Wind Turbine 2 HAWT

[Captainleeward]

Wind Turbine 2 HAWT

[Christophe Mineau]

Woww, impressive !
and what do you power with it ?
What means HAWT ?

(imagine if one blade detached, and you were on the way ...)

[Captainleeward]

It is a back up system for when its stormy and no solar rays are cumming in it stores electricity in battery's.

[kbalch]

Thanks capainleeward! I've added your Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine to our Generators category, as well as to your builder page: capainleeward's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine by capainleeward

tags: wind turbine

[DIYer]

Nice! Pic's too small to see the detail on the blade design. What generator/alternator are you using?

[Captainleeward]

perhaps this will help..:o)

[Altair]

Impressive work captainleeward. That's one big 7-blade unit. What's the output of your turbines?

Al

[Captainleeward]

The big bird one puts up to 1 kilowatt the twister about 500 watts. :O)

[DIYer]

Very nice capainleeward! 1.5 kw of free energy is nothing to sneeze at.

[Captainleeward]

Here in San Diego California our weather systems are changing now we are experiencing more windy storms than before so wind is now a good back up system.

The generator is a washing machine motor from Australia. I purchased it on E-Bay and had to rewire it for 12v dc operation. The blades are store bought but i modified them for lighter winds.