Easy to build wind generators

[redriderno22]

mark

just find an old DC motor

they make great windmills

[sm0ky2]

there are litterally hundreds of millions of surplus A/C motor/generators floating around the world.
these can be stripped from nearly ANY device that has a fan in it.
  [ microwaves, humidifiers/dehumidifiers to name a few]
They are small, lightweight, and very efficient, and produce a perfect Sine-wave.
you simply gear them to the proper ratio for your windspeed, so that it spins above 2200rpm
These can accomodate nearly any type of windmill you design.  a Flywheel will be needed for stabalization, as toque increases with load.
There are plenty of free plans available on the internet to 'build your own generator'
But if you are not adept at building magnet-generators, these are litterally FREE from junk devices and very simple to hook into your system.

rectified they can charge a battery bank, - in theory you could run A/C appliances straight off the generator, but load/supply tolerances will be very sensitive and as such would require a near constant windspeed.

i'll add a photo of one of these motor/generators shortly so that everyone can see what im talking about. On the small scale, these are the most efficient generators i have found that are widely available at no cost.
You can use a battery bank, and operate 12-24v lights and appliances to decrease your commercial electricity consumption. You can connect several of them together through your rectifier for increased output (mini wind farm)

   
some older ones require a small magnet to be placed on the inductor for 'bias', but most that were made after the mid 90's are slightly magnetized at the core, and start producing as soon as the thing spins.
                             Enjoy.

   [ photo goes here] 

[vonwolf]

  Is there a way to back feed a generator in to your Circuit panel so you can sell power back to the power company? that would save me a lot on my power bill.

[Digjam]

  Is there a way to back feed a generator in to your Circuit panel so you can sell power back to the power company? that would save me a lot on my power bill.

If you are producing enough that you have excess, then you won't have a power bill !

[Mark69]

@ all,

Thanks guys and Smoky I eagerly await your pics!   I am very interested in the motors that start making power at lower RPMs the most.

@Von,  This is what I was thinking as well. 

Can you just take the A/C power or if using D/C (plugged into an inverter) coming from the windmill and just plug that the wall?  Wont that act the same as a solar panel and cause the meter to spin backwards?

Mark