Ok, as you may know, I’ve been really interested in my shed project this year. One thing that’s been on my mind (well, at least I’ve been thinking about it) is electricity, more specifically, how do I get electricity out to my shed. I do have a 220 outlet already routed outside from an old hot tub (cue SNL’s hot tub skit – classic), installed by the previous owner. But where’s the fun in that, for me that involves more digging, which isn’t exactly what I would call a good time.
So, then I was thinking, why not just build my own windmill to charge a few batteries and power my lights off of that. The pro’s – the wind is free and it should give me enough to power a couple lights. The con’s – the cost in buying the batteries & the generator (which I’m going to have to part with no matter what – the generator that is).
Then I saw a cool episode on Make (http://makezine.tv) on how they built a windmill. Pretty impressive if you ask me, especially given the fact that a 20 mph wind should be able to generate enough electricity for me to charge a nice pair of batteries – Video below
YES!