| I own a typical home. Nothing big. Nothing to brag | | | | setting up a windmill.o The ideal site to set up a windmill |
| about. I grew up in this neighborhood and love this | | | | should have the average wind power speed of 11 |
| place dearly. For years, I paid my utility bills without | | | | miles per hour or more, but good results have also |
| complaint. Suddenly, in the last few years, things | | | | been found at sites with slightly lower wind speed |
| changed! You know what it is. Rising gas prices. | | | | average.o The place should have an area of at least |
| Skyrocketing power bills. | | | | one acre. It is not advisable to set up a windmill in a |
| A high school teacher like me doesn't make much | | | | smaller area as the windmill blades will not be able to |
| money. We were living on a tight budget. Reading | | | | capture enough wind power for the windmill to work.o |
| about high energy costs in a newspaper is one thing, | | | | How much output you want your windmill to |
| but seeing the money being drained out of my pocket | | | | generate.o Sturdiness of components. You don't want |
| month after month is something else. It really hurt. I had | | | | your newly assembled windmill to get damaged by |
| to find ways to save money anyway I could. I could | | | | heavy winds in the next couple of weeks, do you? |
| not stop driving, thus saving on gasoline is out of the | | | | Before getting a manual, buying components, and |
| question. But I read somewhere that you could cut | | | | assembling your windmill, you need to find out if the site |
| your power bills by 50% to 90% by using solar energy | | | | that you want to set up your windmill is really in a |
| and wind power. At the time, I thought it was too | | | | windy location, otherwise the whole effort will be |
| complicated for a history teacher with no technical | | | | wasted. Remember that best results are at 11 MPH |
| background to handle. But with a good manual, setting | | | | (5.5m/s) or more . But wind turbines can also produce |
| up your own wind power system is a piece of cake. | | | | decent results in any area that has wind gusts of |
| A good step-by-step Illustrated Manual will show you | | | | around 8 MPH (3.5m/s). |
| exactly how to choose your components, where to | | | | If you are not sure about the wind speed in your area, |
| buy your parts, how to put them together, and how to | | | | consult the Wind Maps to find out the average wind |
| maintain your newly assembled wind turbines. | | | | speed of your location. It will not be worth your effort |
| By the way, let's make it clear that windmill, wind | | | | to build a windmill in an area that has the average |
| turbine, and wind generator are the same thing. | | | | annual wind speed under 6 MPH. In this case, you |
| Setting up a wind turbine large enough to power an | | | | should consider Solar Power. |
| average sized home will cost you between | | | | Let's Take a Look at 3 Main Components: |
| $6,000-$25,000. A lot of people get discouraged when | | | | -Rotor blades: Rotor blades transform wind energy |
| they realize how much money they have to lay out to | | | | into kinetic energy. |
| implement a windmill. But you have to keep in mind that | | | | - Shaft: The rotating rotor blades will also rotate the |
| this relatively high initial cost will eventually be offset by | | | | shaft which transfers the mechanical energy into the |
| the huge amount of money you save in the long run | | | | generator. |
| when the cost of producing your own power is ZERO. | | | | -Generator: The generator generates electricity |
| A windmill will reduce your utility bills by 50%-90% on | | | | through electromagnetic induction when magnets are |
| average and typically pay for themselves after 8-15 | | | | rotated around a conductor. |
| years. | | | | If you need more information on do-it-yourself wind |
| These are things that you have to consider before | | | | turbines, I suggest that you visit my website. |