Mounting Diy Axial Flux wind turbine Producing 1150W

We have had some very windy weather so i was keen to get the wind turbine up and running. i got it installed on my mast and it works better than i expected it to. still need to do some work to the mast but its making a lot of power.

[@zuluwars2996]

Brilliant Kris don't be sorry for the wind noise just makes us all listen more intently. And the balancing using an old disc brake now that's recycling. I love watching your progress Kris you bring a lot of pleasure into this world with your style of being. Thanks for sharing.

[@kenleach2516]

Totally agree, love you share!

[@earthangel8730]

Exactly what I was going to comment Kris. Impressive!

[@offgridwanabe]

Now that is the first wind generator I've seen that actually may be worth building, love the tower.

[@KrisHarbour]

I am in a good location for wind and i made the blades twice the length then the cheap stuff you can buy. I would not bother going any smaller than this. I might make a monster one day.

[@redwolfexr]

@@KrisHarbour With the larger blades you might want to put a more resistive winding so that it turns slower to produce the same power. That is a LOT of kinetic energy spinning there. It doesn't seem like you have an issue with low winds, so you can add more torque. Still a great project even so. Love the pneumatic mast.

[@benlawton5420]

Yeah most people think "mur blade du bettr" when that's simply not true and they make no power.

[@zogworth]

The hugh Piggott designs are not expensive and have decades of real life powering a whole island community. They definitely work!

[@XanderTheGreat77]

@@KrisHarbour hello please share the individual components

[@gailhowes9398]

Kris you have never cease to amaze me! Many people who would like to be self sufficient can see by your examples! Plus you are open about any miscalculations and show how to fix it! Thank you so much for sharing your videos❣️

[@Rebecca1Tupperware]

As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement kzbin.infoUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!

[@davidanderson7969]

I learn so much from your videos Kris! At almost 62 years old, I'm close to following your off the grid lead...

[@owenwalters7186]

1.29 what a gorgeous frame , the sky and that cute little tractor, such a homestead/farm vibe .. great work as always kris , im always inspired by your videos and drive to get things done

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, great to see the progress you are making with the wind turbine but boy it was hilarious to watch you pumping up the mast. All the technology on the mast and a bike pump to make it work 😜.

[@PiwaiGee]

About that wind thing, I m sure many of us would happily chip in for the cost of a clip mic and magnetophone. Thanks again for documenting and sharing your journey, we are avidly taking notes :)

[@johannwolf1]

Something apocalyptic & moody on these wind turbine videos... I love it.

[@johnbambridge4434]

Fantastic. I’m amazed at your ingenuity. Keep up the great work and the fantastic videos.

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

Did you just say your not very good with math?,. Brother, everything you do is based on math and in all honesty, I've been impressed more than once!!

[@CarlJones14]

You tease. Fantastic job, you must be so chuffed with yourself and rightly so. It will be interesting to see how the blade edges stand up over time. Build 10 more and sell it to the grid.👍

[@will_doherty]

Very impressive build. For a hand built turbine, from scratch, that output's astounding. I'm sure that you're rightly proud of your achievements, as you should be.

[@allonesame6467]

Your shop is huge and gorgeous! You did crack on! There's nothing you can't do. If you can visualize it, you can so it! What a vision!

[@erinpearson2987]

Hi Chris I have been watching your videos over the last month or so I absolutely love all the skills and the time and effort you put into the project you do you are massive inspiration for younger people you are so talented and a credit to the UK younger generation keep up the good work mate

[@ThaWhiteKnight777]

With all this abundance of power you need to buy you a golf cart to cart around your land on. And charge it with your solar turbine or water turbine. Maybe even put solar panels on the top. And trick it out. That would be a cool video as well. And you can give us a tour of your land on it.

[@KrisHarbour]

Im going to make an old ride on mower i have a little electric buggy at some point. just to much to do at the moment.

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

wow. what a result... you are doing great work to prove just how achievable green energy supply is. hats off to you mate

[@DukeOfChirk]

Tune in this time next year when Kris completes his home made water cooled nuclear reactor which he made from parts salvaged from a skip and some scrap wood.

[@gailhowes9398]

That is so funny a statement but true, he is amazing!

[@susanbell2771]

WOW well done Kris, you won't be a slave to the big power company's You are such a tease just a glimpse of the work shop Ohhhhhhhh

[@AK-ff7qq]

Good Deal! I like seeing someone using multiple forms of making power.Let's you have a constant flow of electrical energy to your batteries.

[@kgal63]

You are an amazing young man. I thoroughly enjoy watching you creat your designs and then execute them. Well done!!

