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Posted in November 4th, 2011
I have several of these electric motors available that would be good for DIY turbines. Free Shipping to anywhere in the USA. Get one while you can. We are down to the last few and once they are gone, there will be no more. Here are the specs:
This is an electric motor similar to the [...]
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Posted in May 31st, 2010
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Posted in September 2nd, 2008
I have some good news. I tested this turbine over the weekend and peaked at 33VDC @ 10.4 Amps. Yes, 10.4 Amps. I will be posting some additional photos later this coming weekend. Please check back to see what I have done.
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Posted in August 10th, 2008
I have since updated some additional photos in the gallery of the motor after I have added some bullet connectors for power connection. These were purchased from a hobby store and I have used these in the past for radio control helicopters and aircraft. These work perfect. I also have the charge controller I am [...]
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Posted in August 4th, 2008
Note: After reviewing the video with the volume up, I noticed that the turbine seemed like it was extremely loud. I want to clarify. This is NOT the turbine. The loud background noise is actually a combination of an A/C unit, camera motor noise and wind. The turbine itself if fairly quiet, but there is [...]
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Posted in August 3rd, 2008
I just ran some tests today with my semi-completed turbine. It actually turned out really well. Please visit the gallery for high quality images and videos.
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Posted in August 1st, 2008
My next item I needed was a weather type vane for my turbine. Where else did I look? eBay of course. I had so much good luck with eBay previously, that I found several sellers who had what I wanted. I first bought a unit from Seller A. I call him Seller A because I [...]
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Posted in July 20th, 2008
After doing some more looking, I came across some blades again, on eBay. I talked to the seller Russ, who made me a good deal on a hub and blade combo kit. For a little over $100, I received an extremely well machined hub and Air-X turbine replacement blades. The hub was perfect as it [...]
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Posted in July 18th, 2008
I have officially decided to build my own wind generator to see if it can be done. I originally considered purchasing one, however I am the type that likes to build my own if possible. I did some research and found that a wind turbine can be made very easily with fairly simple parts.
The first [...]
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Posted in July 15th, 2008
Welcome to FreeAirPower.com. This site is intended to give you information on building a homemade wind generator. These are really inexpensive and easy to build. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting additional information as the project progresses. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to let me know.
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