How to Make an Inexpensive Vertical Wind Turbine – Part 2
Kit for sale now- http://www.berezintechnologies.com
blog — http://www.berezin.com/jeff (more info)
DIY vertical wind turbine of the Savonius style.
Notable is that the largest part of this turbine is recycled materials (the PVC drums previously held Balsamic Vinegar from Italy and the generator is a recycled automotive alternator with magnets added).
Axle: 3 inch PVC piping from Home Depot
Bearings: 5 inch lazy suzan from Lowes.
Part 3 will cover connection to the battery bank with charge controller
http://www.berezin.com/jeff (My Blog with more info and photos on this and will contain DXF drawings of the gears and other components which can be made manually or with CNC)
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December 28, 2009
8:57 am
what can you …
what can you generate with this
December 28, 2009
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Thanks for that – …
Thanks for that – great!
December 28, 2009
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cant you just use …
cant you just use an alternator?
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
Also, look up Sepic …
Also, look up Sepic Charge Controller for info on charging batteries with low voltages. These controllers boost the voltage (but drop amperage) only when the wind is slow instead of throwing out all of the electricity below a 14v. We are using this and other techniques to get more juice out of these turbines and will have future videos on these techniques.
December 28, 2009
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@azjustinsmail
Check out my charge controller video for more info. I will soon have some more videos on that in action on a barrel vawt.
December 28, 2009
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@coltsfreak60
I …
@coltsfreak60
I originally was charging batteries but now am grid tied. See my other videos on grid tied inverters for more information.
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It is an Imservice router. You can google “imservice router” to find information on them.
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@shartne
Thanks. …
@shartne
Thanks. You can get these machines from IMSERVICE. Just google “Imservice router” and I selected them over the Sears machine because they are more solidly built (no plastic gears).
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@shartne
You are …
@shartne
You are correct.
December 28, 2009
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@shanokhala
Yep, …
@shanokhala
Yep, I am looking into cog belts
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
tooth belt pulley …
tooth belt pulley from any automobile would b cheaper and less noisy
December 28, 2009
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you are pretty darn …
you are pretty darn slick dude. What a great idea. I dont have one of those fancy cutting machines how exspensive are they. I ve seen them advertised at sears for a couple of grand.
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
ball bearings …
ball bearings looked dry and they sounded dry too may be you should put some oil on them.
December 28, 2009
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What is the …
What is the computer aided machine you have to help design your cogs – i need to research one of those. Can anyone tell me
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
this is very cool
this is very cool
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
nice idea. i may …
nice idea. i may try something like this. are you using this to charge a battery bank or are you tying into the grid? you showed a lot of it just turning in the wind. i would like to see more of your setup.
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
Great engineering …
Great engineering and workmanship! Do you have any loaded tests? I can see the open circuit voltage gets to 14v in some substantial wind, but what happens if you actually connect a battery to it and load the alt? I can’t find any hard data on your site or vid’s, indicative of more VAWT smoke and mirrors? I’m also curious about the charge controller that will charge a 12v battery bank when the input voltage is less than 13v (charging voltage for 12v)…..
Thanks!
December 28, 2009
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if i was you i …
if i was you i would put the thing on the top of my house for most energy, add somthing that collects the power than when the power goes out i can you use it as a back up genarator
December 28, 2009
8:57 am
5 star rating!
5 star rating!
December 28, 2009
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Awesome!, and youve …
Awesome!, and youve got some nice property too
December 28, 2009
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I will be trying …
I will be trying this idea
but can u give a subtitle to u r video it will be more easy to understand and
the way u made gears is very easy
thnk s for teaching
but can u provide any details how we can connect the generator and how can we measure the energy that is generated all that and how we store it in detail
I asked this because I am not a science student and dont have much Knowledge about turbine and generators
December 28, 2009
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good creation, …
good creation, would tell me specification of altenator and baterry and the speed of wind to recharge the baterry. thanks lot.
December 28, 2009
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Great job! What I …
Great job! What I like about you design is it allows for setting up multiple generators on one set of blades. What is your gear ratio? Do you have alot of resistance with this set up? Do you think you could double the power even with extra resistance by hooking up an identical generator on the opposite side? Keep up the great work.
December 28, 2009
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Yes, or the …
Yes, or the generator gear smaller (making one today)
December 28, 2009
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If you made the …
If you made the cogwheel on the turbine larger in diameter, wouldn’t you make the smaller one on the generator turn faster and get more power out of it?