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I retried this using an old cable wire I had left over from wire used to hookup the cable tv in my home. I was suprised to see that there is actual voltage and its instant! Its not much but it is there.

I will try other wires as well as different caps to see if it makes any difference on the voltage.

Now, in understanding all of this I too realize that we also need current which we really dont have or dont have much of. I will have to work on that also.

There is a guy called INVENTOR3 on YouTube that tried this and got over 4.0 volts from it. The problem seems to be that there is no current. Current is important if you want to be able to actually use the voltage to light say small LEDS and such as that.

Here is a screenshot of the video as well as the updated video for this project.

Here is a nice little tip for you out there that want to save huge on your electric bill….starting next month.

The most common 60 watt light bulbs put out more heat then they do light. Light would be like a secondary product of the bulb. When ever you create heat using electric it will cost you on your bill every month.

With the bulbs available today you can get more light from one bulb, it will last 10 times longer and it will cost you less then half of what you are paying EACH month on your electric bill.

Check out the video to see how this can save you huge bucks on your light bill.

Those of you that run wind generators or solor panels can also use these to use less of what you are already getting for free from the earth…..allowing for you to use more for other things.

Okay, one thing I could not find was a way to make the hub “perfect”

Its important to have all the measurements correct when your blades go on otherwise you end up with your blades off balance and that is not good at. In fact its dangerous if they fly off and hurt or kill someone.

I could not do this by myself so I went across the street where there is an office of engineers that specialize in commercial building design. I figured that even though this had nothing to do with commercial buildings, one of them may help me with a basic hub for a wind turbine.

Luckly after I explained what I needed to one of the engineers he said, “oh thats no problem. Hold on a sec.”

After sitting there watching him for about 5 minutes he designed a perfect hub for ANY wind generator.

He and I then turned it into an image that could be printed out (SEE THE IMAGE BELOW) onto a piece of paper and used as a template for others that are working on their wind generator projects.

This template will allow for you to use it on any wind generator project. It will allow for a 3 , 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 blade design.

If you are using the “windows printing wizard” to print this here is what you do….

First, download the image to your desktop.

Next, open the image.

Now click on the print button or icon.

Then choose “full page fax print. Cenerted and rotated to fit”

Now your all set. Simply use this same template for no matter what size of wind generator you are going to be making.

Of course you have to cut it out….but I am sure you already figured that much;-)

^ This pic shows the 1 1/4″ Tee used to allow the wire to exit

^ This is the bottom of the stand I used basic water pipe for the stand. ( 1″)

^ This is a pic of it next to the garage. I first used 2 five foot sections of pipe to raise the generator to 10′ but found that it was too hard to move it when I was testing so I finally removed one of the 5′ sections.

^ Side view of the generator.

^ Close up of the motor and hub.

^ Side View - The 1 1/4″ pipe that is seen in this picture connected to the floor flange, I ended up cutting it shorter to about 4″  It was like a foot and half in length.

^ View of it just before moving it outside.

^ View of it from about 15 feet away. I removed the top 5′ pipe section to make it shorter to the ground for easier testing of blades, amp, watts, etc.

^ A Battery bank I used. Its 2 deep cycle marine batteries.

^ Close up of the connection. I connected the 2 positive connections on the batteries using battery cable from AutoZone. nice part about these batteries is that there are small wing nuts included which make hooking up things to it alot easier.

^ batteries sitting inside of a plastic tote to try to keep it all dry. The basic black tote was purchased at Lowes and was very cheap. You can find these about anywhere including WalMart for only a couple of dollars. They just help to keep the water (rain out) of where your batteries and wiring are located. I happen to have this in my garage for the moment so there is not alot of worry about it at this time for me but should I move it outside then this will be handy.

^ You can buy extra lengths of battery cable at about any automotive store. Basically anywhere that sells batteries.

^ This is a pic of the inverter I use. Its 1200watt but this pic didnt turn out very well.

^ Side view of the generator on the test stand in my basement before moving it outdoors.

^ Motor clamped to the aluminum square pipe using large hose type clamps.

^ Attached in this pic you can see the 1 and quarter inch floor flange used to connect the pipe to the square tube.

^ Tail. I didnt really craft this thing just kind of put it on there and bolted it. Maybe should have cut it into some type of shape to make it look better.

^ Front side of the hub showing the lines I used to mount the blades and to measure distance. I used flat washers on the bolts for this small generator although I really do not think I needed to as its too small to cause any real damage should the thing blow up.