subject: Residential Wind Turbine: 3 Reasons You Should Not Get One [print this page] Residential wind turbine products can be a blessing or a curse. If you find yourself surfing the Internet looking for a wind device to install at your house, take heed of these 3 reasons why it might be a bad project for you...
The wind isn't strong enough where you are - This can be a real problem for many people. Most people think that to just because they have some wind on their property that they will have enough. This is very untrue. You need to make sure that you have enough wind energy to drive the wind turbine. The only way to get that is to take a little data. We take data is by using a small handheld electronic device-an anemometer. These are not very expensive but they can save you time and money in the long run because they will allow you to collect the data in order to properly understand and evaluate the locations where are your considering placing your wind turbine.
You don't have a great place to mount it - Many people live in cities and don't have any option other than placing the device on the roofs. This may or may not be allowed by the apartment or building community in which you live. You need to check out the local ordinances and see if that impacts where you can place the wind turbine.
The wind is too strong where you are - It could well be the you have the absolute opposite problem from the first situation that I mentioned, not having enough wind. Sometimes the wind can be too strong. That will mean the home wind turbine will not last for a long. Although they have governors to keep them from over-speeding, that does not mean that they will not still tear apart in a very high wind.
In conclusion, the wind will determine the efficacy of the residential wind turbine project you are looking into. You cannot say categorically that you will not put in a wind turbine at your house. This is something that can only be arrived at if you spend a lot of time with the data and size up the efficacy of each individual location that you might be thinking of. Residential wind turbines can be a tremendous boon to your lifestyle by slashing utility costs, but they are highly contingent on where you place them and what kind of wind turbine you choose.
