Anyone thinking of a wind turbine?

[Saltwater60]

I can across this article and never really thought about it, but there are a few for only a few hundred bucks and thought wow that’s pretty cool and a cheap and possibly good investment.

The Best Home Wind Turbines

The best home wind turbine can independently generate power and reduce reliance on conventional energy sources. See which models made our list of top picks.

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[BerettaGuy]

I saw hundreds of these in Ocean City MD. I wondered why I don't see them in NY.
If you reduce your electric bill with solar or wind, is not the taxes on those bills that NY collects then reduced?
How long do you think the overlords in Albany will allow such untaxed theft of sunshine and air, their air and sunshine, to continue. They own it and if you use it you gotta pay!

 

[Saltwater60]

I watched a video and this guys says for the most part not worth it. I’ll watch some more to see what other think. My concern is I do not have extra property and I do not have a lot of south facing roof space and I have some large trees around. Every calculator I do for solar says I’m at a net negative so solar makes little sense to me.

I would do the work myself and o would put maybe a few on my garage since I’m on a hill and the wind whips around my house into a funnel effect in that area. I wonder if I could get some sort of wind speed monitor and monitor it for a few months.

 

[Acer-m14]

when you drive down i390 sb ..

Cohocton Wind Farm​

all i see is a few working every time i pass them .. not all of them .. lol ..

if you can get a hold of AOC to do the blowing .. then you may make some electric ..

 

[Acer-m14]

@Saltwater60 .. NY has to many gray days for solar to work .. or uses tons of panels and storage to make up for it ..

 

[Saltwater60]

@Saltwater60 .. NY has to many gray days for solar to work .. or uses tons of panels and storage to make up for it ..

Exactly why I was wondering about a wind turbine.

 

[camper4lyfe]

I'm kind of intrigued by turbines. I don't have a good setup for solar, but lord do I have wind.

 

[MothMan]

These have caught my attention more than propeller type.

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[FRB]

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[Cavalry]

I bought one ($300 chinese special) a couple years ago. The thing works, but I am not in a spot where there is consistent wind. I believe its claimed to be 400w but like 75-150 is more realistic even when the wind is really blowing. Its a novelty at best for me, right up there with my micro turbine.

 

[SonOfSun]

No. Too much maintenance.

As Calvary listed.. a cheap wind turbine costs $300 for a 400 watt rated one (and that's generous) when you can get a 400 watt panel for about the same price. Solar doesn't require a huge tower, is way less maintenance, has less parts to break, etc.

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