There are two generators associated with the KidWind Wind Experiment Kits.
Both the KidWind Basic Wind Experiment Kit (KW-BWX) and the KidWind Advanced Wind Experiment Kit (KW-AWX) and the associated classroom packs come with the KidWind Wind Tur...
The weight lifting buckets that come with KidWind Advanced Wind Experiment Kit (KW-AWX) and KidWind Basic Wind Experiment Kit (KW-BWX) and their respective classroom packs can be purchased from IKEA.
The buckets are the KALAS Tumbler.
You can ei...
To get the most efficiency out of a wind turbine that you are testing indoors with a fan, the turbine blades should have about the same length as the radius of the fan. Any portion of the turbine blade that extends beyond the fan blade length will no...
You likely are not producing enough voltage with your turbine design. The color of an LED determines the minimum voltage needed for it to emit light. This has to do with the colors of light having different amounts of energy. A colored LED is not a w...
In humid conditions, the large wooden dowel that serves used as the main upright of the tower can swell, causing it to change diameter. The best solution is to use sandpaper to sand the part of the wood that is contact with the blue plastic ring.
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The best way to attach either chipboard or balsa wood to a dowel so it can be used with a KidWind Wind Turbine Hub is to use glue.
If time is short, the best quick-curing option we have found is regular hot melt glue, applied with a standard glue ...
The most frequent cause of wires becoming detached from the KidWind Wind Turbine Generator with Wires (KW-GEN3) is stress on the connection. Repeated bending of the wire at the point where it is attached to the generator will cause wire breakage.
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The hex locks are made to fit securely on the hex shafts to prevent the hex shaft from sliding out of position in the nacelle or the simpleGEN housing. As a result it may be difficult to slide the hex lock onto the shaft in the first place. We recomm...
Yes, if you purchased your basic kit after January of 2015, you simply need the KidWind Basic to Advanced Experiment Kit Upgrade (KW-BUPA).
The difference between the 2015 version of the KidWind Basic Wind Experiment Kit (KW-BWX) and the KidWind A...
Renewable Energy with Vernier (REV) was written with the use of the KidWind Advanced Wind Experiment Kit (KW-AWX) for all of the wind energy experiments and projects.
However, all wind energy experiments can be also done with the KidWind Basic Wi...