If I provided a basic kit – Magnets, wire, plastic and aluminium formers, spacers, bearings and hub – Enough to make a working turbine – would anyone buy it?
The theory is to make a basic model available in kit form, that anyone can build and produce real power. There will be a choice of blades that will all fit the hub, but it will be designed to be an easily adaptable platform for modification.
It will also be designed to be upgraded – by adding more elements to increase power output.
It would provide both a learning experience, and a working model as a result for your cash.
By doing it this way, the cost is kept to a minimum, as there is no assembly costs – only simple packaging.
What do you think.
Just to point out, in most “kits” – the generator unit is pre – assembled, and not particularly efficient. My design is more efficient, and more importantly, is upgradable and easily repairable by the user. This kit is for home-assembly of the generator itself.
Originally posted 2009-09-14 16:59:55.
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I think it depends, is this like a two foot model wind mill that lights a lightbulb or something that is substantial enough to at least provide a little bit of electricity usable in your house? If it was a small model then yeah, it sounds interesting, but for educational purposes. If you’re talking about the latter though, something substantial, I think a lot of people would be interested. The “green revolution” is prompting a lot of people to buy things they think might help to offset their carbon footprint, even if it doesn’t do that much.
Yeah, I would buy that, especially if it was at least powerful enough to do something useful, like power outdoor lights or charge a battery kit.
I’d like the turbine bit to be self-assembly more than the generator. I like lego and ikea. I’m not an electrician. The instructions would have to be really good. And the price would have to be quite reasonable – low enough that the money you save on electricity over, say, fifteen years, would cover the cost. If not, you would have to market it as an educational product.
Well I would love to play around with it but I live in a residential area. Putting a wind turbine up would cause so much noise that my wife, kids and neighbors will all become in a kill Hans mode…
But I like the idea, its great as educational project, especially is you can add some explanation and experiments with the rotor blades
No. I designed something similar in the 70’s. My idea was to replace all of those antennas with windmills. The amount of power you can get out of a little windmill just is not worth the effort.
I’ve looked at thousands of ideas. I have not seen a viable one yet.