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Exzodier
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Joined: 12/11/2007
Location: United States
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Posted: 10:01pm 11 Nov 2007
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ive been looking aorund now for a while for a small windmill to power some lights
Almost every weekend me and a gorup of friends go camping here in hawaii and with the strong trade winds (20-30mph), we were looking at maybe building a windmill to power our lights (save us gas on a generator), were not trying to build anything huge just enough to power a few light bulbs so we can see what were doing when we are fishing and stuff,

any suggestions on what type, how large, and best materials to use ?

i will post here when i start work and let you know how things turn out

( i use a small windmill 5 inch blades to pump air into my bait container)
 
Gizmo

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Posted: 11:52am 13 Nov 2007
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Hi Exzodier

  Quote  i use a small windmill 5 inch blades to pump air into my bait container
Now thats a good idea

For your windmill a treadmill motor or large servo motor would be the way to go. You could make a set of PVC blades about 3 or 4 foot in diameter, and that should give you enough power to trickle charge a battery with a couple of amps. That would be enough to power a couple of LED lights and radio.

I would build the windmill so it can pack up neatly for moving from site to site. The mast will be the biggest problem, do you have a caravan or 4WD you can attach a short mast to?

Glenn
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Exzodier
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Posted: 06:44pm 15 Nov 2007
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a mast shoudent be a problem the area we go to is right on the beach and i was going to try just useing a singel verticel pole and place it in the rocks just like i do my fishing pole.
the main part i have trouble understanding is any circuits i would have to make or build.
 
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