Build A Homemade Wind Generator
With oil prices now hovering around $60/barrel, the appetite for wind and solar energy has waned quite a bit but that doesn’t mean that we can forget about alternative energies. The demand picture may have changed as the world economy falters but the supply picture won’t. Once the economy improves, cheap oil will be increasingly difficult to come by and prices will rise again. . in a big way.
Perhaps now is the time to look into building your own homemade wind generator! Parts are likely much cheaper and you’ll be well positioned and an expert on wind generators once oil prices skyrocket again. Many families around the the world are discovering that its not too difficult to get your own wind generator built and up and running which is much cheaper than buying a pre built wind generator. .. perhaps just a couple hundred bucks.
In a nutshell, you’ll need to construct a wind turbine tower first and one site recommends just using an old telephone signal tower which can be erected in parts. The most complex part of the construction process is putting together the hubs and blades but with a little patience and elbow grease you’ll be up and running in no time potentially slashing your electricity bill by half.
One of the most popular step by step guides to build your own wind generator is provided by Michael Harvey who has been building wind and solar power systems for friends and family for the past 6 years.
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My husband would love this, though not sure how much he would enjoy actually building it! It would be fun to do just to see our neighbor’s reactions!
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Thanks for the advice. It was so funny to see everyone around here go scrambling back to their huge cars when the gas prices started to fall. It’s like no one thinks that energy costs will ever go back up.
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I’ve been into alternate energy for quite some time, but I didn’t know building your own was that doable.I’ll be looking into it for a cabin I’m going to be building soon-off-grid-is-smart!
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I wonder what is more cost-efficient: wind or solar. I think wind generators are cheaper to build (or buy). Of course it needs wind, but can it do better than a solar panel ? For a long time I’ve been interested in solar panels and waiting for technology improvements to make it cheaper for a DIY project. But more and more, I wonder if we should concentrate more on wind, rather than solar.
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This sounds like a great project to start working on! I’ve never been that practically minded, so this would probably be quite difficult for me, but I’d definitely learn a lot and get some cheaper energy too!
Hi i find your web site very interesting and full of useful info.
i have 3 wind generators/turbines and 4 solar panels my self and i run my 2 tvs and lights on them, so i am saving money and help to save the Thanks Steve.
CharlieAfter reading your article, I purchased a generator and set of blades from windynation.com . Building the generator was a lot of fun and now I make my own power!
December 22, 2008
This article is great. i’m just getting into alternative energy sources and this is definitely something to look into, thanks.