home, electric generator?

Question

I want to make a very small wind turbine in the back garden, to get enough energy to power a small light bulb ( any type ). I was thinking about buying some neodyniaum magnets, and i have some insulated copper wire, and im willing to put some work into making a little turbine. Can anyone tell me if im on the right track? If so what is a reason amount of electricity to expect to harness, i intend to store it in a battery. Or is what i want to much?

Answer 1

Sounds feasible, but you have some homework and research to do.
Have a look at my web page for my wind generator project for other ideas and links to get the information you need.
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/wind.html

Answer 2

You would be better off going to a junk-yard and picking up an alternator and fan belt out of an old car then hook the alternator up to your wind mill with the the fan belt. If you get a battery and a regulator out of the old car you could then charge the battery. If you could find a modern LED head light at the junk yard you could have quite-a-bit of lite.

Answer 3

You can use any DC motor small or large as a generator
you do not need to build it from scratch.

it takes more wind force than you imagine to even run a small light bulb, but you can get enough to run a LED light, they use way less
power than a bulb.....