Generate Cheap Energy From The Wind

Right now I’m paying about 130 a month on just my electric for a one bedroom apt!

My question is… Is it cheaper to turn on my air only when I need it and turn it off (I normally only leave it on at night while I sleep and for like 10 to 15 mins at a time)when I don’t or is it better to just leave it at a set temp. all day?

Turn it off during the day.. One thing people never think about is the seal on their refrigerator doors. Fridges can suck electricity like you wouldn't believe if they're running all day. Also tv's while not on are using electricity, it's a pain but I've gotten in to the habit of unplugging them, and my computer during the day or when I'm away. I'm in a 1000sqft 2 bedroom home and I've got mine down to $130 on my most recent bill, that's acceptable. Month before last was $245! ugh…..

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I was wondering if it wold be possible to rig up a mini wind turbine on the top of a camper van so that when you are driving it would create energy to store in a battery.

Or would the extra energy needed to drive the van due, to the drag from the, any energy made by the turbine?

If so can you get mini camping turbines?

Thanks,
Martin.
Thanks for all your replies, they are great!

The plan is to use the turbine to charge a separate battery, not the actual one used to start the car. The second battery will then be used for music, laptop and other small electrical appliances.

I saw a guy on the UK version of Dragons Den who had a mini turbine but I was thinking that someone else must have done it already!

If anyone knows of any websites that sell them then that would be a great help too!

I look forward to your replies, thank you all so much!

Martin.

I myself would like to know if anyone makes mini-wind turbines.

But if they do, the energy to spin them while you drive would come from the motion of the van, which is derived from the operation of the engine under the hood. So in that case you might as well charge the battery off the alternator. The intriguing part would still be to see how much energy you could get from the wind once you are parked.

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It seems to me it’s an easy thing to figure out how much KW the country needs and then see how many windmills and solar panels we need to generate the power.

Pickens says he wants to generate 22% of our electric power with wind. Is this feasible?

Does anybody out there know of any real data on the subject. Sure the polit’s all talk a mean fight but how many wind mills will we need to serve the power needs of the country?

There was a study a while back that siad that taking something like 2% of the land in Nevada and converting it to solar would be enought to power the Country. There’s als ample evidence that theres more then enough wind around the clock in certain areas toi give 24hr power. It’s all about money though!

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my house is 14 sq. ft. I run the hvac and a small window unit in a room that was added on recently. My july bill was $450. would it save me $$ to run 2 window units rather than the hvac & small window unit. 350 sq. ft. ( small window unit) 1100 sq. ft. living room,kit & dining. the landlord does not want to replace the equipment for the HVAC

And I thought my house was small. Yes, window units will use less electricity, especially energy star rated ones. There are no losses through the ductwork and they come with the correct charge of freon, where many central units are incorrectly charged by servicemen.

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is there any websites that tell you how to build a mini windturbine that can generate energy? Like it has to have blades and it has to generate electricity. I have copper wires and magnets, but how do you actually build a wind turbine powered by [obviously] wind to actually MAKE the energy? o_O please help! x.x

Since you're dealing with a variable energy source (wind), you're best bet is to build a DC generator…

Is this a science progect?

A DC Generator is the same machine as a DC motor… So if you're building something for your home, then just use a DC motor and a simple belt an pulley to reduce the rotational resistance (or load) on the blades, so a slower wind can be used…

For a Science project…
Buid three loops of wire and seperate them 60° on the rotor of the wind mill. Place a magnet on either side. north to south
Set up "brushes" (chunks of graphite like pencil lead) on either side so that as the rotor spins with the wind, the same side is going to the same terminal + or - no matter which side of the coil it is.

Have fun with it…

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if were all supose to be going green,then why do all the new houses not use wind power! that will kick globle warming up the…..neck

moslty cost.

plus here in texas we're building new solar collector array power plants. It claims 100% efficiency, 100% self sustaining, 100% clean (water, salt, and sunlight) 100% available all of the time (clouds and night time don't effect it) and can power 400,000 homes. (due for completion in 2012)

heres one in Euroupe.(its only 11mw texas will be 300mw)
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thats real sunlight

with wind you need a large amount of fans, constant winds all day every day, and an alternate power source for when there is no wind. Plus they are expensive.

regular solar, plus a few fans, plus underground temperature exchanges are the best ways to reduce your electrical usage to almost 15%, yet can get into the $100,000 range fairly quickly.

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