My teardrop power

[emiller]

I just built a wind generator for my tear and still working out some bugs.
http://teardropcamper.shutterfly.com/action/

[Dale M.]

You picture site wants a password!

Dale

[emiller]

does it work now

[Kevin A]

does it work now

Nope, not yet.

[Italia]

No

[emiller]

should work now

[Dave Bob]

Pretty nice.

What is it an old tape drive motor?

Dave

[Miriam C.]

And your selling them when and for how much

[sdtripper2]

Hello, Eddie:



Questions if you please

Tell us about the noise factor in db's

How annoying would this rig be at
a campground or would this be for
a dry camp situation away from the masses

Splain to us how much juice your wind turbine
generates for what length of time com-binding

How do you secure the base for solid
support & operation and still be portable for Tear-time travels

What other factors have you tripped over that you would like to share

[emiller]

I haven't slept in the teardrop with it hooked up yet and as far as I can tell I don't hear any noise from the generator or blades. I only have put it up at home and the wind as only gotten up to about 5 to 10 mph, with that it's putting out 8 to 16 volts. I would like to find a generator that has high volts at lower rpm's. This generator is rated at 30volts at 1100 rpm. The blades and tail come apart for easy transport. The mount is welded to the frame of the teardrop and the pole just slides in and I have padlocks on it so when I use my solar panel it wont walk easy.

[emiller]

:o

And your selling them when and for how much

No not making any for selling but there are alot of sites on do it yourself projects. It was easy to make the blades are just 4" PVC pipe and you can cut three blades out of a piece 2' long. The blades on mine are scaled down to 2 1/2' radius. I still have to bevel the blade ends and balance the prop which is very close to being balanced. A guy here at work as a Corseair wind vane and thought it would be neat to put a generator on it to light anti collision and nav lights with maybe landing lights.

[bdosborn]

Hey Eddie,

Cool idea, how about posting some links for us lazy types?
Bruce

[tonyj]

Nice project. Does it slow you down when driving?

Just kidding.

Can you provide links you used for construction details? That would be appreciated.

[emiller]

Let me settle in, I just got back from Los Angeles and the traffic getting into Phoenix was worse than all the traffic I drove in L.A. I do have the plans and will try to email them to you guys that ask.

[emiller]

http://builditsolar.com/Projects/Wind/wind.htm
http://www.gotwind.org/
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind_tips.html
Just a few sites here. the gotwind is what I used.