Pvc Wind Mill

This is a wind powered turbine that shows you that you can make power by using the wind. This costs around 50 dollars, and is easy to build in a day.

◊ (5) 1” PVC 90° Fittings 

◊ (3) 1” PVC T Fittings 

◊ (5 ft) 1” PVC Pipe 

◊ (1) 1” PVC Coupler 

◊ (1) Motor 500 (Pitsco)

◊ (4 ft) 22 Gauge Hook Up Wire 

◊ (2) Clips (Alligator or Banana) 

◊ (1) Simple Multimeter to Record Power Output

◊ (1) Hub, Tinkertoy or a round piece of wood to attach blades) 

• 4” dowels 3/8” dia. (or Tinkertoy rods)— attach blades that you make to this. To build this turbine from scratch you’ll need at a minimum a drill, ruler, PVC cutter or hacksaw, wire strippers, soldering iron, solder, duct tape, glue.

♢ (4) Shrink tubes

Piece PVC piping together as shown, cutting 2, 6 in pieces. Make 2 of these.

Cut 2 PVC pieces of 4 in. Assemble using the T piece.

Cut a 18 in PVC piece and place in 90°bend.

Place 45°angle piece at the top of the support beam.

Make blades from wood. After you make and sand blades, tape eye hooks to the end of the blades. ×4

Drill 4 holes in wooden wheel to screw eye hooks into.

Add the blades to the hub. All of them. All four.

If your motor doesen't fit the piping snugly, add tape around motor to fit securely.

Solder wires to motor.

First put shrink tubes on wires then solder alligator clips to wires. Next shrink the tubes with a blow dryer.

Connect your multimeter to the alligator clips and place wind mill on top of an air conditioning unit.

If you are interested in harnessing this power, you may add an inverter at this point.