| If you have a large piece of property, you can take | | | | - Wind meter to measure wind speeds in your |
| advantage of the best alternative energy for a home | | | | potential wind generator location |
| on large acreage. Build your own wind turbine | | | | - Blades |
| generator and you can cut your home energy costs | | | | - Shaft |
| significantly. | | | | - Tower |
| A wind generator looks like a giant fan with a few | | | | - Bank of wind generator batteries in which to store |
| thin blades atop a tall pole. You can find the parts | | | | the produced electricity |
| you need to make a wind generator online or at your | | | | - Wiring instructions/electrician depending on how you |
| local hardware store. All you need is a reliable set of | | | | intend to use the energy |
| plans and instructions to build your own wind turbine | | | | Most of the pieces, such as the blades and the shaft, |
| generator. | | | | can be made yourself. The tower will need to be a |
| It doesn't take too much space for a residential wind | | | | pole reaching many feet in the air and the exact |
| generator but lots of people don't want them right | | | | height will be dependent on any obstacles around the |
| next to their homes which is why this is a perfect | | | | selected area that might block wind from the fan |
| opportunity for alternative energy for a home on | | | | blades. The wind meter can help you find average |
| large acreage. The more wind that flows over the | | | | wind speeds at different heights. |
| particular clear space, the better your generator will | | | | Being able to use such an alternative energy for a |
| do. However a wind turbine can store electricity that | | | | home on large acreage may even allow you to take |
| is created but not used so that you can build energy | | | | your home completely off the standard electrical grid. |
| reserves for your own home. Your own electricity | | | | Others have certainly done so and being able to rely |
| company won't let you do that. | | | | on a free, renewable energy source - including |
| To build your own wind turbine generator you'll need: | | | | energy reserves for backup situations - is incredibly |
| - Plan schematics | | | | liberating both personally and financially. |
| - Instructions | | | | |