This Nevertheless, most of the electricity that powers your toaster or your computer, television, refrigerator, etc. when you plug it into a wall outlet is usually produced using the approach described here. -284 There are probably lots of other brands and models of permanent magnet DC motors available that will work well as generators. Permanent magnet DC motors work as generators, but they werent designed to be generators. So they arent great generators. Some types of motor are a lot worse than others. When used as generators, motors generally have to be driven far faster than their rated speed to produce anything near their rated voltage. So what you are looking for is a motor that is rated for high DC voltage, low rpms and high current. Steer away from low voltage and/or high rpm motors. You want a motor that will put out over 12 Volts at a fairly low rpm, and a useful level of current. So a motor rated for say 325 rpm at 30 Volts when used as a generator, could be expected to produce 12 volts at some reasonably low rpm. On the other hand, a motor rated at 7200 rpm at 24 volts probably wont produce 12 volts as a generator until it is spinning many thousands of rpm, which is way too fast for a wind turbine. So shop for motors accordingly. "magnet motor tutorial " and "how to make solar powered ovens " (include "5kw solar power system cost", "aqua sports watches solar power ", "perendev magnetic motor wiki ", "magnetic powered motors ", "green home energy systems reviews ", "How to make a model of a human heart ", 1 Dec 2010 Solar power is clearly not viable yet. Having a solar panel on the roof used to be a badge of pride for the green-minded. & Magnetic hybrid motor )