If you are looking to reduce your power bill or get off the grid completely, residential wind power is currently the simplest and cheapest way to do it.
So why don’t you and your neighbors go out and buy some turbines? Because commercial ones can retail for exorbitant prices - $2000 to $6000, even. They are still worth the money because they last for a long time and in a year or two they have paid for themselves, but there is an alternative.
You can build your own if you have the right plans for a fraction of the cost of buying one. You can have your own source of residential wind power for $150-$300!
What will you need to make your own wind generator?
You’ll need a work area, good blueprints, basic tools and four to seven days.
The components you’ll build:
Four main parts in a generator are the blades and hub, the body with a DC motor, the tail and the tower. The blades will be the toughest part to build of the whole machine. They are still fairly easy with a good guide to move you along.
The motor is the most expensive component - at around 50-150$ depending on size. Your manual will detail what size motor you will need and all the technical stuff. The DC motor converts the spinning energy to electricity.
For the wind generator body we suggest double wall stainless steel chimney pipe such as what you would get for a wood stove or furnace. This is easy to get and is designed to use outdoors. This can be new or recycled.
The tail is simple and can be made from wood or plastic. You’ll need it so that the turbine is always pointing in the direction of the wind.
You can buy the tower or build your own out of piping. The best thing to use is old TV towers, which many people don’t use anymore and may actually pay you to take them down.
Now that you know some of the basics, you can see that it’s not that complicated or expensive to have your own residential wind power system to run your household. All you need now are the plans to get started.
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