Printer motor turbine

[Zwind]

I used an old HP printer motor i found in my house, its mounted in a 1.5" T-pvc pipe and has a one peice 16" diameter blade. it was just fun to make and cheap. no idea how much out put i get yet, it spins in a 1mph easly mounted 25'-30' adove ground.

[wooferhound]

I have about 15 good motors from printers. I have always wanted to build a Printer Stepper Motor Farm. I have a privacy fence that has a pole sticking up above the fence every 8 feet. I want to put a stepper motor generator on every pole.  A printer motor is Flea power but if you get enough fleas you will have a whole dog.

[Rover]

My dogs and I resent that. Substitute, fly power , and with enough flies you get a horse.

Rover

[SparWeb]

You've described what I use for an anemometer.  I stuck it out the window of my pick-up to calibrate things.

I made a set of PVC blades and put them on the shaft of a printer stepper motor.  Strapped the motor to a 3/4" pipe fitting.  I used Tees and a sliding fit of 3/4" tube inside a 1" pipe so that it yaws.