Homemade Vertical Wind Turbine From Barrels and Scooter Parts 

Amazing! I pulled the motor out of an abandoned treadmill for the very same idea. Got a nice pdf plan for a Savonius turbine. - Eric.

🤓So Much fun to watch you in action and love how positive you are about it all!!

Keep up the hard work. You are talented enough to do this full time.

I think you should brace the blades, to avoid losing energy to flex and perhaps delay stress breaking

Wind generator here is a large land, I designed it bigger to get electricity and use electricity for heating.

Search for Zoetrope wind turbine from Applied-Sciences. Great pdf download of plans. - Eric.

Love this kind of vid, using a plastic barrel is a great idea👍

The issue with your v-belt being that loose is that it may be slipping on the smaller driven pulley, costing you some RPMs

I wonder if an alternator would be more efficient than the scooter motor. You can sometimes find them for a good price at auto wreckers. Neat project!

Very satisfying build montage.

"I made it work with a hammer". OK... OK....

There could be an issue with there being no space between the reverse facing scoop and the axel. No space for the air to flow past so the off side half works as a sail.

I love your " crime against engineering"!

Instant upvote. Love home wind power! Is it as cost effective as solar? No. But you can see it working!!

Research Savonius vertical turbine. Best low-end torque, highest efficiency.

🎉parabéns! Ótimo trabalho parabéns!!!😊

Some people have to much time on their hands. LOL I admit I am jealous. Dam you have so much fun! Enjoy your projects. 73 Leo

GOOD JOB ! ;)

i cant get over how much u sound like saul goodman, but otherwise very well made video thx for uploading

It's possible low rpm AC wind turbine for home use, like synchronize 6 RPM Motor

Looks great ,hope it works well for you .🌠🚂✈️💗🕊️

As a small wind turbine owner: the longest a small diy wind turbine is 1 and a half months (6 weeks)

Consider to possibly of making your own pirminent magnet alternator. Pericetic drag will be almost zero as there will be no brushes and comunintator. A few silicon diodes will get you dc. The more coils you wind the smoother your DC will be.

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"I made it work with a hammer". Ah, a true engineer. And you really should have a tight belt. Loose belts slip all the time, which causes power loss and increased wear and tear. I worked at Sears Parts & Service for a few years, and though I was only a counter person I picked up some technical tidbits like that.

Use a multi Vee serpentine belt or a timing belt... MUCH less friction ... 😎👍☘️🍺

Always a fun video. 🥂

I wonder if you capped the ends with half lids if it would cup air more efficiently. Know what I mean? Good luck to the experiment!

That's why horizontal turbines a better they have more torque to power through tough motors

The belt itself is causing a lot of resistance to spinning, try a dryer mini multi vee ( serpentine) belt

Telling ya man... if you get some energy generated, you can dehumidify the caves in the summer, and heat in the winter! make a large heavy duty one, that makes lots of power........ You'll need a bigger motor. 😄

I love your innovative approach to things. I used yo build & sell 1-3 kw wind turbines using pmgs. ,& bladr sets. Lost all my equipment facilities & spares Get it functional & then improve perfect it. just as i used to Are 24v-36v Scooter motors any use as PMA's. Or i may buy from China soon.

Add a small boost converter

Muy buen video graciad

Turban? 😂 other than that, cool video!

Also be careful directly charging a phone as a gust might overvolt and blow up the phone

Using barrels was a good idea, but you should have looked at other vertical wind turbine designs, this is not very efficient, its like an old steam boat paddle... Also that loose belt is really getting on my nerves lol.

Is the monorail yours? Holy crap if it is!!! And I think the Mark 2 wind turbine looks good. ☮

its working in low wind speed 😊😊

hey buddy good work ok watch my last video if you can make 10 volts you can use the step up controller that goes to 40 volts at 20 amps they sell them cheep on amazon - and yes 20 amps .and your good to go and charge a battery and then hook up a inverter . hope you try it .. I just updated my wind mill to be more facing one direction , all about test dont let any one say shit at least your doing it peace

*All practical tests show that small wind turbines hardly generate any electricity. Purchased turbines only at costs very significantly above 1$/kWh!* There is hardly any wind near the ground, and it is also very gusty, which extremely reduces the service life of the systems. With solar systems, you can reliably generate electricity for about 7-12 cents/kWh over a period of 25 years!

A lawn mower engine? Would that work as well as a permanent low RPM generator?

Sir. what kindof circuit should be fix to charge the battery as battery current goes back to motor when wind doesn't have enough force to drive the blades as the battery voltage should not go to motor

Hi! New subscriber here. How long did the turbine lasted? Did not find a follow up video.

How’s the wind turbine holding up?

Hi How are you now

Am sorry but 5v out of the size of wind turbine which generates 1000 to 300w is so abysmal, the current might even be lower

Very interesting. Good project. I noticed that you had some sort of control panel with a monitor screen built into it in your shop. What is that?

What's up with way loose belt??? I don't understand you what so ever...

Can't you use a secondary pully to get some mechanical advantage ? Build it for real without floppy ass belts.

It does not make power, it barely generates a bit of open circuir voltage. Where is the current measurement?

will there be a update?

pretty lame but i like lame thanks

Lots of self deprecating humor, however nothing ventured, nothing gained. Most sit there arse on the couch. You are doing.

use a different transmission method. anything but vee belt, its the most inefficient. flat belt, toothed belt, friction wheels, chain... all vastly superior. especially if you actually add any tension as youre supposed to. was always a fan of the VAWT but then i grew to hate them. i made a savonius out of drums, put much thought into it, always seriously disappointed. differentials. you only ever get the difference between wind resistance of the two sides. and they really only make any useful push for about 90-120 degrees of the full rotation anyway... amusing that a vawt can act as a hawt but a hawt cant act as a vawt...

It's poor design because it's lazy.

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