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Millard Hiner asked:


With the increased interest in the last few years in renewable forms of energy, wind powered generators are gaining popularity. They offer a lot of advantages over solar alternatives and are very attractive economically as well. If you are considering adding a solution to your home to replace or augment your power, wind powered generators are a great place to start. There are several options available to the homeowner these days to help out with the rising cost of electricity.

Solar panels seem the most obvious, but compared to wind generated power, they may fall short. One of the main problems with solar panels is that even under the best conditions they only generate power for a fairly small portion of a 24 hour daily cycle. This means that during the evening, and on cloudy days you are relying completely on your local power company to supply your electricity.

On the other hand a wind powered generator will operate continuously as long as the wind is blowing. And if you mount the unit on a high enough tower, it is likely to catch a minimum of wind most of the time. Also, the cost of solar panels can be very expensive compared to the cost of a wind powered generator. Solar panels are usually bought pre-made and have to be installed by a professional in groups to generate a decent amount of power. Wind generators can be installed as a single unit, and even a small one can generate between 1000 and 2000 watts of power. This is equivalent to an average output of 10 to 20 solar panels on a sunny day.

Also, there are a lot of plans available on the web to help you actually build your own wind generator from readily available parts, further lowering the cost. Another advantage that wind powered generators have over solar panels is that they can be used by any homeowner in any location. For solar panels to be effective, you need to have a large flat area that faces true south. If the back roof of your house (the most cosmetically appealing place to install solar panels) faces north, you’re out of luck.

The Wind turbine is installed on a pivot and will catch the wind no matter which direction it is blowing. Lastly, a wind powered generator is mounted away from the house on a free-standing tower. This is nice because it doesn’t require you to modify the house in any way to use it. Solar panels are mounted on the rood and in some cases require bracing in the attic for the added weight and always present the hazard of your roof leaking from the installation. All things considered, if you’re looking for an attractive alternative energy generation scheme, wind powered generators might be perfect for you.

Donald Whitehead asked:


Wind power Generators

Wind power generators are a smart choice when searching for a viable alternative power resource for homes for many great reasons. They are proven to be very effective, they are very affordable, Parts for Diy ( Do It Yourself) systems are readily available most anywhere and can generally be found for under or around $200, installation and construction manuals and videos are a dime a dozens, and they only take a few days to install, they increase the resale value of your home, they save consumers thousands of dollars annually, they are very effective for addressing the environment issues that we have at present.

Electricity Production From The Wind.

Wind power is one of the most popular of home solar energy systems selected when going with an alternative power resource for homes. This type of system uses the wind to power the generator (windmills or turbines) that actually produces electrical power from a spinning motion. Typically the wind spins the turbine which generates power as it spins, then the power goes into a charge controler, which regulates the amount of the charge thats going into the battery which stores the charge that is going into it which then goes to an inverter which regulates the amount of charge coming out and on to your application, breaker box or appliance to be ran. This is the basic functioning of how the wind power generator works, it’s very simple.

The Grid

Most understand the term living on or off the grid. For those who don’t know what it means and how it ties into wind power generators I’ll try and explain it. The grid is commonly referred to as the electricity circuit as most of us know it to be or where most everyone gets their electricity from and pay a power company every month and is considered the grid.  Off the grid simply means that you either produce your own electricity by an alternative means other than conventional or perhaps although you have alternate methods and are still connected to the grid, by having alternate means of producing electricty you are getting a negative amount of electricity from the conventional way and will most probably, as a result, have the power company paying you for electricity.

Some DisAdvantages

Unfortunately with advantages comes some disadvantages with (in this case) wind powered generators.  We already know most of the advantages, but some of the disadvantages are the wind itself. Considering that the wind drives the propellers on the windmills or turbine driven systems there must be adequate wind to make this type of system effective enough to warrant having it at all. No Wind No Electricity or is there. It may not be a bad idea to install solar panels to ensure that if the wind isn’t spinning the propeller, which produces the electricity with the wind powered models, the mear sunlight can charge the solar panels. When running multiple turbines sound could be a factor, depending on size.

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