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Get an old car generator from a junkyard or the spare parts shed ( or alternator but make sure it is rectified ). Next build a platform you can mount on top of a barn or garage. The platform will have to be able to swivel in the wind, preferably pivoting around a stationary pipe. It will also need a tail like a weather vane so it will face into the wind when it changes direction. Get the blades off a large stand up fan or industrial fan. Attach the blades to the generator by whatever means avalaible. You may want to make a different bearing mount for the blades with a pulley ( and belt ) on the backside to drive the generator or you may come up with a way to affix the blades directly to the generator. Run ground from the generator to ground on a car battery and the output lead to the battery's positive terminal. The leads will have to run down the center of the pipe you mounted your platform on.

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