alt.energy.renewable

On Oct 6, 6:01 pm, maur...@ (Mauried) wrote:
> It would as long as you were looking at it all the time.
> If you are serious about wind power you do need to log the wind speed
> over about a year to work out how much you get.
> Ive been doing exactly this for the same reasons and I dont get
> anywhere near enough, which is surprising.


I was planning on gettign this before i decide to start logging, as it
could help justify the cost of a decent anemometer

> If you live in suburbia, then its likley you wont get enuf either

bought a house in the country for other reasons, not quite on a hill,
but the trees sway just about all the time

> unless you can measure the wind speed at a height well above your roof
> height and that of your neighbours.
> You need clean wind , wind that isnt being obstructed by rooftops
> causing turbulance.

plan on putting the flag on a mast, then attaching the mast to the top
of one of the 50 ft trees that serve as a windbreak that i'd cut down
to install a windplant