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Do It Yourself Resources 

Directory of do-it-yourself (DIY) technologies and resources.

DIY

Open Source Projects

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DIY Directories

• 'Free Energy' Plans by Creative Science and Research - Company sells plans for devices that they say can provide "free power for your home, garage, car or truck". They claim to have heaters, engines, and other devices that are over unity or that require no fuel. A few buyers say the kits do not operate as claimed. Others are satisfied.
   
• Makezine.com: MAKE: Technology on Your Time (http://www.makezine.com/) - MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your ...  (Makezine)
• Exergia's new energy shop kits (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/11/exergias_new_en.html) - "Sophisticated demonstration models of alternative energy technologies for universities, ... (Makezine)
• Open Source Projects index page.

Specific DIY Instructions

Organized according to energy type.

Hydrogen

• Directory:Smack Booster - "The Smack's booster will give 100LPH and costs very little to build yourself."

• Water4Gas (http://pesnetwork.water4gas.hop.clickbank.net/) - Simplified device uses a little electricity out of your car's battery to separate water into Hydrogen + Oxygen gas that is 3 times more potent than gasoline. It is added to the air intake of your car engine to improve gas mileage up to 37% by improving combustion. Unique spiraled electrodes produce more gas for less electricity than flat plates.
  

• Running an Automobile on Hydrogen Using Water (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/running_an_auto.html) - I appreciate an open mind for strange projects, but free energy from water, an electrolyte, and a mysterious "metal alloy" are fodder for the National ... (Makezine)
• HOW TO - Make Hydrogen (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/01/how_to_make_hydrogen.html) - Back in 1977, I wrote the head of the U.S. Energy Commission about a study I'd conducted re ...  (Makezine)

[Hydrogen Generator Plans - Electrolysis, Cornish (http://www.umpquaenergy.com/hydrogengenerator/)] Professional systems that can be constructed at home or in the garage.

See also Directory:Hydrogen

Solar

• Concentrated Solar > Shults' 6 kW Concentrated Solar System - Technology combines solar hot water panels with one large fresnel lens to flash the hot water to steam for running a turbine to generate 6 kW of electricity, all for around $6,000, with an ROI of 3-5 years. (PESWiki; Jan. 22, 2008)
  

• DIY Solar Lantern (http://www.unpluggedliving.com/diy-solar-lantern/) - A step-by-step walkthrough on creating a Solar Lantern using LEDs and a solar cell. (Unplugged Living; May 1, 2008)
  

• DIY Solar thermal panel project (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/04/diy_solar_thermal_panel_projec.html) Lucky for us the sun is free, all we need to do is figure out a way to use that energy to heat water. That's why we are going to build a solar thermal panel ... (Makezine)
• HOW TO - Make a solar thermal water heater for less (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/how_to_make_a_solar_therm.html) - ...Its a great way to learn about using the renewable energy of the sun to produce useful ... (Makezine)
• Turn excess attic heat into hotwater (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/turn_excess_attic_heat_into_ho.html) - Won't this take extra energy to pump water through a longer system, driving up the electric .... (Makezine)
• Building a solar generator (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/building_a_solar_generator.html) - The generator they developed is able to produce ten times the energy at less than half the ... (Makezine)
• The Solar Powered Coffee Roaster (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/11/the_solar_powered_coffee_roast.html) - It concentrates 4.5 KW of solar thermal energy on a fully sunny day, and is manually ...  (Makezine)

See also Directory:Solar

Wind

• Build a Wind Generator (http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Build-A-Wind-Generator&id=618473) - Bill Temple decided to learn how to build a wind generator (http://www.homemade-wind-generator.com/) and you may want to build your own wind generator too. (Ezine Articles; May 2008)
  

• How to Make a Wind Powered LED Out of a VCR (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Wind-Powered-LED-Out-of-a-VCR/) - It is a device that combines the renewable energy of the wind with the amazingly efficient and modern LEDs to make sure that you get spectacularly good lighting. (EcoFriend; March 25, 2008)
  

• Wind powered electric car? (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/wind_powered_electric_car.html) - With a motor and some piping, it's suprisingly easy to build this inexpensive, efficient windmill generator--and enjoy free energy forever. ... (Makezine)

• HOW TO - Make a Skylon tower (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/10/how_to_make_a_skylon_tower.html) - A free length of chord was attached to the op end of the Skylon also with horshoe nails. ... Also it would flash like a beacon for alternative energy. .. (Makezine). 

