Joeteck
Retired
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2001
- Location
- Long Island
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your will need a least a 2kw array to run a room in a house full of pc's
looking in excess of 20,000£
whats you solar insolation for your area??
Go go wind power!
HF has them for $179 currently
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa...e&r=7560_878593&cust=77963248920&keycode=0000
SSS,
you know i thought about trying to use some cheap fans i have from old cases. to come up with a wind generator, i figured why not, they were free with the case. worst case is it wont work to well... its free and will be interesting for sure..
making solar panels doesnt seem to be that hard from what i have looked into. the thing is depending on the solar cell you use in the panel can be tricky. as the more efficient cells are very easy to break...I just bought my 1st home a few months ago and I've always wanted solar and wind power. I've been watching the technology over the years, the biggest problem for consumer wind turbines is the wind used to have to be 7-10mph to get a consumer wind turbine to spin, but that Honeywell unit needs 2mph, so I'm checking out my options. The guy next door to me is a broker, in his garage he has a solar array he built in two weekends. It's a good ten foot long and made from scratch & he's not just smart, but serioulsy mechanically inclined, he puts me to shame. You should see the bedroom he made for his daughter. He built her a small scale winding staircase from her room into a finished attic playroom he made her. I'll take a picture of it next time I'm there. Not something you see everyday.
I wanna live on the "other side" of you Sam.