Vertical wind turbine

A vertical wind turbine for converting wind energy to electricity, the vertical wind turbine comprising:

• a vertical tubular housing member having an open lower exhaust end, and an inverted L-shaped upper intake end, said inverted L-shaped upper intake end having a wind facing opening for the ingress of wind, said inverted L-shaped upper intake end redirecting said wind vertically downwardly into said vertical tubular housing;
• a magnetically supported disk mounted proximate said lower end of said vertical tubular housing, said magnetically supported disk having a plurality of conductive contact points mounted about a circular periphery thereof, said conductive contact points in rotatable selective communication with a plurality of brushes fixedly positioned about said magnetically supported disk, said brushes in communication with a generator;
• a centrally disposed vertical shaft mounted on said magnetically supported disk and extending upwardly in said vertical tubular housing having its upper end rotatably secured by a plurality of braces to an inner surface of said vertical tubular housing, said centrally disposed vertical shaft having a plurality of horizontally oriented turbine blades secured thereto in series, said centrally disposed vertical shaft and said horizontally oriented turbine blades rotatable under the influence of wind energy entering said inverted L-shaped upper intake end and being directed downwardly, said rotating centrally disposed vertical shaft and said rotating turbine blades causing said magnetically supported disk to rotate in relationship to said fixed brushes in communication with said generator to convert wind energy to electricity.