Take one of those cheapy rechargeable yard lights. |
And an old PC's cooling fan. |
Break away the plastic housing. |
Break off all of the components, ie- resistors, chips, and the like. |
Solder wires to all three coil posts. |
Test with wind source. I can get about 4 to 9 volts with just the fan. The solar panel only gets about 2 to 4 volts. |
Top view of solar panel cap on tube. |
The tail is held on by a small cotter pin. |
A small spring is soldered to the wire to make a good contact. |
OH THAT IS SOOOOOO VERY SWEET KELLY!!! I CAN believe that you did that but I am seriously impressed by the knowledge it took to create such a thing!! WOW!
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank! This project was born from Gwen's science fair project this year. She wanted to do something with wind generators, so we researched the heck out of it.
DeleteFurther testing shows about .25 of a volt increase for every half hour of charging.
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