[@mick_0359]

Just goes to show u don’t have to be a genius to be able to invent things...all it takes is research common sense approach and willing to put in the hard graft to make it happen..it’s a credit to Kris’s mindset and approach to doing things and using the natural resources at hand to make things work for the environment he’s living in... so enjoyable watching and learning from his work thanks old mate ....

[@Nerdforge]

This is soo amazing!! Great work!

[@skjoldmail]

WOW Kris! I had absolutely no idea you would be making power like that from a turbine built from scrap! I've seen videos on KZbin where ppl tested turbines they bought that were about the same size as yours but only producing 150-200-250 W Great job!

[@KrisHarbour]

I doubt they were as big. mine has 1.6 meter blades. if you double the blade size you get 8x the power so even a tiny size difference changes the output a lot. so it could be they had smaller blades and slightly lower wind speed. wind is really hard to do comparisons in your mind because of the massive changes to output from small changes in size and wind speed. But i do believe this would be a lot better made than those cheap ones you can buy.

[@skjoldmail]

@@KrisHarbour Could well be that my mind is playing tricks with me. ;-) Never the less it's still impressive what you have made!

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

I am giggling like an excited child Kris!! 🤣 Well done! 👏👏👏🥳🥳💞

[@paulsmyers203]

Maybe he just doesn't show it in the videos, but I can't believe he isn't dancing around with excitement at his creations. I'd be over the damn moon if I built anything as well as he has.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

@@paulsmyers203 Indeed! I love the " Let's try this" attitude. He is a marvel x

[@kenleach2516]

Yep, singing from the roof top, so proud of you Kris.

[@xaviyen8637]

This brother is making things happen, and I'm watching him make things happen. I need to get me a life and follow suit. Goodbye KZbin... 5 minutes later I'm still 👀

[@radioroestig9638]

Peaks of 500 watts? Geez, i did not expect that from this size of windmill! Good work :)

[@codemonkey2k5]

Actually peaks of 1300 watts

[@radioroestig9638]

@@codemonkey2k5 just goes to show how much you can get from so little

[@jonathansweet1112]

Fantastic, more free power this is brilliant. As with any tower by lowering the center of gravity you make it far more stable so by burying the base of this tower more the better it will be. Well done

[@Chris-fz5oe]

Been looking forward to this all week! :)

[@davea1771]

Great job Kris. Might want to consider painting the tips of the blades a bright color as a safety measure, like they used to do on airplane propellers.

[@Centrikk]

I believe it is the apache helicopter who has a special rotor tip design who reduces noise. At least one of the fighter copters has it :))

[@Suavache]

Wind generator is a free source of energy. Let's exploit and use clean natural energy. It's a great generator. Thank you for sharing.

[@kenleach2516]

You need a medal, let's make a wind turbine from scratch. Love the give it a try with least effort, then progress if promising. Awesome x

[@LLACEM]

YOU ARE TRULY AMAZING NO WONDER YOU WERE SMILING RIGHT THROUGH THE VIDEO. REGARDS PAUL

[@kennethgibbons2487]

Outstanding again Kris. Now you have multiple power sources (and I'm sure you are not finished yet). Amazing that all this stuff is built by you - your skills never cease to amaze me!

[@joshmcfayden415]

This looks really good! Really cool that you can get that much power out of it. Nice work Kris!

[@kel-belworld8116]

Well done Kris, you've made fantastic work from your off grid home. I'm so proud to have a fellow Brit like you! I would love to eventually make an off grid home myself, something a little similar to yours but not quite so complex. I'm residing in Northamptonshire and would love to support you someday. You're such an inspirational low impact role model!

[@brianmcgugan6392]

As always fantastic work . You really do inspire . You should be really proud of yourself.

[@yoyopg123]

I gave it a thumbs up for the first 25 seconds alone. Congratulations Kris!

[@kenleach2516]

Thumbs up is guaranteed, straight away

[@yoyopg123]

@@kenleach2516 yes, for the West Country accent alone.

[@halduck]

Winglets on the tips would cut down noise and increase efficiency. Like the ones on passenger planes, you see them on big wind turbines now too. They reduce the size of the wing tip vortex significantly where high pressure air on the front face of the wing leaks round the tip to the rear face of the wing

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

interesting idea, only works on fixed wing applications though i think? never seen them on a rotating prop

[@KrisHarbour]

Thanks for the tip i will look in to that. i quite like the sound of it to be honest but that might get old.

[@robertcoupe3956]

That's the sound of sweet success. You could turn it onto a podcast and cash in some Spotify coins to improve efficiency 🤑

[@jlhidalgo]

Windtips would work, but a much simpler solution that would work roughly the same (in terms of reducing the noise) is just to round up the tips of the blades.

