Can you answer duncanelectronicstexas’s question about Generators?:

I have a friend who would like to install a wind generator for electricity, but the local power company will not let him connect to the power grid unless he can show that he has a million dollars insurance. Well, he cannot find any company that offers that type of insurance for any price. He has written to everyone he can think of but still no source of insurance. The reason he wants to connect to the power grid is to use it as his storage system so that he doesn’t have to maintain a whole bank of storage batterys. Does anyone know where he can get this type of insurance for a system that will be in the state of Texas?

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Can you answer pete g’s question about Generators?:

I have a generator and want to take the generator off the motor and hook up to wind power. Can it work?

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Can you answer bubba_c91’s question about Generators?:

I am looking into building my own wind generator but i cant find the right batteries. Any help would be useful.

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Wind power is another alternative source of energy besides solar power. The attraction of wind power is because of the unlimited supply and cost free energy.

You can get any amounts of energy you want at literally zero price, furthermore energy generated from wind will not pollute the earth atmosphere or pollute the ozone layer.

Do you know you can make your own wind generator at home to take advantage of wind power. The best part is it doesn’t cost much money either.

The Tricky Part

To tell the truth, the tricky part in making wind generator is to find a guide that can explain a simple step by step process that you can follow. All academic and other textbook are full of theories and hard to read, you don’t need to know about electron reaction during inverting process when all you want to know is how to make a simple wind generator that good enough to supply electric energy you need.

Thankfully, there are several such guides online such as Michael Harvey Earth4energy.

Components For Wind Generator

If you buy ready made wind generator, it will cost you thousands of dollars, not to mention the installation fees. The hassle part of building a wind generator yourself is to find the best cheap supplier to buy different components of your wind generator with high quality.

You can find some at Ebay, or your local electronic stores such as Radioshack. If you are good enough hunting for bargain, you can get all the necessary components for less than $100.

A few additional things you should be aware if you want to use wind power is the wind supply at your area. If the area where you live has little to no wind, then building a wind generator is virtually useless.

This kind of device is best if you near in the countryside with large open spaces or live near the coast where there is constant coastal wind.

Also be aware with various wind patterns as this will determine the decision for blade size and shape you will use later on.



Thanks to Ricky Lim for contributing this article to our Generators blog:

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Can you answer Bill F’s question about Generators?:

Wondered if anyone knew how to build a simple homemade wind generator to power our home? A homemade wind generator that is not too complicated would be good. Do you know how to build a wind generator? Please help us.Thanks

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