wind-powered fountain

Brenda Ellis
1 Posts
Aug 26, 2004 08:31 pm
wind-powered fountain

I'd like to build a wind-powered fountain for my garden.  Something on a small scale that wouldn't justify buying a huge turbine.  Does anyone know where I can buy a small turbine that would be just aquate to circulate 80-120 gph of water?  Or does anyone know where I could get info on building one myself?  Thanks.
 
 
Rod Burton
1 Posts
Nov 3, 2004 02:18 am
Re: wind-powered fountain

Ive heard of people using a cars altenator as a power source attached to a old fan
a car altenator puts out on average 85 amps
 
 
Tom M
462 Posts
Nov 3, 2004 10:45 am
Re: wind-powered fountain

bdellis, just do as the old westerners did, attach the windmill to a pump using a crank. A small cheap drill pump may do the trick. Have one crank arm on the windmill, 2-3 inches in diameter and a similar one on the shaft of the pump. Use a piece of steel rod to make the vertical connection.....or go solar and get a small dc motor used with a pv panel directly or incorporate a small battery.....
 
 
Tom M
462 Posts
Nov 11, 2004 11:55 am
Re: wind-powered fountain

...then try different size cranks (eg. ratio's 2:1...two turns of pump for every turn of windmill) to get the performance you want.(hint-use wooden or metal circles....crank length would be radius and can be changed easily)
 
 

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