How You Can Have Your Own Electric Generator
July 18, 2010 by Lifestyle Editor
Filed under Home Improvement
Before we learn how to make electric generators let us first determine what these are. Electric generators are known to be as “energy converters”. It is where heat energy is being transformed into electrical energy. The heat energy being changed can be produced from a kinetic energy which is an energy from motion. Which further means that this kind of energy can be get by something which is moving.
We will now learn the easiest way of building electric generators. First step is that you need to identify a source of energy that might be available around. Some common examples of these are water wheel, stationary bicycle, wind turbine or anything which has a rotating axle making it move. To be able for you to comprehend better, let me discuss for example how the wind turbine produces energy. The moment that the turbine blades start to move catching the wind, they are at the same time spinning a copper loop attached to a rotating axle which will be discussed later. It is in this copper loop where electricity begin to be formed.
Second step is you will need a wire in order to form a loop having both ends free. The more turns in the loop, the more electricity is being made.
After having the wire with a loop, you need to turn the loop end-over-end in such a way that the connecting wires will not be twisted. The reason why the wires should not be twisting is because it can create short circuit. There is a way for the wires not to be twisting and it is to attach one of these wires to the rotating axle while the other one is connected to a conducting brush. The conducting brush where the other wire is placed is the one used for maintaining the contact with a second conductor. After avoiding the twisting another thing you need to look at is the distance between the loop to any moving parts of the energy source.
Fourth step is that you need magnets to be put around the loop. The magnets should be in placed in such a way that the loop can trurn freely. We also need to look at the field strength in placing the magnets. One example of how to correctly arrange the magnets is to make the south end of one magnet face the north end of the other.
The fifth thing to be done is to connect the conductors to a battery, circuit, or any device that you want to run. Make sure that the wires are separate with each other in order to prevent short circuit.
Finally, you start the energy source. To be able to activate it is by simply starting to make your energy source move.
These are the steps on how to make electric generators.
