DIY Guy

Hey all

Heres a great invention for the home owner looking to save some serious cash!

Wind Turbine electricity generators from Windsave.com

I was in B&Q were I first saw these and after chasing staff around the store looking for info on these, it was easier just to call the company themselves.

They charge £1500 per turbine which covers the entire survey, supply and installation and each unit can generate up to 1 megawatt of power per year.

Thats enough to power 10 x 100 watt light bulbs all year round!
(Obviously this depends on where you live and wind conditions)

They do need to survey your property first to ensure suitability and wont install if your property is not suitable (in which case you don't pay) but for £1500 this has to be an excellent way to go?

I wonder if anybody else has ever had one of these installed?

griffdsp

The question is how much would it cost to run 10 x 100 watt bulbs for a year and does the cost of the turbine offset its self? i suppose it would over time but i wonder how long it would take!

drystonewall

One of my customers has one of these installed, I sat and watched the control box one windy day and i was disappointed to see the turbine only generating enough power for a couple of seconds once or twice a minute.

This chap lives in a very windy area, infact there is always a breeze there, I think these things are only going to save you money if you are on top of a mountain in Wales or Scotland.

He also has a heat exchange pump for his swimming pool and solar panels for hot water, now these are two things that I really do recommend. and really do save him money.

cheers me dears,

Nigel.

ajwt2

Driving along the motorway the other day I was musing about the big electricity pylons. Surely if these little turbines make economic and environmental sense (i.e the electricity they make more than compensates for the Carbon footpring required to make them) then surely we should have one installed on the top of each big electricity pylon?

It doesn't use up any more space, it doesnt really create an eyesore as there is already a great big lump of steel tower in your vision, AND the electricity can go straight into the National Grid.

I pondered this for a while, then decided to watch the road.