[@carlacowling1789]

Dude, you are amazing! Everything created by hand and virtually free! I hadn't checked in for a while and you are almost at 160,000 subscribers. Fantastic!

[@skoto.power.systems]

Congratulations Kris, you always put a smile on my face whenever I watch your videos. Thank you and a good job done. Thank you.

[@richevanscpa]

We all have to overcome a bit of erectile dysfunction now and again, but I was glad to see you get it up, Kris! 😀😀😀

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

knob gag, good one

[@KrisHarbour]

lots off hand pumping did the trick

[@irish-medi-weed-grower5240]

Dick Evans doing a dick joke .

[@gallopingg1]

@@KrisHarbour LOL,LOL.

[@gearbanger57]

Has to be a very satisfying feeling. Great job.

[@RingingResonance]

~9.6kwh per day from water + ~7.2kwh per day of wind + 2kwh per day of solar = ~18.8kwh per day rough average of energy. I hope your battery can store at least twice that amount otherwise it's a total waste! You would need a 24v 750ah battery to store the amount of energy you could produce in 24 hours so double that and you would need a 1500ah battery at 24v. Nice setup! You are living my dream. You have more energy than you could ever need in a home even with an air conditioner! The shop will take more due to the heavy equipment you have.

[@lemagreengreen]

1150W is impressive! great project, it's a beauty.

[@karramia3795]

Fabulous Kris... no wonder you’re proud .... incredible work.

[@Mumakinder]

im in awe of ur talents young man ,makes me wish i was young again and had learnt some thing useful. brilliant to watch ur videos x

[@Falky1]

Amazing Kris! Really loving how your sources of renewable energy are coming along!

[@sarapulford5957]

That looks like a WW2 stirrup pump. It's great Kris. Once it's connected it's going to do well, up on the hill. Every farm should have one similar. The 40 mph ish wind here in Chester almost blew me off balance yesterday. I hate wind but we have had a terrific amount of it since I retired 22 years ago and it gives a good supply to the National Grid.

[@redwolfexr]

Too much wind and you end up with a sail when the brakes kick in to keep the turbine from burning out. (there is a reason he reinforced the mast)

[@colint]

Not a WW2 stirrup pump, it's the original hand air pump for the 'SCAM' pneumatic mast he's using. Lots of Radio Hams (myself included) use them for their original purpose - holding up radio antennas.

[@sarapulford5957]

@@colint 🇬🇧 Thanks for info Colin.

[@GavinFreedomLover]

The best thing about having a turbine is the fact it makes horrendous weather kind of fun.

[@richardsabean5781]

SOLAR,, HYDRO,, & WIND,, WHEN YOU GONNA BUILD THE NUKE PLANT?? LMAO..... ACROSS THE PUDDLE MY 4 OR 5 FRIENDS HAD TO RUN THE TOWERS UP 20 FEET ABOVE THE TALLEST TREES TO GET GOOD POWER.. GOOD LUCK,, LOVE ALL YOUR PROJECTS..

[@Crewsy]

Richard Sabean He probably is more than 20’ above the trees just having the tower up on the hill from the direction the wind typically blows from.

[@davidrickards]

Kris I am so happy for you that this handmade wind turbine is working for you. I was so glad to see this video. You keep well and I look forward to the next post.

[@OleBrinch]

I really love, that you are into data and proving the data. So many wind turbinebuilders claim a lot, but never prove it. Or show a voltage, which says nothing. At the moment om working on a smaller 300 watt homebuild windturbine and a 70kWh battery bank. I have the same plans for data. You have a new follower. :D

[@IrishWolf]

What a cracking video Kris. Love the recycling. That pump system is great. Looking forward to more wind turbine content

[@thomasvnl]

That marvelous wind turbine sound horrific! But its really great to see how much power such a small turbine can create, really impressive.

[@jamesbrain9841]

Wow this is truly outstanding, you should be so proud of yourself kris, your craftsmanship and knowledge is second to none ! Love these videos keep up the good work 👍🏽

[@adrianevans8304]

Well done Kris who needs the national grid; brilliant

[@eduardom800]

Damn it Kris!!! You're good..... And you feel it. Love the sneak pics 👍👍

[@Njennings42]

awesome been waiting years for you to get back to this

[@macgranddaddy]

Your a legend mate. Inspiring me to build stuff. Love the videos. Kalgoorlie Australia

[@dangoras9152]

Its awesome more free power

[@jimcharmer8868]

I love that first thirty seconds of vid, that’s how I tip toe into the house after the pub, just without a windmill!

