Home Wind Power Generator – What You Need To Know
A home wind power generator is a purchase that is becoming much more common today. The benefits of having one of these awesome renewable energy producers are numerous. These benefits include helping the environment by reducing pollution and greenhouse gases, saving a large amount of money on your energy bill, and many more.
In this brief article I want to clear up a few misconceptions that often surround the idea of home wind power.
The first one I want to discuss is the price of getting wind power for your home or business. This is the biggest concern of most of the people I speak to, so I figured I would tackle this issue first.
Recently I did a few minutes of searching online to determine what most companies want for a home wind power generator installation. The prices I found ranged from $2,000 to upwards of $20,000. An investment like that would take a LONG time to pay off, so most people end their learning about wind energy right there.
I want to assure you that there are much more affordable options out there. For instance, home wind energy kits are the latest new thing and they are basically taking over the wind power market. These kits give you all the instructions that you need to build your own windmill at home for a small price, usually under $250.
These instructions make it so easy that literally anyone use them. From the people I have talked to who have followed this path to making their own energy it took them just a few days of work. In fact, it seems like making one of these homemade windmills would be quite a fun family project.
The second misconception that I want to discuss today is the noise factor. The biggest complaint, for the most part, about wind power generators is that they are much too noisy. Sure, a $20,000 windmill is going to be noisy, because it is going to be huge!
To eliminate a very good chunk of your monthly power bill (anywhere from 20%-80%) you will not need a massive apparatus. One or two of these homemade windmills I was talking about a moment ago will do that for you quite easily. These smaller wind generators do not make noise at a volume that is intrusive to your life. Don’t worry about this misconception.
Next, I want to discuss the issue of wind speed. The debate on how much wind is necessary to make an adequate amount of energy will likely never end. This is because people’s demands are different. What I would tell you is that you don’t need as much wind as you might think.
You can save a lot of money every month with just a few miles per hour of wind. If you want to make a lot of energy, you might need an average wind speed of somewhere between 9-12 mph on a consistent basis. Keep in mind that you don’t need to make TONS of power! Every little bit helps, that is the point. Even if you only have wind three days a week, that is still free power.
I hope that this article has been helpful to you. I really encourage you to learn more about this subject and even make your own windmill at home.
