Does a fan produce electricity when the blade spins?

[DrumminBoy]

Just saw my fan sitting by my window and the blades starting spinning when the wind picked up. Does this produce electricity as a wind turbine does? Just curious, I'm no electrician 😛

 

[sygyzy]

Yes, that's why it's important you don't touch fans as they might shock you.

 

[Anubis]

yes it woudl induce a small current

 

[Gunslinger08]

Ever heard of wind power?

 

[GoodToGo]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Ever heard of wind power?

I guess he has never heard of winmills in Holland or the huge fans in the california/nevada desert.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Anubis
yes it woudl induce a small current

Too bad it won't throw it back into the house's power. If you had enough of them you could actually get the power company to pay you!

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Anubis
yes it woudl induce a small current

Too bad it won't throw it back into the house's power. If you had enough of them you could actually get the power company to pay you!

Only certain power companies do this.

 

[DWW]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Anubis
yes it woudl induce a small current

Too bad it won't throw it back into the house's power. If you had enough of them you could actually get the power company to pay you!

Around here the power co. has to pay you for anything you generate because there is a need for more power. So if you have a nice sized waterfall on your property then it would be great 🙂

 

[dmw16]

If you recall correctly, you would need to reverse the connections on the motor of your fan. It doesnt make power straight up the wait it is. And besides, it would produce so little power that it wouldnt matter.
-doug

 

[LongCoolMother]

wind power

 

[yukichigai]

The only difference between a motor and a generator is whether you are converting force to electricity or electricity to force. Beyond that they are roughly identical.

 

[StageLeft]

BTW anybody who doesn't actually understand the basics of electricity, like I didn't until a few days ago (yes I've taken university level chemistry and done well. Go figure!), go to howstuffworks.com It's a great site to fill in gaping gaps of knowledge that we should all have already 😉

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: GoodToGo

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Ever heard of wind power?

I guess he has never heard of winmills in Holland or the huge fans in the california/nevada desert.

Obviously he has, but how would he know if they are the same internally as his fan? It's a perfectly valid question.

 

[DrumminBoy]

I have heard of wind power, considering I noted wind turbines in my original post.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
BTW anybody who doesn't actually understand the basics of electricity, like I didn't until a few days ago (yes I've taken university level chemistry and done well. Go figure!), go to howstuffworks.com It's a great site to fill in gaping gaps of knowledge that we should all have already 😉

i love that site and have never thought to go there to learn particularly about electricity... I shall.

EDIT>>> link for the lazy

 

[ElFenix]

dynamo > you