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Underwater Electro-Mills

The windmill principle underwater
 
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Hi all We need A used car alternator. A plastic housing with watertight bearings. A ship propeller 20 -30 cm. A second watertight ball bearing. 300 m of heavy duty cable. A new car battery.

Take the car generator and add a water-resistant body (2 component resin will work), attach the ship propeller on its axis, mount it with a rotating base on a steel tube in a 20 pound concrete block. Add a 30 cm vane on the opposing end to do the steering, wire the cables and place the whole thing on any beach just outside the breaking waves. Now, any coming wave will spin the propeller, the vaning water will turn the assembly and spin the propeller again...

There is a little extra effort to be put in the rotating base. We need 2 isolated copper rings and two carbon contacts to get the 360 degree rotating alternator currents into the base which does not rotate. You can find the carbon contacts in any discarded electro motor.

Attach the other end of the cables to the battery. Careful with the polarity. (in case you wired it wrong, plus is minus and red is negative!)

Free energy for each beach camper! Saludos

The Wizard, Jan 02 2009

Tidal power using horizontal axis turbines at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia...ontal_axis_turbines
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