http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/ Home Energy Systems Discussion Mon, 12 May 2008 13:14:39 GMT Phil http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23728 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23728 Hi, I've been looking to get a wind turbine for my home. I've talked with several companies, and it looks like I need a 20Kw wind turbine to meet my all Mon, 12 May 2008 13:14:20 GMT Freepower http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23727 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23727 Hi Gang, New topic. Looking back on the list I have never seen any discussion on the importance of matching the mast design to the turbine RPM range in order Mon, 12 May 2008 13:14:05 GMT David Simms http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23726 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23726 re. tower height; Go high, young man. The advantages of each increment of height, particularly in a marginal wind area, are too numerous to ignore. You need to Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:50 GMT G Steven Kempe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23725 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23725 I'm considering changing my 15kw 12 volt battery bank over to a 24 volt bank. I have two 3000/6000 watt 12 volt Richmond Inverters. Has anybody successfully Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:45 GMT Anthony Chessick http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23724 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23724 Contact me for a .pdf file of meter readings of our 65 kw to 108 kw turbines here, average revenue from the electrical utility for power production over one Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:38 GMT Jason MeGahee http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23723 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23723 Well, since you asked. Check out http://www.kiteship.com/ and check out the cargo shipping stuff. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:37 GMT Steven Woodcock http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23722 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23722 I'm afraid you misunderstand me, though I probably wasn't clear enough. I *like* having excess power and view it exactly as you do. As an engineer I'm a firm Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:24 GMT frostbitnome http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23721 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23721 Perhaps this post will make it on. My other two failed to make it, for whatever reason. This is a village 200 miles from Nome. Heating fuel and Diesel is $6 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:16 GMT Jeffrey Lim http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23720 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23720 Pardon me if this is an intrusion. Excess power-system is not an overkill. You just need to manage and store it as a future back up. More is better if you can Mon, 12 May 2008 13:13:07 GMT Douglas Terry http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23719 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23719 All the links at http://csf.colorado.edu/ ....ARE DEAD (old posts 1999 and on) are these anywhere else?? Mon, 12 May 2008 13:12:59 GMT dougselsam http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23718 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23718 I was reflecting on how newbies comment on the backbiting and teasing that goes on in this list - reminds me of someone going to a football game and saying Mon, 12 May 2008 13:12:25 GMT Doug Selsam http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23717 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23717 Hmm nevermind I read my own posting and I did say I was gonna quit. But I was kidding. Glad you are here on the list Ed. I guess I need to read my own Mon, 12 May 2008 13:12:17 GMT Edward Tsang http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23716 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23716 Yeah, Doug, But you have to start writing more readably. It's pretty hard to make sense of it sometimes when it is written in pre-punctuation format. Ed ... Mon, 12 May 2008 13:12:11 GMT ellipse55@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23715 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23715 My feelings exactly. Pierre. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 09 May 2008 13:09:50 GMT woodard214 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23714 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/message/23714 This has been done many times in Denmark, though they have the institutional framework for it. You might want to read Paul Gipe's book "Wind Energy comes of