When Our Family Decided

We really wanted to smooth out the wrinkles in our charging cycle as well as produce more power for our home, that meant adding more solar panels just wouldn’t work for us. Learning how to build a wind generator and here is why - You may want to build your own wind generator too. In the fall and winter the sun may not shine for weeks at a time.Once we knew where to look, the DC motor used for a generator was quickly located, as well as the free PVC pipe we used for the blades. Thus, no power is produced from the solar panels, no matter how many we would have.When our family decided that our small solar panel array just wasn't big enough to power our off grid home we had to make some choices on what to do. We took a look at the nice job he had done on his wind generator and decided to download our own plans. He had done just that recently with some plans he had downloaded from a website called Off Grid Living. Unless we could figure out a way to run ice through the hydro turbine that is. A quick assessment of our site told us we had wind energy potential. We would only need a 40 foot tower to get up to the good wind. Water power will produce 24/7 , but we had a problem with this option. From November until April our stream freezes solid and in order to produce power we need running water. We also had the option to just buy more solar panels. It produces about 600 watts of power at 24 volts.So, we started shopping for a wind generator. The wind definitely went out of our sales, so to speak, when we started looking at the price of new and used wind generators.They cost us $19.We could either diversify our Renewable Energy System, a choice between hydro power from our small stream or put up a wind generator.During our search for a wind generator a friend of ours suggested why not build a wind generator.. Our family is quite happy learning how to build a wind generator.There are times of the year when even a hundred solar panels and 10 times our present battery storage would not run our home.Hydro power is probably the most cost effective option if you have enough running water with an adequate drop to produce power.95 , but compared to the price in the thousands for a new or used wind generator to meet our needs it was a real bargain. Open space and a site that was free of obstructions for over 300 yards. The plans were simple.