alt.energy.homepower

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:57:13 -0700, gearhead
wrote:

>On Aug 27, 3:56 am, gaikokujinkyofu...@ wrote:
>> I am presently working for an NGO in Afghanistan and some of our feild
>> offices are > windy. Since we have very little funding i was trying to think of a
>> cheap means of power and thought about putting together a "cheap" wind/
>> generator
>
>Run don't walk to
>

You also need to think about how you are going to get the power from
the generator to the load.
The windmill needs to be able to turn thru 360 degrees so you just
cant run wires from the alternator down to the ground.
Most wind turbines have internal slip rings to feed the power from the

turbine to the load regardless of the direction of the windmill.
Not the easiest thing to make.

Maybe you might like to look at a simple VAWT.