Category Archives: construction

Hand Built Wind Turbine Courses with V3 Power Co-op

Posted on 25/01/2016 by hugh

16th-17th April. £225. Organiclea, London 23rd-24th April. £225. Demand Energy Equality workspace, Bristol. 21st-22nd May 2016 – Hand Built Wind Turbine Course – at The Forge, Edinburgh For more information and to book a place visit: http://v3power.co.uk/public-courses/ Get hands-on experience … Continue reading →

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Possible student research project

Posted on 18/01/2016 by hugh

Adriaan Kragten has been kind enough to notify me of his latest design work which is documented in his free pdf reports available for download here.  Most of his wind turbines have been based on converting induction motors to pm alternators … Continue reading →

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Adopt a turbine!

Posted on 25/11/2015 by hugh

If you’d like a homebuilt wind turbine but can’t find time to build one then you might consider adopting one built in a workshop course?  V3Power are offering several wind turbines and parts on this basis here.  

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free KD-reports

Posted on 18/11/2015 by hugh

Adriaan Kragten writes: As I am retired for some years now, I no longer need income from selling my KD-reports about small wind turbines. So I have decided that from now on all my public KD-reports can be copied for … Continue reading →

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Nice CAD model of 4200 blade

Posted on 31/10/2015 by hugh

“Hello Hugh. My name is Josue (Joshua if it is easier for you). I live in Colombia, South America. I would like to share this file we made for the 4200 blades. This is the Adobe 3D version. (You’ll need … Continue reading →

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Lifting handle for the magnet rotor

Posted on 12/10/2015 by hugh

I never like lifting magnet rotors into the mould.  The rotor for the 4F is very heavy, having 20 big ferrite magnets on a 50 cm disk. So I made a handle to lift it.  I had to make two … Continue reading →

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Homebrew stuff for sale

Posted on 18/09/2015 by hugh

John Gambill has some useful stuff for homebrew wind for sale.  He lives at Hotwire Enterprises 102 W. Fulton St. Tarpon Springs, FL 34689, USA (727) 943-0424 He has diversion loads and blocking diodes and some low power Chinese alternators … Continue reading →

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webcam view from tail

Posted on 15/09/2015 by hugh

This turbine is based on my design although it owes a lot to the Otherpower book too.  You could say via the otherpower book.   Nice video.

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Offset angle of the furling tail

Posted on 27/08/2015 by hugh

I got asked a question that a lot of people ask me, so I thought it worth answering here. “Hi Hugh my name is Bill looking through your book A Wind Turbine Recipe Book I am a little confused with … Continue reading →

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V3 Power – parts and turbines for sale – job opportunity too

Posted on 08/08/2015 by hugh

V3 Power have been teaching courses around the UK and beyond for many years and also offer wind turbine parts and even complete machines for sale. Job opportunity with V3 Power We are looking for someone to join our cooperative! We … Continue reading →

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