Comments on: Off-Grid Wind Power http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/off-grid-wind-power/ here's a tagline Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:33:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ClubPenguinCheatshttp://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/off-grid-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5857 ClubPenguinCheats Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:37:04 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1699#comment-5857 I believe they’re properly called wind generators or turbines, but the point of my comment is that she pictures a WATER pump. Here are 2 links to photos of wind devices that pump water: I believe they’re properly called wind generators or turbines, but the point of my comment is that she pictures a WATER pump. Here are 2 links to photos of wind devices that pump water:

]]> By: Kathy Handysidehttp://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/off-grid-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5778 Kathy Handyside Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:51:48 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1699#comment-5778 I like the horizontal idea of wind power. It's hard to find a residential area that will allow the tall tower you really need to make a wind-power system viable. When I have my Tumbleweed house, I plan on combining wind and solar power. I'm tired of being held hostage by the power companies! I like the horizontal idea of wind power. It’s hard to find a residential area that will allow the tall tower you really need to make a wind-power system viable. When I have my Tumbleweed house, I plan on combining wind and solar power. I’m tired of being held hostage by the power companies!

]]> By: Rossington Architecturehttp://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/off-grid-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-4971 Rossington Architecture Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:32:09 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1699#comment-4971 [...] furnishings from old RV’s, off-grid power stations to store and distribute energy, and off-grid uses of wind power to generate residential power. The Modern Shed “Modern Shed is simply about storage, fun, [...] [...] furnishings from old RV’s, off-grid power stations to store and distribute energy, and off-grid uses of wind power to generate residential power. The Modern Shed “Modern Shed is simply about storage, fun, [...]

]]> By: audreyhttp://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/off-grid-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-4948 audrey Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:07:32 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1699#comment-4948 where can i find this off grid wind power and is it for sell? if so where can i buy it? where can i find this off grid wind power and is it for sell? if so where can i buy it?

]]> By: Wes Justicehttp://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/off-grid-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-4840 Wes Justice Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:17:04 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1699#comment-4840 Great article Kent, but the YouTube video: Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Windmill . . . from the folks at GreenPower Science has a factual error in its history section that has, no doubt, given most of us viewers in flyover country a good snicker.She claims that windmills were used on farms in the US in the days before the R.E.C.'s were formed to grow the grid beyond the cities. I believe they're properly called wind generators or turbines, but the point of my comment is that she pictures a WATER pump. Here are 2 links to photos of wind devices that pump water:http://www.windmillersgazette.com/images/photo20.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Water_Pumping_Windmill.jpgWhat she SHOULD have pictured is something like the very popular Jacobs wind generators that ruled the plains back in the day:http://www.jacobswind.net/history.htmlThese look very similar to the generators you'll find advertized in Mother Earth or Home Power magazines because they all make electricity out of the wind. The "windmill" she showed looks totally different because it pumps water out of a well into a stock tank. The give away is the fact that it has the many stubby vanes required to provide the greater torque required to pump water vs. spinning a generator. FYI . . . . . . . .Again, great article otherwise. Keep'em comin'.Wes Great article Kent, but the YouTube video: Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Windmill . . . from the folks at GreenPower Science has a factual error in its history section that has, no doubt, given most of us viewers in flyover country a good snicker.

She claims that windmills were used on farms in the US in the days before the R.E.C.’s were formed to grow the grid beyond the cities. I believe they’re properly called wind generators or turbines, but the point of my comment is that she pictures a WATER pump. Here are 2 links to photos of wind devices that pump water:

http://www.windmillersgazette.com/images/photo20.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Water_Pumping_Windmill.jpg

What she SHOULD have pictured is something like the very popular Jacobs wind generators that ruled the plains back in the day:

http://www.jacobswind.net/history.html

These look very similar to the generators you’ll find advertized in Mother Earth or Home Power magazines because they all make electricity out of the wind. The “windmill” she showed looks totally different because it pumps water out of a well into a stock tank. The give away is the fact that it has the many stubby vanes required to provide the greater torque required to pump water vs. spinning a generator. FYI . . . . . . . .

Again, great article otherwise. Keep’em comin’.

Wes

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