obtainable, and by cutting the pipe into quarter sections, each quarter has a ready curvature that makes for a good blade design that easily catches the wind to rotate.
Not only that, you can actually get these PVC pipes for a low price, or even for free.
Try going down to your local junk pile and see if you can find a thrown-away PVC pipe of around 3 feet in length.
A little scrub should make the used pipes proper for your project.
Battery The battery is used to store the electrical charge produced by your windpower generator.
The best batteries you can use for your wind energy system are deep cycle batteries - the same ones you can find in golf carts and forklifts.
Brand new batteries can cost hundreds of dollars each.
But you can easily get used batteries from old golf carts and forklifts for a small sum of money.
A simple reconditioning process makes these cheap, used batteries as good as new.
Motor Do you agree that the Internet is a huge, wonderful bargain shopping mall? You can find cheap DC motors that are good enough for your windpower generator project.
eBay for instance has a large selection of DC motors perfect for your wind generator, that are priced around $50.
Otherwise, search around the Internet for old used treadmill motors that can also be used for your windpower generator.