| Does the idea of using the power of the wind to to | | | | yard. A good instruction manual will cover this. |
| create free electricity appeal to you? More and more | | | | 2. Generator. A used DC motor works great. These |
| people are doing this as they realize how simple and | | | | can be found in old washing machines, sewing |
| inexpensive it is to build their own power generating | | | | machines, treadmill, powered tools, etc. |
| wind turbine. Let's go over the best way you can | | | | 3. Mounting. A simple 2x4 piece of wood will do the |
| easily and inexpensively build an electricity windmill | | | | trick. Again, a good instruction manual will go over the |
| that will drastically reduce (or eliminate) your monthly | | | | exact dimensions and the procedure involved. |
| power bill. | | | | 4. Tower. You have to consider if you want a 60 |
| Many of the instruction manuals on building your own | | | | foot tower or a small garden design that is only a |
| wind generator are ridiculously over-complicated. The | | | | few feet tall... or something in between. The higher |
| problem is that there is no single best windmill design. | | | | the tower, the more wind it will be able to harness. |
| As a result, you have a lot of designs and just as | | | | 5. Batteries/electronic controller. You'll need one or |
| many strong opinions to go with them. | | | | more batteries to store the power generated by |
| Keep it simple. This is not rocket science. Although | | | | your windmill. You'll also need an electronic controller |
| there are many different designs, there are 5 | | | | which you can find inexpensively on eBay or you can |
| fundamental elements they typically have in common. | | | | create your own. |
| The materials needed for a well functioning wind | | | | These are the 5 basic elements that virtually all wind |
| turbine don't need to cost more than $150 | | | | generator designs will have. As you can see, this is |
| 1. Blades. There is no need to buy the expensive | | | | not complicated at all. An "average" person can easily |
| manufactured blades. You can easily create your own | | | | build an electricity windmill as long as they have a |
| blades using common materials found in a salvage | | | | solid instruction manual that keeps the steps simple. |