Can I use an old vacuum cleaner electric motor for a homemade windmill generator?

May 30, 2011 | Filed under: Self Reliance | Posted by:

windmill generator
Image by AviatorDave [admin’ed by gailatlarge]
As close as I’ve ever dared get; I don’t want to spook anyone. For scale, each blade of these impellers is 90 feet long!

Question by RickyG: Can I use an old vacuum cleaner electric motor for a homemade windmill generator?
It is worth it? How efficient could it be? I live in a windy place

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