alt.energy.homepower

On Oct 7, 12:08 am, wmbjkREM...@ wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:16:36 -0000, beal...@ wrote:
> >The truth is that if you can't get your head around
> >the info then you had best not bother with wind generators.
>
> Nonsense. Most folks who add wind don't get very deep into "info",

Which is why your tower is too short, the airx is dead and you can't
account for the output.

> nor
> do they need to. Lots of people spend $500 for Air units or similar,
> stick them on all sorts of mounts in all sorts of settings good and
> bad, and most are happy with their investment. Even a little wind
> energy is a welcome boost to fixed solar because it gets the system
> out of that charge-for-a 1/3rd-of-the-time, discharge-for-2/3rds rut.
> For example, one neighbor has a pair of Air 403s on short
> unguyed-poles in what appeared to be a really crummy location. And yet
> they were roaring away when I visited, and he reports that he gets
> welcome production from them.
>
> Consider that if you used the time you've spent giving bad advice on
> Usenet about wind power, to instead add it to your own setup, then by
> now you'd have a better setup *and* perhaps even something worthwhile
> to say about the subject. Same with tracking, solar suction, ://www. /~wmbjk/
>
> Wayne