Wind Turbines For Homes: 2 Ways They Will Not Work
Wind turbines for homes are great for reducing power costs and for helping the environment
. That doesn't mean they work everywhere.
To make sense out of a wind turbine for your home or any other home project you need to sit down with a piece of paper and a pencil and sketch out the factors involved in designing and running a successful project. It is very tempting to not go the trouble and just jump in and buy a wind device, but this seldom ever works. As a matter of fact it would just be happenstance if you were to be able to buy a wind turbine and install it wherever you felt like it and have that wind device produce enough energy to make it worth your while.
These are the circumstances in which wind turbines for homes are a waste of your time...
Wind turbines for homes are a waste of time if you do not have a strong and consistent wind on your land - The only way to validate whether or not you have sufficient wind to place a wind turbine is to do some data collection at the place where you might like to install it. This can be time consuming but it is worth it in the long run to know exactly what the wind flow is that each location around your place. The only way to really collect data is to set up a device to read it over a long period of time. You can do that with a little anemometer. This device will just collect when data just like your wind turbine will eventually. Then you could later let the data be downloaded to your computer so that you can make some sense out of it.
Wind turbines for homes are a waste of time if local ordinance prohibits you from having one on your property - Many communities do not support these devices and the installation of wind turbines in general. There are many negative feelings about installing wind energy devices, especially the ones that are of the horizontal orientation. That is because of concepts like shadow flicker and the killing of migrant bird populations by these devices.
In summary, wind turbines for homes may work fine for you but then again, they may end up not being the right thing to do if your project does not meet these minimum criteria.