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Posted by mm on August 6, 2006, 6:28 pm
OK, you clever guys, will a windmill in my backyard cut down on the
pleasant breeze?
I saw on the new that they are now selling windmills for people's back
yards, especially if they have a quarter acre or more.
Won't this cut down on the breeze they have?
After all, you don't get something for nothing.
P.S. They're 40 feet high instead of 80.
Frankly even if they were 80, I don't think they would be as ugly as
on farms where I want to see a beautiful vista. In most residential
n'hoods there is no vista to begin with, and the trees and the houses
which are never too far way, keep one from seeing whatever there is.
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Posted by Eigenvector on August 6, 2006, 6:43 pm
> OK, you clever guys, will a windmill in my backyard cut down on the
> pleasant breeze?
>
> I saw on the new that they are now selling windmills for people's back
> yards, especially if they have a quarter acre or more.
>
> Won't this cut down on the breeze they have?
>
> After all, you don't get something for nothing.
>
>
>
> P.S. They're 40 feet high instead of 80.
>
> Frankly even if they were 80, I don't think they would be as ugly as
> on farms where I want to see a beautiful vista. In most residential
> n'hoods there is no vista to begin with, and the trees and the houses
> which are never too far way, keep one from seeing whatever there is.
What would be the point of a windmill? Windmills are typically there to
help pump water from the well, or if the farm is a bit more modern to help
generate electricity. They don't do any real good unless out in the open or
up high on a hill. As to cutting down the breeze, not likely unless your
hammock swings 50' in the air.
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Posted by dpb on August 6, 2006, 8:54 pm
Eigenvector wrote:
...
> > I saw on the new that they are now selling windmills for people's back
> > yards, especially if they have a quarter acre or more.
...
> What would be the point of a windmill? Windmills are typically there to
> help pump water from the well, or if the farm is a bit more modern to help
> generate electricity. ...
Well, excuse me? Since when are we Neanderthals on the farm only a
"bit more modern" if we have that-there new-fangled 'lectric stuff?
The house I currently live in was built in 1914 or '15 w/ full wiring
initially and a Delco 80 VDC windcharger system until got REA lines
after the war in 1948.
I have no idea what OP saw on the news but there are "microturbine"
generators for either residential load or load-sharing w/ utility
power. Remote areas of Canada and the US still have areas where the DC
windcharger is common although the areas w/o local REC service continue
to shrink gradually.
There are also systems for pond aeration, water wells as you note, and
simply aesthetics altho one would assume not w/ 40' tower.
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Posted by Eigenvector on August 6, 2006, 9:12 pm
>
> Eigenvector wrote:
> ...
>> > I saw on the new that they are now selling windmills for people's back
>> > yards, especially if they have a quarter acre or more.
>
> ...
>
>> What would be the point of a windmill? Windmills are typically there to
>> help pump water from the well, or if the farm is a bit more modern to
>> help
>> generate electricity. ...
>
> Well, excuse me? Since when are we Neanderthals on the farm only a
> "bit more modern" if we have that-there new-fangled 'lectric stuff?
>
Yes I'm fully aware that there are modern versions of windmills on farms and
that they generate a decent amount of electricity for farms that are too far
from the grid. Thicken your skin buddy.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 6, 2006, 10:17 pm
>
> What would be the point of a windmill? Windmills are typically there to
> help pump water from the well, or if the farm is a bit more modern to help
> generate electricity.
That is probably the point, don't you think?
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Home_Generation:Wind_Turbine
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