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Kaine Member Since: 27 May 2006 Location: Hills of Shropshire Posts: 8902 ![]() ![]() |
now you can see my motivation ![]() |
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homeins Member Since: 13 Jan 2007 Location: NORTH WEST LANCASHIRE Posts: 18 ![]() ![]() |
mines at nil hahaha |
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Kaine Member Since: 27 May 2006 Location: Hills of Shropshire Posts: 8902 ![]() ![]() |
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Pelyma Member Since: 29 Sep 2005 Location: Sussex Posts: 1497 ![]() ![]() |
My son's school has a 10m wind turbine and is the windiest school is Sussex. It produced about £300 of electricity in its first year. The wind has to produce the correct voltage (unless using batteries) or the electricity is lost. I don't think any house holder is likley to install such a machine added to the fact it cost £30K plus servicing I don't think that is the answer. |
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ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It depends on how much you want to save our planet |
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JayMann Member Since: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Stop acting like snob when you just won the Lotto! Posts: 22898 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I'v seen a wind turbine for £1500 RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 ![]() ![]() |
When you say wind turbines I assume you're not talking about those massive ones you see down in Cornwall and that they're planning to build up in the Hebrides? How can you have one of those in your garden? |
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ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
one of the DIY chains are now selling wind turbines i think it might be B&Q, dont know what sort of power they put out, but there not that big, blades are about 1.5 M diameter some of my Previous cars
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JayMann Member Since: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Stop acting like snob when you just won the Lotto! Posts: 22898 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Don't think the homes ones are that big
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 ![]() ![]() |
Nice... it's a wonder they generate anything useful though |
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ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Just read the spec 1.75m blade swept area, |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 ![]() ![]() |
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Kaine Member Since: 27 May 2006 Location: Hills of Shropshire Posts: 8902 ![]() ![]() |
I will be just content with reducing my electrical consumption in the short term
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 ![]() ![]() |
About enough to recharge a torch battery! We have 2 Aerogens and 3 large solar panels on the boat I sail on on the west coast of Scotland and between them they are just enough to keep the house batteries charged up in the Scottish climate. It actually turns out to be a very expensive way to make electricity. I heard on the radio a couole of weekes back a lady complaining that some company in the north of England (she lived on the North York Moors) had sold her £200,000 worth of solar panels and wind turbines and in the first year of use she had made something like £300 worth of electricity and had not put any power back into the national grid as forecast in all projections that had been done for her................... basically it had been a white elephant for her, and something she would be paying for for a very long time instead of it being an investment. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it 2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced 2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW |
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