Re: Wind Power

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc Fuller wrote:

> I'm not an electrician, but here's my guess.
>
> A better way to think of electricity is pressure, rather than water.
> If the pressure in your ring man is more than the pressure coming in
> from the electricity supplier, then less will be used.


Indeed. I'd want to know what happens to any excess you generate though.
Normally I think you have to swap your electricity meter for one that
can cope with flow of power in either direction. It's a shame the UK
doesn't legislate to enforce price equality between electricity you get
from the grid and electricity you put onto the grid (AIUI that's how it
work in Germany, for example).

They also seem to skimp on the detail regarding how their product copes
in highly windy conditions.

Personally, I'd rather pay a bit more and get one from
www.provenenergy.com (not that I have the money to buy one anyway). They
have a 2.5kW turbine sited on top of a school in Japan which survived
135mph winds in a typhoon (whilst remaining operational)...

Jim