How to Make a Wind Turbine and Reduce Your Bill

You'd think that any product on the market that could reduce a homeowner's electric bill by up to 80 percent, would be known to everyone, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Many homeowners seem to be unaware that a wind turbine can do exactly that. The cost involved to make a wind turbine at home should be about $150.00 plus or minus a few bucks. Imagine how much money you'd save over the long term buy installing a wind turbine that could cut you electric bill by that much. Besides the low cost, assembling and installing a wind turbine is fairly straightforward; you don't need a great deal of experience. If you think you'd like to save money by learning how to make a small wind turbine - read on.

Depending upon the size of the project, you'll need either wooden blades for large installations generating more than 1000 watts, or large diameter PVC pipes for smaller installations. These sizes are pretty much the standard given in all wind turbine building guides.

Most components needed to make a wind turbine are available at quite reasonable cost. With a bit of luck and some shopping around, you may be able to acquire a tower and a deep cycle battery for the turbine absolutely free. The one item that may not be so easy to acquire at no cost, although it can be done, is the DC motor. Even that, however, is not terribly expensive. A new one can be purchased for between one- to two-hundred dollars. All parts are off-the-shelf items that can be found at a local building supply store or from the Internet.

Instructions for how to make a wind turbine at home and install it are easier to find that the component parts. The Internet has a plethora of tips and step-by-step instructions from both professional installers and from those homeowners who have successfully built their own systems. Most of these sites include schematics, diagrams, and photographs to help guide you through the process. If you're at all handy, and have a few necessary tools, you may make a wind turbine and be enjoying low cost electrical power soon..