{"id":137,"date":"2009-01-05T20:05:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T01:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freemansgarage.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2019-09-16T22:03:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T02:03:57","slug":"homemade-wind-turbine-and-charge-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/05\/homemade-wind-turbine-and-charge-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Wind Turbine"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s not finished yet so here are some images of what I have done so far. When I am finished, I will do a much better write up of how I made everything.
\nThe goal is to be able to get 100-200 Watts of power to charge my 12v battery bank in my camper when I am camping off the grid. I could use a generator but what fun is that?
\nSolar is an option however it is very expensive for even small panels.<\/div>\n
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The generator is a 90 Volt 1750rpm DC Motor I found laying around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is a flywheel off the same motor. I drilled holes to mount the blades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The blades are made out of 6″ PVC pipe. I won’t go into detail yet but here is the site where I got the blade info from. http:\/\/www.mdpub.com\/Wind_Turbine\/index.html<\/a> This guy has a really nice site and I am following his plans fairly closely.
\nUpdate 01-10-09
\nHere are some more pics. I have not tested it yet but the temperorary stand is built and the wind vane on the back is done. It’s all ready to go.<\/p>\n

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I used a 1″ pipe inside a 1-1\/4″ pipe for the thrust bearing for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Aluminum tent pole for the tail support. I drilled the wood block so it would fit.
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Plywood for the tail.
\nUpdate 01-13-09 New Video
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