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Parasitic Wind Turbine

Step 6Acknowledgements

These persons are directly or indirectly responsible for this project.

William Kwamba for his inspiration

Alan Parekh who provided the LEDs.

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The Reuk website for the info on steppers.

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3 comments

Jan 17, 2010. 2:58 AM

buteman says:

This sounds very good but I am sorry to say it will not be saving anything. Your compressor will have to work harder, the turbine will not be 100% efficient, and so you will be loosing power overall..

fjpalacios1
You would find it would use less energy to run your pool pump from the mains than doing it this way, sorry to say.

Sep 29, 2009. 9:11 AMfjpalacios1 says:

GOOD JOB! IN FLORIDA WE RUN THE AC ALL DAY LONG AND NOT BENEFITING COMPRESSOR FAN. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, HARNESSING THE WIND BLOWING OUT OF THE AC COMPRESSOR FAN TO POWER A GENERATOR, CHARGE A BATTERY PACK, AND RUN MY POOL PUMP. THANKS FOR THE PLANS, I'LL START WORKING ON IT TODAY AND UPDATE YOU WITH MY FINDINGS.