{"id":6564,"date":"2008-10-20T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T21:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/20\/cheap-wind-power-generators-to-power-your-whole-home\/"},"modified":"2008-10-20T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T21:30:47","slug":"cheap-wind-power-generators-to-power-your-whole-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=6564","title":{"rendered":"Cheap Wind Power Generators To Power Your Whole Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by David Sullivan<\/div>\n<p>With rising fuel and energy costs, many people are looking for their own alternative energy sources.  Wind power generators have been use on farms for many years in varying degrees, before electric power became so readily available.<\/p>\n<p>You can build your own wind power generator for your home. The ideal situation is an area that is 20ft higher than the nearest obstacle or building, and about 250-400 feet away. The average wind speed in North America is about 9-10m\/s, which is great for using wind power.<\/p>\n<p>Wind power generators an excellent alternative energy source. Because they can generate 1000 watts of power versus 100 watt for the average solar panel, they are a higher output system and cost less per Watt.  <\/p>\n<p>Turning the turning of the blades into electrical energy is accomplished by a DC motor which uses a magnet to drive current in coiled wire. You will have to buy one and place it in the body of your turbine &#8211; they cost only 50-100$ or so.<\/p>\n<p>You will also need a wind power generator tower; some people have found free, old, TV antenna towers, as long as it meets the height requirement. Finally, you will need the plans for making the entire project to start generating wind power.<\/p>\n<p>Many people have bought guides and made their own 500 watt turbines from scratch using PVC piping, a DC motor, TV tower recycled and a grid connector unit. This can be done in less than a week and for less than $300. On the other hand the same turbine might cost $1500 or $2500 commercially.<\/p>\n<p>Wind power generators are actually very basic and don&#8217;t require much maintenance if you create them correctly. You can find plans on the Internet to build your own fairly easily.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a place to put your wind power generator, you can find all the materials and tools necessary at your local hardware store. Building your own can be fun and very rewarding&#8230; so you have no excuse not to build one!<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'>See a great manual to show you how to make your very own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyathome.com\/wind-power\/\">wind power generators<\/a> at RenewableEnergyAtHome.Com. You&#8217;ll start saving your money and the environment by making your own easily and quickly! See more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyathome.com\">residential wind power<\/a> at our website.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With rising fuel and energy costs, many people are looking for their own alternative energy sources.  Wind power generators have been use on farms for many years in varying degrees, before electric power became so readily available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-technology","tag-computers-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}