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Default Wind turbines - can be DIY made?


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... How much would the parts be?


Traditionally, you use the generator from an old bus and make the rest
from other bits of scrap.


If it's so easy I wonder why aren't people doing it ... or perhaps they
are and are keeping quiet about the results :-)


Generating electricity from wind turbines is not difficult. Generating it
when you need it is more of a problem. The B&Q turbines rely upon mains
electricity as a backup. Using the mains supply as the secondary source used
to be a breach of most domestic electricity supply contracts and selling
domestically generated electricity to the generating companies was once
quite unheard of.

Colin Bignell