Okay well maybe not so different but it works about as well as it can here in Michigan where the wind blows once every 100 years for about 2 days straight.

Simply Amatek 38 Volt motor mounted to a home made frame of nothing more then

water pipe.

Above: See the 4 inch pvc pipe cut in half about 1 foot long.

above: the simple water pipe

Above: Here is a pic of my solar panel mounted on the pole that originally came with the shitty “direct TV’ service. By the way, their service is the worst scam on the planet. Do NOT order “direct TV”! You would do better with Dial UP internet.

More pics of the turbine. No wires running yet as firstI want to watch it spin in the wind;-)

I put the Amatek beside the Wind Blue Alternator for this video. In the video it looks like the alternator will out perform the Amatek however in all fairness the Amatek is only using 3 blades which makes it take more wind then the Alternator with 6 blades. The more blades the easier its starts to spin in lower winds. (at least here @ my location)

The Amatek was quickly taken down after this video as there was no way this small thin tower would be able to handle the stress from the wind today.

On this rare day we actually have some wind here in New Buffalo Michigan. The 6 Blades are spinning like crazy. I am worried that the torque from the 6 blades might rip the tower apart.

Last night I ran the already low battery bank to the point of being DOA. I hope that I didnt wreck them as I ran them so low before correcting some problems I had with wiring.

Even at the top of the ladder here next to the garage ( 3 feet from the blades) you can not hear any wind from the blades. Nice!

Anyway, there is still alot of work to do and testing on this.

I shot 2 videos on this today for this document.

ScreenShot:

ScreenShot:

Yesterday we had some very high winds here and there were several times when it looked like the inch and quarter pipe that I was using as a tower was going to snap in half or bend.

Due to the fact that other homes are so close to mine I do not want to risk this so….I burried an old 4×4 into the ground beside the pipe to use for the base of the tower. I will then be able to mount a pole or pipe to the 4×4.

This I believe will be more stable and may prevent my wind generator from crashing to the ground and causing damage.

See the video below:

Recorded April 22nd 2008:

Its too late by the time I post this to take it outside and try them out but I finished them. Finally. The wife helped me with this tonite or I would not have finished it yet tonite. My only concern now is that I am afraid that the torque (is that spelled right?) may rip these apart. The force behind 6 blades will be awsome.

Here is the video: