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Home Wind Turbines--An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Owning a residential wind turbine is a reality nowadays for many people. The cost of home wind turbines is still quite high but some manufacturers are producing units which have become at least more affordable.
Small wind generators can generate all,or at least a substantial part of,the total power needed by an average home or farm. Home wind turbines are now low enough in cost to pay for themselves fairly quickly in power bill savings. As the cost of electric power continues to rise this is even more true.
The cost of wind turbines if purchased from a manufacturer is still quite high. Fortunately it is possible to build a wind turbine for a fraction of the cost of a purchased machine. These homemade machines can be mounted on a rooftop or on their own freestanding small tower.
A home wind generator can be very easily built,by the average handyman,from plans and instructions which are readily available. A very good home made wind turbine can be built for $100 or even less using new or used auto parts.
It is absolutely untrue that high winds are necessary to power a turbine wind generator. Even a fairly light breeze will produce power which can be stored in batteries till required.
The best type of batteries for this purpose are deep cycle or deep discharge batteries. Marine batteries are also of this type and are suitable if readily available. Standard automobile batteries can be used but the deep discharge battery is much more efficient for this type of use.
It is quite a good idea start off with just one or two batteries and add more as they are needed. In this way you can store a lot of electric power produced by your home wind generator.
The question of how to build a wind turbine is quite simply answered. There are plans and instructions available which can be used by any home workshopper to build a very good home made wind generator,very simply,at surprisingly low cost.
A wind generator home is a self reliant home that does not have to depend on the power company. Power bills can be eliminated or at the very least reduced substantially. If excess power is produced by your homemade wind generator you can sell it to your local power utility in many areas.
The power produced by your home wind turbine is clean,green power. There is absolutely no pollution of the atmosphere. Some say that the best result of all is independence from the power utility and the hated, ever increasing,bills.
Whatever your motive may be you will do everyone a favor by cutting pollution of our atmosphere which may cause climate change. Home wind turbines are very definitely an idea whose time has come.
About the Author Would you like to know how to build a very good wind turbine for less than $100? Would you like to help save mother earth and save yourself a lot of money at the same time? See my website for a lot of free information Wind Turbines
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