anyone built any do it yourself windmills or solar panels that work well?

Posted by Henry on October 5, 2009, 10:35 am

AZ Nomad wrote:

>> On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:54:14 -0500, AZ Nomad

>>>> I ran across a website that says it's easy to build your own solar
>>>> panels and home made windmills. Anyone actually done this?

>>> What the fuck are you babbling about?

>>> Why don't you post the name of what you are talking about?
>>> Better yet, why don't you ask your neighbor's nine year old kid
>>> to help you get to google and enter the name of the company and
>>> learn how to do the research yourself without asking any more
>>> inane pointless questions?

>> Anyone who would have anything useful to contribute (obviously not
>> you) would know what I'm talking about. I purposely did not put in
>> the web site as I don't want to look like I'm posting one of those
>> fake postings to promote a web site. Are you always an ass hole?

> Sure. You purposefully made youself out to be a blithering idiot high
> on weed.

No, he/she didn't. The question was reasonable. You came
across as someone who is very unstable with severe emotional
issues.

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Posted by Bob Villa on October 6, 2009, 7:48 am

Q> Are you always an ass hole?

A> Sure.

Posted by ransley on October 3, 2009, 4:54 am

> I ran across a website that says it's easy to build your own solar
> panels and home made windmills. =A0Anyone actually done this?

alt.energy.homepower is a group that would have alot that do this

Posted by bob haller on October 3, 2009, 6:05 am

> > I ran across a website that says it's easy to build your own solar
> > panels and home made windmills. =EF=BF=BDAnyone actually done this?

> alt.energy.homepower is a group that would have alot that do this

for windmill you must have a windy unobstructed spot, preferably high
on a hill.

my best friend built one in 1960 it has a 14 foot prop, a sophiscated
control system that detects faults and shuts it down in say a
overspeed condition if the brakes fail. too high a speed can rip it
apart, as he once found out when the brakes got covered with ice:(

but it has never produced power in big useful amounts:(

solar panels require a sunny climate, the sunnier the better. their
upfront costs are so high they are rarely a good investment, unless
you live somewhere like arizonia or southern california.

a solar water heater can provide some return for heating your homes
water, to supplement you regular water heater

probably better way to spend money is super insulating your home, with
closed cell foam, new windows etc. at least the payback wll be in your
lifetime...........

sorry to be a gloomy gus but its just the facts..

Posted by HeyBub on October 4, 2009, 12:38 pm

bob haller wrote:

>>> I ran across a website that says it's easy to build your own solar
>>> panels and home made windmills. ?Anyone actually done this?

>> alt.energy.homepower is a group that would have alot that do this

> for windmill you must have a windy unobstructed spot, preferably high
> on a hill.
> my best friend built one in 1960 it has a 14 foot prop, a sophiscated
> control system that detects faults and shuts it down in say a
> overspeed condition if the brakes fail. too high a speed can rip it
> apart, as he once found out when the brakes got covered with ice:(
> but it has never produced power in big useful amounts:(
> solar panels require a sunny climate, the sunnier the better. their
> upfront costs are so high they are rarely a good investment, unless
> you live somewhere like arizonia or southern california.
> a solar water heater can provide some return for heating your homes
> water, to supplement you regular water heater
> probably better way to spend money is super insulating your home, with
> closed cell foam, new windows etc. at least the payback wll be in your
> lifetime...........
> sorry to be a gloomy gus but its just the facts..

Yep. The sun lays down 745 watts of energy per sq meter. At noon. On the
Equator. On sunny days.

The only way to increase this value is to move the orbit of the earth closer
to the sun.

After adjusting for latitude, conversion efficiency, clouds, etc., you might
get, at best, 200 watts per sq meter of collector. Plus, accounting for the
energy costs to build the equipment, transportation, and installation, the
pay-back period is almost forever.

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