Taking a motor from an old exercise treadmill and some PVC pipe, John Park constructs a wind-powered generator. The electrical power may not be enough to get your home off the grid, but the great thing about the project is how it explains in simple terms the technology involved in turning wind into free electricity. Download the PDFs for these projects at www.makezine.tv
31. January 2010 at 8:03 pm
what size motor is it, mine is 100 volt,14 amps,and at 15 mph im only getting 7 volts
12. February 2010 at 5:08 am
will it blend – free electricity.
13. February 2010 at 7:48 pm
no one realy cares what u think
21. February 2010 at 12:10 am
duuuuude that was awesome o.o
12. March 2010 at 9:32 pm
That was not free power! Think of all the gas he used to drive the generator around! LOL
17. March 2010 at 9:45 am
great video- gave me some ideas, thanks.
29. March 2010 at 1:11 am
pipe nipple. lmao
29. March 2010 at 1:11 am
shaft, lmao
1. April 2010 at 4:49 pm
Thank you very much John, finally i can help people in africa to get electricity, your demo is the best so far, thank u .
4. April 2010 at 6:34 am
thanks, but um…i guess if i don’t have all those tools to do this…i’m short.
damn can you just give links to companies who make the turbines. i just love they make it seem like i can just pop out my little toolbox and start creating.
guess i’ll pay someone to do this for me.
20. April 2010 at 7:05 pm
I have all those stuff just laying around… waiting for me to use em up… yup… anytime now… ( few days later) yup anytime now ( few weeks later) yup anytime now ( a longer time later) yup anytime now.
24. April 2010 at 12:45 pm
he made the wind generator work with gas when he mounted it to the truck….well good job
1. May 2010 at 5:54 am
Whats the actual specs for the bridge rectifier? Not sure what to put on.
7. May 2010 at 3:11 pm
Would you happen to have a place I can get this on paper? Thanks
8. May 2010 at 6:40 pm
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Maker Workshop – Wind Power Generator on MAKE: television
15. May 2010 at 1:44 pm
next question from this video is arising … y dont we use hydraulic power to use electercity.. where we know input is alwways lesser than out put … or u can say ther input is used in such a way that it seems …that input is greatr than out put
23. May 2010 at 4:37 pm
well made video.. Thanks for this very clear how to..
I cant wait to make my own.
-Pete
27. May 2010 at 1:30 pm
Damn, just shows others make things seems so difficult…. this is still ‘difficult’ but there’s less BS to deal with to get it done.
6. June 2010 at 4:56 am
It’s OK for a science project but is not going to create real power of any value or hold up to hard storm winds. At several hundred RPM, these homemade blades will vibrate and wobble severely.
6. June 2010 at 6:12 pm
how much of these would you need to power a home?
13. June 2010 at 2:31 am
Great job on this video!
19. June 2010 at 11:29 am
my and mine dad build a smaller one and now an can charge mine cellphone with wind power.
thanx john
20. June 2010 at 9:46 pm
using the pvc pipe to make props is genius! kudos to whoever thought of that!
1. July 2010 at 7:01 pm
If you have the tools to drill the holes into the flywheel…why not use the mounts you get from old cieling fan blades. I’m actually looking into doing something like that. The Bridge Rectifier is brilliant…one of my hold ups was how to use any motor as a generator rather than having to buy an alternator or something else like that. Thanks for the great vid…this is very useful.
11. July 2010 at 8:59 pm
YOUTUBE: helix wind self-destruct