subject: 3 Myths of Wind Turbines for Home Use [print this page] The tough recessionary times has many people looking for ways to save money any way they can. One such way to do this is to try and make your own free electricity at home. I had heard many good things about wind power for home use, so I decided to look into this further. I was quite shocked at what I learned, and the good alternative. Here is what I found, in my opinion, are the three biggest myths to making your own wind turbine for home use. Myth number one, home-made wind turbines are safe. At first glance these little wind mills seem harmless enough. But a closer look reveals potential danger! You see, to make these devices you need to attach blades to a hub, if you dont make the connection just perfect, or use the wrong materials you have a potential missile on your hands. Let me explain. The dream of every wind farmer is steady high winds. Thats great, but high winds speeds put a tremendous amount of stress on the turbine blades. Over time these blades become stressed, and often times the material can start a small crack and eventually fail. You really have to know what you are doing to fabricate these devices properly. This job is best left to the professionals who will back their work and know by experience what they are doing. You dont want a wind turbine blade shearing off in the middle of a storm and have it flying across the neighborhood. Myth number two, home-made wind turbines generate a steady stream of electricity. I think this is self explanatory, but wind turbines will only produce electricity if the wind is blowing! There are very few regions in the United States that have a steady and reliable source of atmospheric wind. It seems like the wind is either not blowing enough (most of the time for me), or it is blowing too much and creating a dangerous condition for the turbine blades. There are very few days where I live when the wind is blowing at a steady pace and providing the energy I need for home use. These home-made wind turbines are simple, but not necessarily reliable. Myth number three, wind power for home use is cost effective. You really have to take a hard look at the numbers to find out exactly how many wind turbines you will need to meet your energy requirements. I think in most cases, you need a small farm of these devices to make any significant amount of energy at all. The cost associated with this is usually in the tens of thousands of dollars. And, if you really put a pencil to this, you will see that your investment does not payout for twenty to thirty years. I dont know about you, but if I had twenty five thousand dollars I could make more money investing in government bonds! So I really think the idea of wind energy for home use as an investment vehicle is a myth. A better method of making free energy is building your own magnetic power generator. These devices do not have the risks and inefficiencies involved with wind turbines, and there are easy to follow guides available. You can easily make on with part and materials found at a hardware store, and you can make it in an afternoon. You can either supplement or replace youre your power needs depending upon the size of the system you make. You can make all the free energy you want with a home magnetic power generator. Now you can generate free electricity with a simple and easy to use guide for making a magnetic power generator at home. To learn more watch this video by following this link == > http://generating-electricity-at-home.canemanim.com