[@bow.9496]

Add buttresses to the lower section of mast for mast stability. Triangle steel pieces on all four sides and going out about as far as they are tall. Tying into concrete footings. Someone mentioned cable ties to secure it. That would work for a normal long shaft pole but your telescopes so you could do the buttresses.

[@frankdeegan8974]

Do be careful you will be having The Queen stopping by for a visit. lol

[@gerryn2]

Wooow, this wind turbine is even cooler than the river turbine!

[@michelec152]

That's good work Kris! I can't believe you got that kind of power out of it on the first try.

[@haxguy0]

Your videos are great. Hope all is well. Stay safe from all of this virus lunacy. Best regards

[@offgridamps]

Epic, i have two chinese turbines ,one is running through a midnite classic 250, the other connected to lead acid, just tie it up in high wind and you are good to go, serious power off it !

[@m1geo]

Watching you use the SCAM12 mast is painful! The turbine part is amazing! 👌 Nice work!

[@carlfissell9362]

Really enjoy your updates... fantastic job harnessing the wind!

[@RustyRoseAdventures]

Looks great! Your sorted for power now kris! Can’t wait for the next update!!

[@martinwinfield2935]

Thanks for the wind turbine update, I had been wondering about it. It looks really good and the results are excellent. All built by hand I think that is truly remarkable. Looking forward to see some further testing and results.

[@SceneArtisan]

To prolong the life of the parts on the turbine (inc' blades and rotating parts), you may want to think about the best use of the brakes to get the lowest RPM sweet spot for the best amount of power output. Min RPM, max output; finding the perfect balance. :)

[@KrisHarbour]

well it actually really likes the RPM that it is fixed to at the battery voltage. it goes passed an unbalanced phase and in to a quite balanced rpm snd it seems to be running quite well so i think i may have got lucky with that to be honest. further testing and experience will tell the full story.

[@fred-san]

for i-dea - savonius made of boat sail we have never invented better and eliminates over-runaway problem (seen it on FB) - FR patent (which has disappeared, bought by Electricité De France) a drone worth 4,000 euros, made of 8 propellers, 4 to fly, 4 in a turbine, attached to a cable flying in a circle 300m high produces more than a 150m high EDF wind turbine (and maintenance requires simply changing the bearings every year) only problem: requires flight authorization

[@haha20042003]

Since it’s built out from car parts, the bearing and easily available and cheap.

[@jeromegarcia5396]

From my neighbor who tried the off grid thing for 30 years before I started and became his neighbor, he said that wind power is to much process for the trouble, solar is a must and to only use the wind to charge a very healthy number of batteries... I agree, you need to be at maintenance constantly subject to God's fury... We were in New Mexico on the foothill of the Manzano mountain and for months you will have winds at 60mph... Literally I seen it blow a cinder block off the roof holding tar paper down before the wind blew in... I said I'll get back to work on it after the winds die down... Lol everyday was like that, no friggin bueno when you building a house... Mother nature does not play games, when you off grid it's almost like she's intentionally focused on you... I'm not knocking the work that's done here, never that, it's just when a old dude doing it for decades says so, listen... Lol True story same guy, when I bought my land the day we arrive to start the building we realized the hard way that the particular side the property was all loose sand a good 2 ft deep, We got a 1988 k5 4x4 stuck, a 25ft uhaul truck stuck, and the AAA tow truck stuck all on our first day... Fast forward to the day I met the dude for the first time, as I was working on the roof you could see my house now from the main road it was built with earth bags and tires, so my neighbor was being nosey, I'm watching this mini van drive down our road on the roof, it's a good quarter mile, there's nothing but raw land, he lives 2 miles up the road, He gets way closer than anyone has without turning around in fear, you big dude big gun, middle of bfe oh hell nah, but he starts to head down to the sand trap which we called that particular area of the property, he's driving a late 90s early 2000 Nissan quest mini van... Not a truck with big tires, a friggin mini van. So, as I'm trying to get his attention me and my wife trying to wave him off, I'm like man I'm going to have to get him out the sand trap... As I say this, the van makes the 90 degree turn down the driveway like it wasn't anything, My mouth was on the floor.... He pulls up and before introduction I'm like dude, wtf right now, how'd you do that? Lol He's like, oh the sand? Uhh yeah the sand... He's said oh, front wheel drive... Wait what? Yeah, as long as you keep it moving, FRONT WHEEL DRIVE...the heavy trucks, 4 wheels, nah... Front wheel drive is all, I've had every kind of car out here the past 30 years, the van cost me 400 buck 3 years ago... After we talk for good min and he see our build in awe , he drive out into the same sand devil, and made it look so easy... We were in awe like so simple... Lol he and his wife were our desert parents and grandparents to our daughter, miss them so much... But that man was wisdom on two feet...

