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How to purchase or build your own small wind turbine

A wind turbine provides an easy way to generate some free electricity from a passing breeze and allows to you use this power in a variety of ways. When you decide to install one of the many home wind turbines, you have the option of buying a completely assembled wind turbine, or assembling one yourself from spare parts or one of the many wind power kits. Either way you decide to implement this alternative energy solution, it will provide years of free power as long as a breeze is blowing.

Wind turbine technology started being used to generate electricity several decades ago and the original wind turbines were built to be used by large wind farms and were typically installed and maintained by the local utility company. Because of their size they required a very large tower to elevate them so that they would have access to a strong and consistent wind to spin their blades. This technology eventually made its way to larger residential farms as well as homeowners that had large enough lots to support these huge wind turbines.

Buy wind power kits

As this wind power technology improved, smaller designs that were built specifically for home installation began to emerge. These made it easier for the average homeowner to install these home wind turbines and take advantage of this alternative energy source. These newer wind turbines for homes and lots that were smaller were designed to be more efficient at a lower wind speed than their larger predecessors. This smaller size also simplified the mounting of these turbines since it allowed them to be mounted on the homes roof. These roof wind turbines can generate quite a good bit of power from the average wind found in most residential settings.

Installing one of these wind power kits is very straightforward and you have the choice of buying one with all of the components assembled, or assembling it yourself from a kit. Using a wind power kit to build your wind turbine makes it easier since all of the components will be supplied for you and you can be sure they were chosen to work together to provide the highest amount of power possible when assembled. Building a wind turbine from a kit can save you a lot of money and is a great project for the family to do together.

Build home wind turbines from scratch

If you decide to build one of these home wind turbines from scratch, you will need to locate a set of plans and then find the various components required either locally or from an online parts supplier. Assembling a wind turbine from scratch is the least expensive option and there are plans available that can help you build one in about a weekend worth of time for very little money.

Whichever option you choose to build your home wind turbine, it will supply you a good amount of DC current when spinning and you can use this to charge a bank of batteries or supply power to small DC motors or lights. If you need to use the power from your home wind turbine to power other AC appliances, you can do this by adding an inverter to the system. The inverter will convert the DC current being produced by the wind turbine to AC current you can use in your home.