Roof mounted turbine

 Hi

I posted a question before, got a lot of answers, and read many
articles, but the information is contradicting and confusing.

Some sites pretend to sell mini-turbine to mount on someone's roof,
other say such turbine will be sufficient to light one bulb at the
most.

I am from Israel, its tiny country and weather vary.

We are looking into the issue of home turbine, meaning a device
someone can buy and install in his yard or hopefully on his roof in
urban area, we would like to examine the issue regardless of the
weather in specific area.

So the question which is not clear to me yet: Are there any solutions
which are suitable for home? Are there any existing implementations
somewhere in the world?

Best regards,
Roni

  Roni,

If you are urban you may look forward to neighbors blaming the wind
generator for causing their TV to flicker. Or you may anticipate the
vibration if not connected correctly to your roof. Otherwise there are no
problems. I am sure you will convert to CFLs instead of standard light bulbs
if not already.

Ray

 

http://www.flightsimulatorandhobbies.com/


Select 'wind generator' from main page.

 rsegoly wrote:

The information is contradicting because you are getting answers
from around the world. Wind turbines need wind to work. Different
places around the world have different amounts of wind so they
will tell you different things based on their own experience.

You need to find out how much wind you have. This will tell you if
a wind turbine will work for you.

Good indications that you have enough wind is if tree branches
all point in one direction (flagging), if the wind makes a howling
sound when it blows or if people constantly complain about the wind.

You may be able to find a published report on wind resources
similar to these...
http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/maps.html


Yes, there are solutions you can simply buy and put up in your yard.
Some places sell complete kits with everything you need.

It looks like skystream is the most heavily advertised grid-tied
wind turbine here in the United States.
http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/

Anthony

 Thanks

I am going to approach Skystream and see what they can offer


On Mar 3, 8:29 pm, Anthony Matonak

States.http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/