See also Directory:Wind

Electric Vehicles

• DIY Electric motorcycle conversion (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/02/diy_electric_mo.html) - the energy produced at a power plant is a lot more efficient and clean. burning the same ... (Makezine)
• HOW TO - Convert a tractor to electric (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/08/how_to_convert_a_tractor_to_el.html) - The variance is 1 to 30 years for energy payback, depending on at least the efficiency/type ...  (Makezine)

See also Directory:Electric Vehicles

Batteries

• HOW TO rebuild a Li-Ion battery pack (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/how_to_rebuild.html) - ... used in portable devices due to there excellent energy to weight ratio and for the reason ...  (Makezine)

See also Directory:Batteries

Biofuels

• Fermenting waste fruit to fuel ethanol (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/fermenting_waste_fruit_to_fuel.html) - So you lose energy in the process of refining and burning ethanol. That's not necessarily the ...  (Makezine)

See also Directory:Biofuels

Human Power

• Lighting > How to make your own hand powered shake led flashlight (http://www.electroniccrafts.org/?n=Main.Shakelight) - Simple, complete set of instructions call for diodes, a resistor, a super cap, magnet wire, a magnet, sponge, and of course an LED. (Electronic Crafts; March 14, 2008) (Thanks RLP)
  

• No-friction bicycle dynamo light kit (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/nofriction_bicycle_dynamo.html) - Yes, there is obviously a loss of rotational energy in the wheel caused by the induced ... (Makezine)
• PlayPumps - Kid powered merry-go-round water pumps (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/playpumps_kid_powered_merrygor.html) - uses free energy simple enough to build. Posted by: WonderWheeler on July 19, 2006 at 2:19 PM. Interesting update of an older post. ... (Makezine)
• Energy Generating Backpack (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/09/energy_generati.html) - Energy Backpack Lawrence Rome, a biologist at the University of Pennsylvania has led the ... (Makezine)
• Hamster-powered cell phone charger (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/hamsterpowered.html) - If you have a pet rodent, it's a source of free ambient energy that can replace an inefficient wall-wart transformer. And there's no animal cruelty issue ...  (Makezine)

See also Directory:Human-Powered

Air Conditioning

• The Hilsch Vortex tube (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/the_hilsch_vortex_tube.html) - With nothing more than a few pieces of plumbing and a source of compressed air, you can build a remarkably simple device for attaining moderately low temperatures. It separates high-energy molecules from those of low energy. (Makezine)
• DIY cheapest air conditioner in the world (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/diy_cheapest_ai.html) - The fan creates an air flow which is cooled by contact with the 4 bottles full of ice. In this way, the temperature of the air flow is reduced to a more tolerable level.  (Makezine)

See also Directory:Home Generation:Air Conditioning

Misc.

• 1000+ Fluorescent lights powered by overhead cables (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/05/1000_flouresent_lights_po.html) - Since free energy doesn't exist, it must be coming from the wire. Now, there is a relationship between electric and magnetic fields (That's why they're ... (Makezine)
• Supercharged - homemade charger box (http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/supercharged_ho.html) - All of those inverters waste huge amounts of energy, even when nothing is plugged in to them. (Makezine)

Humor

• DIY Automobile Kit Announced (http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Humor/April_Fools_2008/index.html#DIY) - IKEA is thinking about selling cars, but only to advanced IKEA customers. Some assembly required. (MakeGeek; April 1, 2008)
  

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