This has been a rather hectic, hot week. The a/c went out in two of my cars, our home and a unit in my garage, all in 7 days time, plus other personal obstacles. I’m typing this in the refuge of my bedroom, that I temporarily put a portable 110 volt a/c unit in. I’m [...]
Ever since I was a “youngin”, I was in awe of windmills(mechanical action), wind turbines(electrical action), solar panels and other alternative/renewable energy displays at different locations my family and I visited. In this post, I intend to concentrate on wind turbines (generators). There are two broad classifications of wind turbines: 1) Horizontal Axis (HAWT), and [...]
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“Actual vertical axis wind turbine”“Actual three-bladed prop wind turbine.” Avoiding Wind Turbine Scams While looking at various sites on the web, I started noticing some sites wanting to charge around $50 for windturbine plans. The thing I noticed was claims that their windturbines will provide 80% of your home electrical needs and should only cost [...]
Vertical Axis Windturbines vs. Conventional Axial Configuration(usually 3 bladed) Wind Turbines To many, including myself, a wind turbine is a structure of beauty, sort of poetry in motion. During the time I’ve spent around wind turbines and wind farms, the motion of the blades and the sound synchronous with the blade motion(whooshing sound) is relaxing [...]