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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Mach-ete" data-source="post: 10154884" data-attributes="member: 16424"><p>A good place to start would be marine wind generators, I see them on sail boats around here all the time. I work with a company that installs Geothermal, PV, and Wind systems. We have installed 6 wind system of which 2 have not worked as designed. The 2 that failed were helical in design, noisy as hell and the bearings failed. </p><p></p><p>Storing the power with wind or PV is the big issue when going off grid. Having many deep cycle batteries to store the harnessed power then inverting it from DC to AC is another issue that needs to be addressed.</p><p></p><p>Most people that invest into these systems are in it to offset their existing electrical bills by coupling a special electric meter that runs backwards when the power being produced by the wind or solar unit is greater than the consumption inside the house. The power company reads the meter and sees you produce more power than consume, they reimburse the difference at the end of the month, or year depending on the power provider.</p><p></p><p>My advice for short term power outages, buy a small generator and tie it into your panel box with the help of a qualified electrician.</p><p></p><p>One more note, to go truly off grid you will need to engineer several forms of power harnessing. Wind generators, solar panels (photo votaic) solar thermal for hot water, a bank of deep cycle batteries and power inverters all tied into your electrical panel. This will cost a small fortune to engineer and install all the above. This is why I say just buy a small generator for short term power outages.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Mach-ete, post: 10154884, member: 16424"] A good place to start would be marine wind generators, I see them on sail boats around here all the time. I work with a company that installs Geothermal, PV, and Wind systems. We have installed 6 wind system of which 2 have not worked as designed. The 2 that failed were helical in design, noisy as hell and the bearings failed. Storing the power with wind or PV is the big issue when going off grid. Having many deep cycle batteries to store the harnessed power then inverting it from DC to AC is another issue that needs to be addressed. Most people that invest into these systems are in it to offset their existing electrical bills by coupling a special electric meter that runs backwards when the power being produced by the wind or solar unit is greater than the consumption inside the house. The power company reads the meter and sees you produce more power than consume, they reimburse the difference at the end of the month, or year depending on the power provider. My advice for short term power outages, buy a small generator and tie it into your panel box with the help of a qualified electrician. One more note, to go truly off grid you will need to engineer several forms of power harnessing. Wind generators, solar panels (photo votaic) solar thermal for hot water, a bank of deep cycle batteries and power inverters all tied into your electrical panel. This will cost a small fortune to engineer and install all the above. This is why I say just buy a small generator for short term power outages. [/QUOTE]
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