Would you buy a wind turbine kit ?
If I provided a basic kit – Magnets, wire, plastic and aluminium formers, spacers, bearings and hub – Enough to make a working turbine – would anyone buy it?
The theory is to make a basic model available in kit form, that anyone can build and produce real power. There will be a choice of blades that will all fit the hub, but it will be designed to be an easily adaptable platform for modification.
It will also be designed to be upgraded – by adding more elements to increase power output.
It would provide both a learning experience, and a working model as a result for your cash.
By doing it this way, the cost is kept to a minimum, as there is no assembly costs – only simple packaging.
What do you think.
Just to point out, in most “kits” – the generator unit is pre – assembled, and not particularly efficient. My design is more efficient, and more importantly, is upgradable and easily repairable by the user. This kit is for home-assembly of the generator itself.
Yeah, I would buy that, especially if it was at least powerful enough to do something useful, like power outdoor lights or charge a battery kit.
I’d like the turbine bit to be self-assembly more than the generator. I like lego and ikea. I’m not an electrician. The instructions would have to be really good. And the price would have to be quite reasonable – low enough that the money you save on electricity over, say, fifteen years, would cover the cost. If not, you would have to market it as an educational product.
Wind turbine hub bearings test
