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How to build a Wind Turbine Video Part 3

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How to build a Wind Turbine Video Intro

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HomemadeEnergy.org

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:29:38 +0000

Are you tired of spending 100’s of dollars a month on your power bill? Did you know that there is a better way? It is called solar energy. It is the same kind of energy that powers your home the exact same and it is so much cheaper and will help to save the earth. Solar powered energy comes from renewable resources such as the sun and wind. You can learn how to make your own solar energy system inside of your home by purchasing the online book at homemadeenergy.org It is all going to cost you less than 200 dollars to set up your own panel inside of your home. Anyone can do it, and it is spreading like wildfire. You do not need to go out and spend a lot of money to do this when it is really going to be extremely easy to do it yourself.

Once you switch, you are going to be saving thousands of dollars each year. After you have enough panels set up in your home, you can eventually eliminate your existing electrical power source that is zapping the Earth of her most valuable resources. Many people do not yet know about renewable energy or that it even exists. It does and it is something that we desperately need to be doing not just because we will be saving on our power bill.

Don’t you want to be spending your hard earned money on more important things? Things that you and your family need such as food and other necessities? The average American pays 250 dollars a month for their local power company bill. That is over 4,000 dollars a year! There is no telling how much your local power company adds on due to faulty leaks and other mishaps that you may be unaware of. People need to be informed, and the e-book Homemade energy will explain everything. There are so many innocent hard-working people out here spending over a 4th of their income on their power bill and it does not have to be this way.

Each month, we all dread getting the power bill. Why go on torturing yourself any longer? Now that you know that there is a much better, cheaper, and effective way, you should make the decision of adding solar power to your home and just see the difference it will make. You are probably going to like it better than what you are used to and you are going to love the fact that you are saving 1000’s a year. It may sound like this is going to be a hard task, but the e-book explains it all. It is so simple that even a 15-year-old would not have any trouble installing a solar energy powered system. The system pays for itself within 1 month, so you are actually getting your money back within 30 days. Be sure to go to Homemadeenergy.org to check out this very affordable book and you are going to be amazed at the things you are going to learn and how fun it will be to set up your very own solar powered system to save you and your family 1000’s per year.

How To Make Homemade Electricity

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:18:27 +0000

Homemade Electricity

With the rising costs of electricity as well as the uncertainty caused by the current economic conditions, many people across America and around the world are starting to feel the pinch caused by electric prices. To make it worse, as technology advances, we are constantly using more and more electricity to power our everyday appliances.

Items such as air conditioners and electric heating systems do use a lot of energy and run up high electric bills for home owners everywhere.

And to make matters even worse, is the fact that over 90% of the electricity generate in the United States comes from non-renewable sources, such as Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal. These resources are being depleted day by day, and when they are gone, they will be gone permanently. There is also the environmental impact caused by producing energy from these types of materials, which cause massive amounts of pollution and environmental damage day by day.

There are of course alternatives. Wind power and solar power do use renewable sources and do not release harmful pollutants into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, they represent less then 1% of all the power that is produced in the United States at this time.

So what is the solution to all these issues? Sure, you can try to do your part in order to save electricity, by using energy efficient appliances and do everything you can to reduce your power consumption. But in most cases, it will not have any significant impact on your electric bill, and may not be feasible for everyone. For example, few people have the money to completely replace their household appliances and heating system with newer, more energy efficient ones.

The answer would be simple: use Homemade Electricity.

Thankfully in this day, there exists solutions that allow you to use renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar panels to produce enough energy in order to power your home.

So why aren’t more people using them? One of the reasons is their cost. Those appliances are mainly designed for commercial and industrial applications. As such, the cost can be in the thousands of Dollars just for one product, and this doesn’t even include the cost of setting up the product, which can run well in the hundreds of dollars.

However, there is still a viable solution. You can now build your own Homemade Electricity, such as wind turbines and solar panels. And you don’t need to be some kind of inventor or scientist in order to be able to do so. You won’t need to spend countless amounts of money either.

For example, the components required in order to build a solar panel that can provide enough energy to power your home can be acquired for less than $200 at a local hardware store. Setting up such a system is also easy, and can be done in one day, as well as being a fun activity in which you family can participate. The investment that you make will pay off in the very first month of using it as well.

Now is the time to take action and use renewable sources of Homemade Electricity and start saving your money and the environment.

How a Solar Cell Works

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:53:13 +0000

A solar cell is a device which changes sunlight into electricity. A more technical term for a solar cell is a photovoltaic cell.

