How Do You Build A Windmill Using A Car Alternator?
Making power with a windmill alternator can be used to power home appliances and even supplement moderate electrical usage for a group of homes. Building the windmill power plant can be done with inexpensive and commonly available items, and can be finished by the average backyard builder in about a day. Cut the sheet metal into eight blades about four feet long and eight inches wide, depending on the size of the bike wheel. The blades should mount at the center and extend past the wheel by a foot or so. Attach the sheet metal to the bike wheel’s hub by welding or using washers and bolts through the spokes. Bend the extended portion of the blade to a thirty degree angle so that the blade has a curve to it. Face the curves of all the blades in the same direction. Weld the automotive pulley wheel to the gears of the bike wheel. Remove the smaller gears by turning the hub nut counterclockwise, then sliding each gear off one by one. Leave the last, largest gear for attaching the pulley whe
