How to build a Wind or Bicycle generator for the home

There is technology out there that is so useful, so important, so helpful, but I doubt it will be on tv in the near future. This is one of those things that all generations should know about, like teaching your kid how to tie a shoe, or how to use the toilet. How to build and tweak a desktop computer is also a very easy thing to learn, just play computer games as much as I do, and it comes on naturally. 

I haven't done this project as of yet myself. In fact this blog post topic was chosen to research it further. Writing on something, turns the idea and topic, into a project.

What I'm going to do here is suggest strongly to research this very simple tech, as it will benefit you once it's been created. It's green and clean energy.

How to build it

There is no way I'm going to write a confusing manual on how to play with wiring, how to learn about generators and volts, and then make this post useless. I would buy the wind generator setup first. There are reliable wind generator products out there that give detailed instructions on setting up their product, and how to store that power into a power bank of batteries. Order and learn their setups first. Its not costly, there are ranches who use this affordable wind generator tech to power their equipment.

After that you can imagine that a bike generator is the exact same concept as a wind generator, except  you take the wind fan off, and connect the motor to a belt, which is connected to the bike wheel to make the motor generate power. It is possible to just pick it all up after watching some wind generator tutorials and asking some questions, it's all up to you. 

There are in fact 2 pretty confusing bike generator videos on YouTube for those inexperienced in wiring so watch out a bit. One video on the bike generator, the guy hooks it up to an alternator, which needs an individual power source to work in the first place. Don't do that one. The other one a guy with dreds gives a confusing explanation on wiring and personal circuits.

I'm going to only link one bike generator video so you can get ideas on frames. Building the frame for the bike so you can pedal is the only interesting worry after you know your generator setup. Obvious everyone can't weld, so look online for wood designs. 

Next post will be about Magnetic generators, something even more interesting. A little fan from a ripped apart power supply, and some magnets from a cheap outdated hard drive, can be very useful.

Good luck on your projects [Bike frame design idea]

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