The term “photo” derives from the Greek word for “light,” and the term “voltaic” comes from the word “volt” which means “electrical force.” A “cell” is a small receptacle or container containing electrodes which generate power.

Thus, a photovoltaic cell is a container that creates electric force, through light.

Whereas a solar cell can generate electricity from any light source, its intended use is the collection of solar energy from the sun.

How a Solar Cell Works

The solar cell works as follows:

Photons (which are particles of light in sun rays) hit the surface of the solar cell and are absorbed a semiconductor, such as silicon.

These photons (bits of sunlight) knock electrons loose from the atoms inside the semiconductor. The photons then push the electrons along, leaving a “gap” in the atom. Another electron is then pulled from an adjacent atom to fill the gap. And so an electrical flow is generated.

The simplicity of this is that one atom has an extra electron, and the other atom is missing one. This is referred to as a “difference in potential.” Nature, wanting to remain balanced, tries to even things out by pulling another electron from the neighboring atom.

A solar panel is comprised of a group of solar cells which are linked together to produce the desired amount of electrical energy.

A group of solar cells linked together can also be referred to as a “module.” Thus the terms “solar panel,” and “solar module,” are synonymous to each other, and essentially mean the exact same thing. “Solar panel” is the more common term, and “solar module” is the technical term.

One can use solar panels individually or one can link several together in order to generate more electricity. When a group of solar panels are linked together, it is called a “solar array”. The more solar panels are included in a solar array, the more power they produce.

Solar Power is a clean and virtually unlimited source of energy. I say “virtually unlimited” because the sun itself won’t last forever. But we won’t have to worry about that for the next few billion years.

Since solar power is a clean energy source which has been around for decades, one might wonder why its not used more. The answer to this lies partially in the cost of producing solar panels, as well as in the efficiency of the solar panels.

We are currently in the second generation of solar panel technology and verging on the third. A lot has changed since the first generation. Solar panels a are becoming a viable source of clean energy.

The solar cells of earlier times were relatively large and bulky compared to our current models. In view of the amount of energy and material required to produce them, and the amount of energy they actually produced, it was more costly to use solar energy than to use fossil fuels. The only exception was in places where little or no fossil fuels were available, such as in space.

With the second-generation solar cells, we attempted to tackle this exact problem. We attempted improve manufacturing techniques so as to reduce the costs, materials and energy needed for the production of solar cells.

Recently, major advances have been made in the production of solar cells, which have reduced production costs.

One contribution in this area was the development of techniques to coat glass or ceramic materials with very thin layers of semi-conductive substances. This made it possible to produce solar panels using only a fraction of the semi-conductive material that was required earlier. The production of solar panels using this second-generation technology is referred to as “Thin Film Technology.”

Third-generation solar energy technologies are currently being researched and developed. The objective is to improve the power of solar cells even further (while keeping production costs to a minimum) in which case thirty to sixty percent of the sunlight hitting the panels will be converted into electricity. (Currently, solar panels convert only about twenty percent.)

But regardless of third generation solar technology, the second-generation solar cell is efficient enough to make solar technology viable – and a host of new solar-powered products have hit the consumer market.

Solar-powered calculators have been in use for a while now, we’ve all seen them. We have even seen a few other novelty devices. But only in the last few years have solar devices come into serious and practical use.

The last two years in particular have seen a virtual explosion of solar devices hitting the market. Solar flashlights (I’ve often wandered what use they were), solar-powered radios, and, recently, solar battery chargers.

One can also now find a wide range of portable solar chargers and panels, which are lightweight and easy to transport, yet capable of providing a decent amount of power in even the most remote locations. Solar chargers are becoming a standard part of wilderness survival kits and emergency preparedness kits.

All of this is a result of the developments in solar cell technology, and the coming of the Solar Age.

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Grass Roots (and EASY) Energy Independence?

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:27:49 +0000

Wind Turbine kw?

The old adage warns, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Fortunately, as with anything, there are exceptions that prove the rule.

HomeMadeEnergy’s at home renewable power guide is one such example.

Many of us would love to drop off the grid – for the sake of our pocket books and for the sake of the planet. However most of us are not ready to adopt the lifestyle this used to entail – forsaking air conditioning, televisions, coffee makers, computers – items upon which we have become dependent.

Electronic conveniences are inextricably intertwined with modern life and while increasing their efficiency is one way we can minimize our impact on the planet, it does not eliminate our need for power.

