August 12th, 2010 at 2:48 am
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Green-Trust.org and Woodhenge.org on Discovery’s Science Channel “Invention Nation” Aired on December 17th, at 10pm Eastern time. The Science Channel is found on both cable and satellite TV. Check out www.treehugger.com You will see show hosts Chris, Nobu, and Micah learning to build a 1000 watt wind turbine from scratch, which helps power our off-grid home. More information on our wind turbines can be found at www.green-trust.org, http and tewind poweryahoo.com Get the Wind Power Workshop, by Hugh Piggott, to learn how to build your own wind turbine as seen on our Science Channel episode.
It’s been rerun at least 20 times since on discovery and hgtv channels. Just recently again in the last 2 months.
i haven’t seen anything about this show since this season aired. they never repeated them and after seeing the ‘conspiracy theory’ episode on global warming i know why. cleaning the air is way too easy, and there’s too much money to be made on endless research and carbon trading. this show showed too much D.I.Y. stuff that the establishment had it pulled off the air.
400 piv, 100 amp, email me for particulars.
what are the specs on the rectifying diode and where can i get it
just FYI – Rare earth magnets can be salvaged from some electronics like … hard drives. They’re smaller, but there
LOL, hey Steve I just read the previous post and it made me giggle, I meant to tell you congrats on the Invention Nation spot it was pretty kool to see you and Jim on Planet Green but you should have gotten more face time. Good luck to you and hope Green-Trust and Woodhenge all the best.
It’s about as common as copper.
That’s not what rare earth means. rare earth elements are the elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71. The lanthanide series. Neodymium is 60
well if theyre rare that implies theyre non-renuable. so he is using up a resource and thats therefore not sustainable
why not?
wait what? did he just say “rare earth magnets”? thats not very sustainable is it
You have to get it directly through him. At least that’s what a letter from him to some guy said (the some guy posted it in a few forums)
I’ll PM you the Author’s email and the page that I found the info on k? ^_^
have you found the book yet ,i would like to have one as well. im a bit of a packrat…
turns per coil mostly. rpm yes, but battery voltage holds the output. as the amps flow, battery voltage slowly increase.
A couple of questions…how do you determine the voltage? Is it a function of turns per coil or RPM or both? Also if a helical turbine were used and the PMG were mounted in a horizontal arrangement, would that affect it much?
Nope! Uber-strong Neodymium magnets are actually pretty cheap!
those magnets look expensive aren’t they?
Really inspiring, although I’ll probably use just a simple DC motor for my first turbine. Do you have more comprehensive details on the method to make the alternator?
Hey, I’m trying to find the book that the guy wrote about recycling. I’m really into stuff like that alot. and I would like to buy his book simply because here in San Antonio, TX, there are trash piles that people make so the city can throw out. I love going through those piles for nifty junk. but I can’t do it with out a truck and with out a how to manual to make that junk useful. Please help
I just watched a 1 or 2 hour show about mirrors in space and covering a glacier with a sheet. Compared to that other wacked bullshit on TV you deserve like a whole month to show your full system.
Because we didn’t make them, and we only had a 15 minute segment. They shot over 8 hours of video, but only showed 15 minutes.
You guys are great. I just read your instuction pages . Why didnt they show off your solar cells on the show.
isn’t it also funny that they don’t go into FULL DETAIL how to make the turbine so WE THE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY KILL ‘THE ESTABLISHMENT’ TOMORROW?
It was the only 12v device they had on hand to test, but the irony is not lost on me
its so funny that at the very end they use this HUGE fan turbine to power this small fan. nonetheless its a good way to make electricity.