A ceiling fan looks similar to a wind turbine, so one may wonder if it can be used as such. Most ceiling fans are induction motors, that don’t generate electricity when being turned. You will have to add magnets. That and many other points are dealt with in this experiment. The goal of this video is to learn how stuff works, and to help everybody who wants to try this conversion themselves. I hope you can learn from my experiment, and make a better version.
Giesbert Nijhuis
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Alternator on engine of car running 3000 rpm makes 14 volts DC, ceiling fan going 3000 rpm is dangerous to life and limb in living room or outdoors.
One alternative is to use the AC Alternator of a Car or Truck! Most of the work of figuring out the wiring has already been done. Also make sure to use "DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES!"
What you have really done is provided "Proof of Concept" and you make it easier to visualize how I would work with, or improve upon your system. You have not failed You now have a road upon which you can travel and do even more.
Thank you even if it’s not the best ,the general knowledge is great
wow! 1st time working with electronics,,,,pretty amazing!
You should attach it to bike pedals
Use liquid mercury to give u perpetual motion.
There is nothing free in this world genius Giesbert. Although someone may find something in the trash, it still cost them time, effort and probably fuel to retrieve the item from the garbage. Don't forget about the risk involved…that's associated with a cost too. NOTHING is free in this world…everyone needs to get that through their thick skulls.
I'm working on a version of this myself, will have to modify the rotor to accept the magnets, and change the winding configurations, but I'm anticipating good results. Thanks for putting me on to this idea!
Please want to c how u rewind that type of celling fan
I wish I could help but I'm still trying to get the light bulb to come on. I followed the directions step by step and got nothing.
When I was a kid you could take an electric motor and revers the polarities and it would produce electricity. But the corporations made changes so you couldn't do that simple switch.
Thank you sir🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
You taught me all the important topics that i didn't learnt in my engineering.
All the knowledge are practical and the important instrument mention here are available in the market.
Stupid tranformation.
is it me, or is there a dog crying in the background ?
Liked the vid but honestly would pull an alternator from a car – generator already made that does DC, and if you remove the rectifiers, ac.
Why not hook the wind mill directly to a old car generator then to a 12v car battery for power storage. I do love this guy
MY first thoughts …. use a big capacitor with at least 2x the output voltage rating OR use a bank of caps.
The other 3 motor ideas sound good, I've heard a printer paper advance motor is good
Certainly those 3 you mentioned would put out more CURRENT
STICK to 12.9 VDC as that value is the most useful, or possibly 24 VDC
Bird chirping and water fall in background is irritating. Lol
Dude….amazing video ! You need pitched or variable-pitched blade props !
Hello, I like Science and Technology. I like going to Muesems etc. Sadly I have Special Needs /Mild Learning Difficulties, so I'm not how to help you myself! Do you have any family or friends that are Electricians, Sciencetist or/& engineers etc?! I was interestedand impressed with your atempt. It has also been advised that, we need to reduce, reuse and recycle. Also use renewableenergy. Maybe you could go online, to Libairies, museums etc. Very good luck! Thank you and Good Bye
Great video btw!
https://youtu.be/lNBcARf6zFo these motors are easy to get and are very powerful! Permanent magnets are already in the motor and very small air gap! I got 6 of these motors for $17
This video is saving humanity.
ITS OK !
I would think to leave this generator output AC current as far as possible. Stabilize and clean your voltage at peak output 120/240v-50/60 Hz. I would use a AC transformer and voltage regulator. Then perform DC voltage change to batteries. However maintain AC feed to appliances that have proper conversion cords (wall chords) maintaining AC as far as possible avoids the heavy DC voltage drop.hope this helps.
Excellent video and fun project! DIY experiments are highly informative! Thanks for sharing your video! Very nicely done!
I am an electrical engineer. You would be better off with a dryer motor…. but it's still mouse power.
Instead of a ceiling fan try your project with a old automobile alternator. You don't need to add a diode or bridge rectifier since the alternator has the heavy duty diodes self contained. You could add an adjustable voltage regulator to power any dc device from about 14 Volts down to 1/2 Volt if you want. Another regulator that will work well is one made for solar panels.
Good luck with all your projects.
ps: I'm a retired communication tech (mostly microwave radio background).
On another front, I've built a project that will give me 38VDC that I feed to an adjustable regulator that allows me to feed a load as high as 35 Volts DC and adjustable current limiting from 15 Amps down to 1 ma. I typically use it to charge an automobile battery to 13.5V. The battery is in a battery box that I hookup to my amateur radios. One feed to my Alinco HF Radio or to my Yaesu VHF radio in my vehicle. This battery is completely independent and not connected to my Hyundai Ionic Blue Hybrid (gas + electric) car. Gas engine is 1.6 liter displacement and electric is 23 kilowatt fed from 240 V battery bank under rear seat! gas mileage averages 4.4 liters / 100 km. (works out to about 65 miles / gallon)
I'm in Canada… Ham radio callsign… VE9FD
It's been almost a year and we're Still waiting for that homemade generators 🤐😉
Nail soup, buy a generator you cheap scat
Use a speaker magnet or a microwave magnet depending on the size
You fill the gaps the same way you did with the other gaps. No need to rewind the coils, just cut and wire coils in parallel. You double or quadrupole the amps but retain the voltage. Thus, you can run more power as you have 2x to 4x the wire thickness, per N/S pair. As opposed to having one long wire and thin wire. I am sure it is already setup into two halves anyways. Since it is AC already… Just use a simple transformer to get the voltage down to 12vac, then use a better auto rectifier from a high amp alternator. Or… Bump the voltage up to 120v Max and use a standard low amp home voltage rectifier or simple voltage regulator. If you have a circuit that just dumps excess power to a shunt load, then tap into that and put that excess power to use. Motor cooling, an accessory light, another battery bank or a small heater. (A physical break for the motor or blade tilter, to add self regulation without additional circuit or generator stress.)
You have a new fan. lol
Look forward to seeing more of your projects, and even a part 2 if you make it.
You made a very easy to turn, emergency phone charger!!! Or charger for anything with a usb.
In a survival situation that vould charge many many important and non-important things lol
Not a bad idea, VW could use this for their ev's.
Jij bent familie van Peter Nijhuis uit de Zaterdagstraat in Heerlen ?
I would love to know the true output values in volts watts and amps as this could be used in other ways than juststicking it outside in the wind i.e. imagine the ease of this lets say made to crank with your feet a small tv runs at about 45 watts you i control ing your feet of hand better than the wind a family could have one of these each imagine watching tv and earning it or any other fun and games we live in a world where humans are destroying it mostly burning and making gases so we can sit on our backside watching tv or pc. make a cap bank you need a few to get is nice and smooth storage type are best, best ideas come from the I wonder if guys, I personal know you can get aa lot more out of that fan tinkeraway but always be safe something cranking up in the wind can kill you very easy p.s, I made one like this 25 years ago remeber this also power travels better at AC SO IF ANYONE IS THINKING OF PUTTING THIS OUTSIDE CONVERT the ac as near to the batt bank as poss as you will get heat loss if you dont
Put some sort of centrifugal clutch that slows the fan down at a certain rpm before it overheats.
Nice idea. Well done!
7:07 FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!! Oh wait this isn't ElectroBOOM XD
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Giesbert, you are a very good instructor. You have a pleasant voice, talk slowly and concisely. I know less than you claim to but have a general knowledge of electricity but none of the electronics. I look forward to seeing your next video and will follow you thru your journey to build a proper generator.
Nice idea and thanks for the explanation….well done
Good project