Fortunately alternative power sources are not as inaccessible as you might think and can easily be assembled and installed for home use. The materials are not prohibitively expensive and the initial cost will quickly be offset by the reduction in your electricity bill.
HomeMadeEnergy’s at home renewable power guide provides information to help you choose whether solar or wind (or both) is the best for your location, as well as step by step instructions detailing which materials are required and how to set them up to meet your electricity needs. The guide even includes tips for negotiating better pricing on the requisite components at your local hardware store.

Using readily available items and easy to follow instructions, switching to home made energy from solar panels and wind turbines becomes a fun and rewarding project. The solar panels are even portable, making them perfect for camping and travel needs. The solar panels and wind turbines create enough kilowatts (Wind Turbine kw ) to power virtually any household item.

With a bit of ingenuity, the power company will be paying you at the end of the month!

Like any true grass roots solution, HomeMadeEnergy’s at home renewable power guide puts the information required to make a difference in your hands. Guaranteed to be achievable with any level of technical ability, implementable in virtually any location or environment, all with common items available at most hardware stores, this has the potential to revolutionize power production.

Our hesitance to believe that there can be an easy (green) solution to our insatiable energy needs and the consequences of its production leads us to passively wait for others to provide the solution. When problems seem too big to tackle at the individual level, we tend to despair and do nothing. But time and again we are disappointed with government and industry’s inability to act in all of our long term interest.

With the HomeMadeEnergy’s at home renewable power guide individuals are empowered to take control of their own energy requirements and meet them on their own terms – homemade energy from readily available wind and solar power.

In this case although it sounds too good (and easy) to be true that you can become energy self-sufficient and maintain your lifestyle, it is not. It is simple and rewarding and possible with HomeMadeEnergy’s at home renewable power guide.

(For those of you still wary, there’s a 60 day, no qualifications, money back guarantee.)

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Output Of A Wind Turbine kw

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:51:31 +0000

Wind power consumes no fuel, and doesn’t exhaust any resources. Since wind is a constant and continual force on Earth, electricity can be generated at virtually no cost to the environment. The average wind farm will “pay back” the energy used to manufacture the turbines in a span of only five months. Smaller, household turbines can pay-back the manufacturing energy cost in less than one month, with the potential to re-pay the initial financial cost within the first year.

With the right tools and equipment, it is even possible to build your own wind turbine, greatly reducing the start-up cost to only $250, allowing you to almost completely pay-back the initial investment within the first month. Generating your own home made energy will reduce your carbon footprint and save you money every year.
Although wind Turbines placed on a building will not replace the need for non-renewable electricity anytime soon, and they won’t take the place of coal power alone, they can greatly supplement your energy needs, especially when used in conjunction with other renewable energy sources. An efficient residential wind generator can produce 1,200 kilowatts of electricity every month, decreasing the average power bill by up to 80%.

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The Power Output Of A Wind Turbine kw

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:47:00 +0000

Wind systems usually require more maintenance than other homemade energy devices, like solar-electric or hydro-electric systems, but with minimal time they can be productive sources of renewable energy. On a simple scale, a wind generator uses rotating blades to harvest the wind’s kinetic energy and convert it into electricity. One-blade wind turbines are the most efficient, but they lack the balance of multi-bladed generators, so the most common house-hold wind turbine should have three blades-a compromise between efficiency and balance.

Wind power constitutes less than 1% of all electricity that is consumed. Although it isn’t practical to completely replace coal power with a wind generator, a small turbine can help off-set the cost of electricity needed to power the average American home.
The electricity output of wind turbines is harder to calculate than that of solar power, since it is dependent on wind speed. Small increases in wind speed can largely increase the power output of a generator; in fact, a 10% increase in wind speed is enough to improve power output by 33%. Since higher speeds generate more electricity, the output of a wind generator will come in short burst, rather than a continual, predictable stream of electricity.

In a New Mexico study, it was found that half of the energy that was available from wind was obtained in only 15% of the operating time. The output of a wind generator is dependent on both the size of the generator and the speed of the wind. Since homes typically use about 800 kilowatts of power every month, a wind turbine kW of 5-10 kilowatts is enough to produce homemade energy for the average household. The minimum wind speed required to benefit from a wind generator is 10 mph, but as wind speed increases, the output of the generator also increases.

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Solar Panels + Energy: Energy for the 21st Century!

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:41:02 +0000

We all remember as a kid how watching the Jetsons made us think that in the 21st Century, we were going to be in flying cars, food would be ready in no time at the push of a button, we would never have to worry about the effect of electricity use in our homes and we would have sexy teenage girls with white hair. Well, we didn’t get the date with Judy Jetson or the flying car, but one thing that we do have the capability of doing is being able to produce a zero-emission, fully renewable energy source. Why not tap into the awesome power of Mother Nature and use solar and wind power?

