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Why pay electricty bills, when for a few hundred dollars you could build your own wind turbine and generate electricity to power your home?  Most people believe domestic wind turbines are expensive to buy and install, but they don’t have to be!

Read about the advantages of making your own turbine in the article below:

Build Your Own Domestic Wind Turbine

Building your own domestic wind turbine is not as difficult as you may think. However forethought and planning will make all the difference in how effective your turbine wind generators are at providing power.

When looking to build you own wind turbine there are a few things you should consider first.

Your total power requirements – this will determine balde size and number of turbines
How windy is my site – Reduce the initial estimate by 30-50% (we will explain below)
Placement – Do I have good sites on te roof. Will my neighbours or the local council object?

Your Total Power Requirements.
A general rule for calculating how many and what size of domestic wind turbine you require is this. A average modern home consumes around 4,500 kWh. a year. In rough terms a domestic wind turbine with a 2 metre rotor diameter can yield (in good conditions) 500 kWh. per year. Alternatively a domestic wind turbine with a 5 metre rotor diameter can yield closer to 4,500 kWh on a good site. As you see the relationship between rotor diameter and power generation is not linear.

So firstly determine you annual kWh. power needs. From then determine how many and what type of domestic wind turbine you will install. Lastly,determine where will you install them?

How Windy is my site
Many people overestimate the wind speed and quality around their home. This is because the same building, trees and obstacles that make the wind sound like it is howling, are also cutting the force of the wind. This is why we generally lower the estimate on wind speed if the home is in a urban or suburban area. This ensures that we don’t underestimate the number of turbine wind generators we need.

Also look into the different types of turbine wind generator. Research what different types of wind generator will best suit your needs. In terms of building your own domestic wind turbine the key thing is to get a balance between your needs and your skills. It may be easier to build and site more smaller wind generators than a few big 5 metre, or vertical turbine wind generators.

Placement
In simple terms their are two options. On short towers on the roof on buildings. On tall ground towers. The vast majority of domestic wind turbine are placed on the roof, on a tower at a height that ensures the wind’s force is not dampened by the roof structure. They can also of coure be placed on a free standing towers away from any buildings or trees.

The key thing is to determine numbers, size and placement before you begin. In this way little complications like the domestic wind generator being too large for the place you have choosed, or not having enough wind in that spot, can be avioded.

Were to Get Plans for Building a Domestic Wind Turbine
You can find many plans for building turbine wind generators online, however this may not be the perfect solution. Firstly any alternative energy generation plan should have multiple power sources. For this reason you should always at least consider solar to supplement any power, even just installing diy solar water heating will help.

By: Jeremy Signcore

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Secondly plans are not experience. You can benefit from others experince if you join an online community, where you can ask questions and share ideas. A plan will not provide this. You can find more information on plans, and a community to share you learning and domestic wind turbine building success with here.

Learn more about how to make a wind turbine for just a few hundred dollars here.

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