Wind Power

[andy50]

some of you guys live in the sticks--- is there a wind --ablowing ? if therir is , then thereis a good chance thet there is a good source of ellectricity-- all 240 volts of it

[Thetyim]

I live in the sicks and up in the hills as well.

The wind does blow strong up here sometimes but we also get days of calm. Not really what you want for a wind genny.

Would the coast be more suitable ?

[Abandon]

good place to start:

http://windpower-monthly.com/

you can make a small wind generator quite easily if you have handy-man skills, but using the power is another matter. In cold places you can use it to heat your home as an auxiliary power source, but even then it is more of a hobby thing than practical soution. If you want to save money build a simple bio-diesel boiler. http://www.veggies.org.uk/biodies.htm

But if you have water you can easily run your home with it. You need very little. A fair little brook is enough, or even less if you have good 'head' (it falls from a decent height.

[Bizz]

Come on people this is an intresting topic .

Pandit thanks for the URLs very interesting.

Edited May 24, 2005 by Bizz

[andy50]

Come on people this is an intresting topic .

Pandit thanks for the URLs very interesting.

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sorry for the cuck up ---regarding wind power ,i recently purchased a booklet from a website,which shows how to construct a powerful wind alternator,and it doesn,t require too much wind to generateyou do need batterys though (deep cycle ones)and an inverter if you want 240 voltsand the generator needs to be mounted on a tall pole where the air is more constant and less turbulant www.scoraigwind.com/axialplans/ -

Edited May 24, 2005 by andy50