micro wind turbine using bicycle wheel

[CarlF]

Just wanted to share a picture of a project that I have been working on.

Since I am in a light wind area (S Cal, rated = 0), I wanted to try my hand at developing a micro turbine that runs in a slight wind. The components are a 9 coil stator, 18 AWG, with 80 turns, star wiring,  12 neo magnets rated at 32 lbs. My output is not all that impressive at 12volts in a stiff breaze. not sure of the amps. This was a fun project but the bottom line is that solar is probably a better choice for my area.
MASSIVE PHOTO LINK

[ghurd]

Damn that's big

[wooferhound]

Micro Turbine

Monster Picture

Bicycle hubs and wheels for wind turbines

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2007/9/2/51219/28256

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2006/12/5/42627/7096

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2007/2/18/195453/579

[fcfcfc]

Hi: It's hard to tell from one photo, but it looks like you could use a much bigger sweep area for a gen of that size, like double or triple the length of the blades...

[Capt Slog]

Seems a bit of a waste of the work you put into the rotors and stator to be using that "blade" set.  Try some bigger (longer) blades, see what happens.

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