Can anyone recommend a supplier of wind generators for home use that is NOT a scam .?

Answer 1

http://www.hydrogenappliances.com/Hornet.html

Answer 2

There is no scam involved just that there is much more efficiency available to turbines mounted a clear 40 M or so above ground than to those at rooftop level.
Structurally most houses are unable to support a vibrating structure subject to significant fluctuating wind loadings without suffering significant cracking or similar damage.
Basically if you have cavity walls put the turbine on a pylon in the garden, if the planners let you. but basically there are no decent home turbines, the Germans have some very good drum type as opposed to propellor type turbines under development at pesent but basically the available technology does not deliver and when manufacturing, delivery, installation and maintainance energy costs are added the turbines will not re coup their energy or carbon costs before replacement becomes nescessary.
Unless you have no mains electricity Mini Turbines say " I want to be seen to be Green but an too stupid to know what is green"

Answer 3

I think the word scam should be referred to these and solar panels.

Certainly it sounds good for the green brigade but the source from panels, not turbines, is the best thing for green benign.
The application costs to switch between your own or the National grid involves all sorts of complications and maintenance over the pay back period.
Industry demands a max three year payoff period for a project which is also time adjusted for interest too.
Any of these things at the moment can be five times longer which if counterbalanced by that amount of interest loss and maintenance cost it will be very much cheaper to stick with what you have. So its not green, but neither is it green to work longer to pay the difference either.
When evaluating the green payback you must measure the on-cost of being green. For instance scrap metal doesn't get to India and back, or even from your house to the dump, for nothing in terms of and carbon cost to the environment.

I am a World's continuing worker for green, but at source where profit now comes before saving.
Half the world's carbon could be reduced here in three years.
London's water supplier is a good example where 30% of carbon costs are made twice for nothing. Once to throw it away and again to pump it out into the Thames. Don't forget to add on the reprocessing cost for labour machinery and site size.
Green movements are not vocal in the places where they can be really green.
Messing about with household's rubbish is ignored unless there is profit in it. Work out the carbon cost line from source to that reclaim bag it ends up in.
It is ten times the green saving.
Just one more thing. Your electricity savings will cause a carbon cost when put to the grid.
Learn about watt-less current and phase balancing.

Answer 4

First establish that your site is viable and then move on to the suppliers.
start with this site http://www.bwea.com/you/siting.html
Have a look at the grants available and other info at http://www.yes2wind.com/government_grants_links.html
And then go through the planing process before you even start the work, most councils are not ready for this issue at all and those that are aware have hardly prepared for the applications expected.
The much hyped B&Q devices are not a very good idea, speak to the profesionals.

Answer 5

maximum municipalities do no longer enable wind generators to be geared up. that's because of the fact they are gruesome, and the majority do no longer p.c. to envision them. so which you would be able to verify your community rules. a three foot blade won't generate plenty electrical energy... consistent with probability 100watts at finished means... thats in basic terms sufficient to maintain your television on. (TVs eat approximately 80w of electric energy whilst on, 20w whilst off) you will additionally want an electrician, on the grounds which you could prepare the means off on the line point, and the electrician will could connect the equipment on your powermeter. that's no longer a handmade undertaking.

Answer 6

go to your local b&q theres a firm that do turbines for domestic use selling them thru b&q the companys called windsave

Answer 7

Your on the web, run a search

Answer 8

at b&q they sell wind turbines now and solar panels

Answer 9

B & Q do them for around £1500.
diy.com/

Answer 10

Try this link it may help you

http://www.lookout2000.com/windpower/