subject: Home Windmills As Cost Killers [print this page] Home windmills can really help your budget this year by drastically reducing your outlay for power at your house. We all know that energy prices are heading steadily upward. This is because there are rapidly diminishing supplies of raw materials used to make electricity. There's not a lot we can do about the costs of the materials we used to make electricity because they are in finite supply.
They were made millions of years ago and we're not going to make any more of them - ever.
These are the things you need to pay attention to if you are really serious about using home windmills as a secondary power source...
Measure your home wind speed and direction - Measuring the average speed and direction that the wind blows at your house is a very important first step on the way. You have to be willing to slow down enough that you can talk about the details if you are going to stand a fighting chance at optimizing the system that you have in mind. The way to do it is just a collect some data with the help of some electronic equipment - that is the anemometer. It will collect data for you for anywhere from 6 to 12 months and then you'll be in a good position to make the most out of the window flow that you have at your house.
Find the best location that optimizes that wind - Many people assume from the very beginning that they will install their wind turbine kit on top of their house. This can be a great idea or it can be a bad idea depending on the particular geometry and structure of your roof. Therefore, don't go into this with the one-size-fits-all mentality. Assume that you're going to have to collect data at several places to determine the amount of energy that you can extract from each one of them.
Check out how to use other people's money to pay for your home wind turbine kit - With the federal government being so focused on rolling out renewable energy projects all over the country, now is a great time to get others to help pay for your wind energy system. There is a 30% US government tax credit available as well as many other state and local options that you can use to reduce the pain of the initial payment you will have to make.
In summary, home windmills are becoming very popular for reducing energy costs at houses all over the country at the moment.
