Cool Home Brewed Equipment

DIY Temperature Sensors - http://www.green-trust.org/2003/temperature

Home Made PV Cells - http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2005/1/5/51211/79555

Homemade concentrating Lens - http://scientificsonline.com/article.asp_Q_ai_E_49#fresnel

So You Want To Build A Wind Generator?

By Mick Sagrillo
[Originally published in Home Power magazine #17, June/July 1990]

http://www.awea.org/faq/brew/hp-brew1.html

Otherpower.com - http://www.otherpower.com/17page1.html

Home made solar powered (butane is the working fluid) steam engine powering a alternator producing electricity. http://belizeone.com/BzLibrary/trust39.html

Here is an excellent design for a pulled mixer for mixing many types of
mixtures. this one was designed for papercrete, a concrete substitute made
from recycled paper.
http://www.livinginpaper.com/mixers.htm

http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/dewpapmix.html

An Easy to Build and Operate Induction Generator http://www.qsl.net/ns8o/Induction_Generator.html

This page describes details of a homebrew air compressor, using a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine driven by a washing machine motor. If you've always wanted a compressor, but never gotten around to buying one, now you can put one together with a little patience and a few scavenged parts.

http://compressor.8m.com/

These incredible ROTARY COMPRESSORS were made for the Swiss Armed Forces by Gebruder Sulzer. They average less than 50 hours total time and are powered by a standard 1600cc Industrial VW ENGINE. Output is approximately 100 cfm, 100 psi on dual outlets. Uses standard hose fittings. The unit can be disassembled (4 bolts) into two parts with collapsible lifting arms to aid in portability. Perfect for 90# jackhammer, nail guns, sandblasters, etc This is a most beautiful example of Swiss/German engineering. Shipping weight approximately 550 #. http://www.umog.com/vwcompress/

This page is intended as a basic how-to on converting a lawn mower to electric for those who have the basic know how. Hopefully this will be easy enough, that most of you can do it. I will be adding pictures after I get them developed. This does not cover self propelled mowers. http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/Capdiamont/lawn_mower_conversion.html

Home Made Lawn Mower Powered Arc Welder

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Another home made arc welder

http://www.dansworkshop.com/Homebuilt%20arc%20welder.shtml

A commercial Battery powered Mig Welder

http://www.alaska.net/~akraven/readywelder.html

A engine driven welder/battery charger/alternator

http://www.zena.net

Home Made 1kw Inverter

http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/inverter.htm

Electronics Projects and Tutorials

http://www.williamson-labs.com/home.htm

Waste Oil Burner, Fuel Oil Conversions

Home Made Dynamo

Electric Wood Splitter Conversion (Homepower PDF)

On-Board Air for Jeeps Using the York Compressor

Home Made Water Pumps

12vdc Fluorescent light operational description & schematic - Build your own 12vdc powered fluorescent lighting solutions.

The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society - http://www.the-nerds.org/

All kinds of homebuilt generators, etc. http://theepicenter.com/tipoweek.html

HomePower Homebrews

Homebrews
Shunt Regulator		Shunt Regulator to keep batteries from over-charging. From HP #18, in Acrobat format.
Battery Desulfator		Do-it-yourself desulfator will help keep lead-acid batteries happy. From HP #77, in Acrobat format.
mark8.pdf		Mark 8 generator controller articles, for charging home power battery systems.
Build your own Battery State of Charge Meter		Homebrew article on a LED bar-graph voltage meter. From HP #10, in Acrobat format.
Electro-Biking		Article on building a bike stand to help charge your batteries. From HP #56, in Acrobat format.
Pulse Width Modulator Circuit Article (pdf) Board layout (gif file) Board layout (ps file)		Article on building a pulse width modulator circuit. From HP #75, in Acrobat format.
Indirect, Through-Pass, Solar Food Dryer		Build your own solar food dehydrator. From HP #57, in Acrobat format.
Making Electricity with Hydrogen		How to build a hydrogen fuel cell. From HP #35, in Acrobat format.
Recharging Small Nicads using a "Pulsar"		Build a homebrew small battery charger. From HP #30, in Acrobat format.
A Time Machine		Build a homebrew electric fence charger or motor controller from this pulse modulator. From HP #21, in Acrobat format.
Solar Charge Controller		Build a homebrew charge controller for medium power applications. From HP #63, in Acrobat format.
A Solar Ammonia Absorption Ice Maker		Article on making a solar ice maker. From HP #53, in Acrobat format.
Build an Accurate Battery Voltmeter		Two articles on homebrewing volt meters. From HP #2 & 12, in Acrobat format.
Build Your Own Electronic Ignition		Article on homebrewing generator electronic ignition. From HP #7, in Acrobat format.
Water Powered Pumping		All of HP's articles on ram pumps and the High Lifter. From HP #23, 40, 41, & 76 in Acrobat format.
Hot Air Collectors		Article on building and using hot air collectors in the home. From HP #72, in Acrobat format.
Low Voltage Disconnect Circuit		Article on building a low voltage disonnect. From HP #60, in Acrobat format.