Homemade Wind Power - Create Free Electricity To Power Your Home
People are often surprised to find out how simple it is to use homemade wind power to generate free electricity for their homes. Home built windmills have been a growing trend across America lately as more and more people look for ways to reduce their monthly living expenses. With a little ambition, the ability to use basic power tools and a willingness to spend around $100 - $200 on materials, you can be enjoying free electricity too. Windmills have been around for centuries and their basic designs haven't changed much. The basic components of a wind turbine consist primarily of the following: * Base
* Tower
* Blades
* Motor
* Batteries If you hunt around in your local salvage yards you should be able to find all the materials you need for under $200. For example, check old washing machines and treadmills for a DC motor. You can usually find one for around $30 - $40. Another options is to order one of the pre-manufactured windmill kits. These will run you around $1000 or so. It can be a good option if initial investment is not a big concern and you don't feel like hunting around in junk yards for materials. You'll have to decide how big your windmill is going to be. This is where you'll have to be honest in evaluating your construction abilities. The larger ones over 1000-2000 Watts become progressively harder to build because of their sheer size. However, if you stick with a medium sized windmill, around 750-1000 Watts, you should be fine. A structure this size is definitely within reach of someone with "average" construction abilities. Before you take on this project, do yourself a favor and get your hands on some good instructions. For some strange reason most of the guides I see are far too complicated and/or incomplete. They get way too long-winded (pun intended) in their explanations. This isn't rocket science, so keep things simple. A good guide will outline how to generate homemade wind power in a simple, step-by-step fashion without leaving you guessing what to do next.
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