subject: Generate Power With A Home Wind Turbine [print this page] A home wind turbine can save you a lot of money and make your home more eco-friendly. With a home wind turbine you can decrease the number of air pollutants produced by your day-to-day life, you will be able to protect the environment and stop contributing harmful greenhouse gases.
A home wind turbine can produce electricity using wind to power a generator. This generator is attached to three aerodynamic blades and a rotor to form the turbine. The rotor has a tail attached, much like a weather vain, to ensure the turbine is always facing the direction of the wind.
The generator inside the turbine is an electric motor. The magnets in the motor react with the spinning coils producing an electrical current just from the motion. This current is then stored in batteries, these batteries then connect to an inverter that transforms the direct current into an alternating one, this alternating current can then be used to power your home. Because of this simple and cost-effective way to produce electricity, home wind turbines are growing in popularity.
The turbine can be of any length to compensate for the typical wind conditions in your area. Wind power is stronger by the sea, so a home near the sea can have a shorter turbine, however in areas with lower wind power a taller turbine tower is required.
Turbine technology continues to advance, today the blades of wind turbines are more durable, lighter, thinner and can catch even slight breezes. In the past wind turbines typically had 5 blades in total, they looked more like a water-pumping windmill, but today they can operate on only three sleek blades. The blades will also vary in size dependent on your needs, similar to the turbine tower itself. You can built your own home wind turbine and reap the benefits.
The benefits of a home wind turbine are numerous:
1.) Lower electricity bills and special tax breaks.
2.) You can use it to charge batteries, power appliances and even power water pumps.
3.) It is eco-friendly and environmentally safe.
4.) Your home will be more efficient and once off the grid you'll never have to worry about power outages.
5.) You will use less of the planet's finite resources.