If you look at statistics, 94% of all energy consumed in the United States is non-renewable. Once we get rid of it, it’s gone! Is this the better Earth that we were promised? Of course not! With pollution and global warming still imminent threats, isn’t renewable energy the right way to go?

What are the benefits of solar and wind power? Well, ten years from now, all the solar energy you use will still be free and zero-emission. You literally are doing your part to curb global warming, smog and other problems like the Asian Brown Cloud, which is caused largely by fossil fuels.

The electric company doesn’t like the idea of solar and wind power for one very important reason — You can’t put a meter on the sun or on the wind that blows across your face. This is power and if it’s available, why not utilize it for the best reason of all: Powering your home and contributing to your part in saving the environment?

Wind Power is another viable energy source — anyone who’s been to Holland loves the windmills and how they go around and produce energy. Well, they’re not just there for show. You can create your own energy using that too, and again, it’s fully renewable! You put up a windmill on your roof the size of a small pet and with the right tools, it can harness enough energy for you to go completely off-grid!

But how does one go about getting solar energy? One good place to look for an economical way to build your own solar energy source is www.homemadeenergy.org. With a little bit of know-how and a couple of hours time, you could build your own solar and wind powered system, harness the awesome power of that star that’s 93 million miles away and in no time, you’ll be powering all your kitchen appliances, computers, even game room accessories with no worries about having to wear a gas mask.

In conclusion, the way of the future is to look beyond coal, oil and natural gas and look towards smart ways to power your home and not put any more CO2 in the sky than needed, by making your own solar panels and wind turbines. And best of all, your boss will be a heck of a lot more understanding than Mr. Spacely.

Homemade Energy or Earth4Energy

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:54:46 +0000

Warning: Do not waste your money
on any D.I.Y. home energy guides
until you read this message!

When we searched for solar or wind power kits on the Internet, we discovered that there were numerous D.I.Y. home energy “kits” available online. We decided to purchase and review different guides, both for our own personal use and for the use of our friends and neighbors. We have compiled our findings here, to share with you, the general public. We tried as many of the guides as we could find, especially those that offered a 100% guarantee. We figured that if what they had to tell us did not work, then we would just get our money back!

We set our review criteria based on what mattered to us the most: how easy it was to use the guide, quality and price of the materials, overall reduction in energy consumption and related costs, and how quickly we could complete the projects.

Out of 14 different do-it-yourself home energy guides, three met our criteria, while one seemed to stand out above and beyond all the rest. These three showed us a measurable amount of energy savings, 50% or more. They were easy to install, with simple instructions and simple tool use such as hand-held screw drivers. The price to set these up were less than $200, with the largest portion of the cost from the purchase of necessary materials.

Here are the three products that we recommend, but please don’t take our word for it. Try it for yourself, and if you are not pleased, they will give you back your money! If you are thinking about trying out one of these guides, we advise you to set aside a day or two (such as the weekend) to purchase the materials and put the projects together.

#1 Homemade Energy

Among 14 different home energy guides, Home Made Energy was the easiest to follow, easiest to comprehend, and provided the best energy savings overall.

The guide assumes that you know nothing at all about solar or wind power generators. It takes you by the hand, providing a step-by-step fully illustrated instructions manual that can easily be used as a fun family weekend project!

The materials are cheap and readily available. It is geared towards the novice homeowner who wants to save money on average electric bills.

Click Here to Access HomeMade Energy

#2 Earth4Energy

Our second best choice also teaches you how to use solar or wind power or both. The guide has lots of case studies which shows how real people, like you and me, used their guide and had great success with it.
Over all, it does teach you the same techniques as HomeMade energy as far as solar and wind power creation, but the directions were harder to follow.
The price was comparable between the two, so the main difference has to do with the fact that we were able to follow the Homemade energy guide much easier than the Hearth4energy one.

Click Here to Access Earth4Energy

#3 Home Made Power-Plant

This guide was also easy to follow, although it tends to lean more towards making your own biodiesel to heat your home. It also includes numerous tips and techniques for conserving home energy.

Over all, it does teach you the same techniques as HomeMade Energy as far as solar and wind power creation, but the directions were harder to follow.

The price was comparable between the two, so the main difference has to do with the fact that we were able to follow the HomeMade Energy guide much easier than the Home Made Power-Plant one.

Click Here to Access Home Power Plant

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