[@zogworth]

you can't use mechanical brakes unless you are bringing it to a complete stop. leaving the brakes rubbing will cause them to catch fire.

[@spiderdog762]

Kris you are both a grafter, and a canny guy ! Been watching your channel for a while, this really impressed me. Keep inspiring is !

[@kipdennis3796]

Been waiting this so much,impressing

[@mrasrrcom111]

With the Arduino controlling the hydro, you could set it up to automatically power it down or reduce power output when you have plenty of wind. Then it could crank back up when the wind dies down

[@davegeorge7094]

Great hydro/pneu. telescoping rig kris!

[@almath9987]

Thanks started watching on my tv but don't know who to give a thumbs up🙄 have watched a good few videos but could let your Chanel go with showing my appreciation 👏👏👏👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@myheartisinthemountains2660]

Super duper cool Kris!!!

[@marygordon3032]

Congrats on your wind turbine, looks great and working very well! 👍👍💯💯

[@pashabulker12]

I was a little skeptical when I saw you making those turbine blades but bugger me that thing really works!

[@anitamitchell3452]

Congratulations Kris ... functions great and looks great to boot! Well done.

[@protonneutron9046]

What these turbines need is a mechanical auto-feathering system. Simplest design would be that once feathered it locks and must be unlocked to go back to normal config.

[@nick.caffrey]

Another first-class video. Can't wait for next week!

[@richardtowne8709]

This turbine looks really good. Excellent job.

[@PR_96]

Right on. "Unlimited POWEERRRRRR" ~ Emperor Palpatine. I take back what I said about similarities to wind turbine from teletubies. Your turbine is mean, and means business. At this rate gov will start taxing you for running a power plant LOL .

[@KrisHarbour]

Wow, it must be good :D my mate calls my house a tele-tubby house.

[@burnzy3210]

damn you've got so much power redundancy now, awesome!

[@KrisHarbour]

Yeah it really nice to know i should have any weather covered now and still be able to disconnect and maintain one system and have power still.

[@burnzy3210]

@@KrisHarbour you could even wire up an exercise bike to a generator haha

[@PR_96]

Plus it's diversified.

[@chrisfryer3118]

cubic, windspeed to power. When your batteries are full, are you dumping to make hot water? I believe there are dc elements out there, well at least a 600w 24v one.

[@unchained20000000]

Wow, this channel is really building up on great and interesting content. I subscribed. This lad has got his act together.

[@ArmouredKat]

Definite proof of concept there. Magical.

[@trickyriky1]

Some impressive numbers, now you need to build another to replace the hydro generator ;)

[@KrisHarbour]

On windy days it already replaces the hydro. quite amazing how much it is producing

[@trickyriky1]

@@KrisHarbour I meant build another axial flux generator to replace the generator on the hydro setup. I'm positive it would be a sizeable improvement as long as you get the keeping it cool fan right.

[@KrisHarbour]

Oh i see. Yeah i have thought about that. but im prototyping the turbines for sale and it would not be cost effective to had make the alternator. i may well do one as an experiment one day though.

[@cheryljoynson7053]

Brilliant. Should be very proud of yourself

[@NorthernScrub]

At some point I'd be very interested to see a proper load test of your mini-grid. I'd like to see just how big a sustained load you can manage to pull, assuming you have the inverters to do it.

[@mistahbenn]

You're the most inspiring dude Ive ever come across, in the world, so far Kris. I kinda feel like I know you but not sure ha. AMAZING work. AMAZING life you've created. GENIUS! I grew up in Mid Wales, how about you?

[@KrisHarbour]

Thank you. such a lovely thing to say. im touched. :) Grew up in staines. Home of Ali G

[@mistahbenn]

@@KrisHarbour Westside. Cool, my Dad was a dentist there for a bit back in the 90's. We used to say Staines in yer pants. BO!

[@Falney]

7:25 saying "lets put the break back on" with an image of your van made me think you were going to put the cut up break rotor back on the van for a second until I realised what you were doing xD I feel so stupid.

[@D4NS80]

Great job, those telescopic pump up masts are great for that type of thing hey!

[@lesleyharris3198]

Your wind turbine is working great, and to be honest no wind on wind turbine testing, but the work shop looked very smart in the sneak peek.

[@rojm]

a turbine on top of the workshop would be really cool..

[@waughthogwaugh3078]

Mega kudos to you! Always impressed by your courage to give stuff a go!