| Have you ever wanted to make your home | | | | investment, this type of installation will eventually |
| more energy-independent and not so dependent | | | | pay for itself as you will be paying less each |
| on power companies, and fluctuating energy | | | | month on your power bill (typically paying only |
| prices? Many people are reaching this conclusion | | | | 10% to 50% of your original power cost!). You will |
| but a home wind generator and particularly a DIY | | | | need to work out what this means for your |
| wind turbine isn't usually the first solution they | | | | particular situation by looking at your power usage |
| think about. Solar home power is probably their | | | | figures, but the average return on investment |
| first thought but there are alternatives to solar | | | | period is somewhere between 8 and 15 years. |
| power and a DIY wind turbine is certainly an | | | | Given these figures, it's worth knowing that you |
| option worth considering. These home wind | | | | can build your own DIY wind turbine for much, |
| generators are not the same size as full | | | | much less than this - to build a complete home |
| generators as they are designed to power just | | | | wind generator solution, sourcing your materials as |
| one home. | | | | cheaply as possible and doing everything yourself, |
| Home wind generators use clean, renewable | | | | will cost hundreds rather than thousands of dollars. |
| energy by converting wind power to energy that | | | | So your return on investment will happen very |
| can be used by the home and a DIY wind turbine | | | | quickly; sometimes you can recoup your costs on |
| is the cheapest home wind generator solution. It | | | | your very first power bill, which is great. |
| can be used on its own or in combination with | | | | There are guides which can show you how to |
| other home energy solutions, such as solar home | | | | build a DIY wind turbine from scratch and take |
| power. | | | | you through the whole process, step-by-step, so |
| The basic requirements for home wind generators | | | | this option is definitely worth thinking about. In |
| are obviously very different from those for solar | | | | addition to sourcing the materials for your home |
| home power, the main difference being that you | | | | wind generator, you will need access to some |
| need space to set up your DIY wind turbine. | | | | DIY tools - a grinder, a jigsaw, screwdrivers, a |
| Where you set it up depends on the wind flow | | | | socket set, for example, but don't let this put you |
| through the area. Obviously the areas with | | | | off the project - the cost implications of this DIY |
| stronger wind currents are going to see the best | | | | option are too huge not to give this a go and you |
| results (a minimum average of 10 mph is | | | | will find that, with some of these guides, the |
| recommended). After all, DIY wind turbines, like | | | | instructions have been made very simple with the |
| their bigger cousins, rely on wind power to work. | | | | average homeowner in mind. The time you invest |
| If you have the right situation to build a home | | | | in a DIY wind turbine project will be more than |
| wind generator you then need to decide whether | | | | offset by the enormous savings you can make. |
| you buy a wind turbine kit or whether you build | | | | And the feeling of being energy-independent you |
| your own DIY wind turbine. The first option will | | | | will get once you have your own home wind |
| cost significantly more than the second - one | | | | generator system up and running is wonderful, as |
| large enough to power an average home will | | | | more and more people are finding out for |
| typically cost several thousand dollars. Even so, if | | | | themselves. |
| you are prepared to wait for your return on | | | | |