The Challenges of a Wind Turbine on Your Home

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Make your own wind turbine out of easy and cheap items. I found a motor and a windmill at a garage sale. This video will give you some ideas of how to put it all together.

The motor i used is AMETEK 124851 PERMANENT 40VDC MAGNET MOTOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR 116123-03
Here is an ebay listing with this motor:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/133857937525

Here is a similar windmill:

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Check out my bicycle powered generator:

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