subject: Wind Generator For Use At Your Home - 3 Essential Questions You Should Ask [print this page] If you are interested and buying a wind generator for home use, you need to get the facts straight before you move forward. There is not a one-size-fits-all product out there. The best wind generator choice for you will not be the best wind generator choice for your neighbor possibly.
With energy resources around the globe dwindling a very rapid rate, we all need to all be investigating renewable sources for homes. Buying a wind turbine is a great hedge against rising utility costs and a good way to achieve greater energy independence. Someday soon, given the world energy situation, we may not have such a choice and may have to make do with the energy we can make for ourselves.
In order to get to the bottom of this, you need to ask yourself three questions and thoroughly assess the information available to answer them:
* First, you must decide what do I want to do with wind energy that I make? There are many things that you can do with the energy you create with a wind turbine. The most popular is simply to charge a small bank of batteries for later use. Or, many people also let supply power for a small pump or other intermittent device. You also need a battery for this application. There are some still do choose to power their whole homes or even export the excess they make to the electricity grid.
* Then, what are the places I could possibly install the turbine? This just takes time to sit back and ponder. You can look around your property and imagine where you would like to possibly see the turbine then assess whether or not you think at least in general, there's enough wind there to support it. The way to verify that you got enough wind at these locations is to mount a small windmill that collects data, called an anemometer. This device will record wind speed and direction for as long as you leave the turbine there, but several weeks will probably do. What you know wind speed and direction, you are in a great position to go on and do further assessment.
* Finally, make sure you have a permitting issues it would keep you from installing the wind turbine where you want to install it.
In conclusion, a wind generator for home use can be a tremendous way to cut energy costs at home. But, you have got to make sure you take care of these fundamental questions before you move forward.
