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A wind generator solar cells hydrogen gas, any or all will save you lots-a $$

When a wind generator spins, it's making electricity; or so those who have a spinning gizmo claim. And when the winds blowin, maybe the sun is shinning; so use that too, make some more electricity. The point is - make electricity.

Maybe you won’t put Bonny Ville Power, or the National Grid out of business, but they’ll be glad to take any extra electricity you produce off your hands. Want more free energy, don’t forget to save enough of all that electricity to make some browns gas.

Browns gas! Oh yeah, that's just another name for hydrogen gas – in case you didn’t know.

Anyway, in order to make electricity, you need lots of stuff: at least a minimum of components for an entire system. This kind of system consists of lots of parts. A tower, guy wires, and of course the generator itself, maybe a controller, yeah and a load dump, a DC to AC inverter, a main breaker panel and a KW power meter and lots a hardware - and you’re all set.

Wind mills, wind turbines, wind generators, virtually everything windy: click on a page link below to read about a particular electrical component required for (PV solar, wind and hydro generators) alternative energy systems. Each one is explained in more detail:


  1. A Wind Turbine Setup
  2. Generator Dummy Load (load dump)
  3. The Photovoltaic Array
  4. The Array DC Disconnect
  5. Fusing The System
  6. The Charge Controller
  7. Do I Really Need A Charge Controller
  8. Battery System Monitor
  9. The (First National) Battery Bank
  10. Main DC Disconnect
  11. All About Inverters
  12. AC Breaker Panels
  13. The Kilowatt Power Meter
  14. Backup Generator AKA-Genset
  15. Wire and Cable
  16. Wire Size Table
  17. Miscellaneous Hardware
  18. Some Final Notes
  19. Most Often Asked Questions

Photovoltaic panels, hookup wiring, array DC disconnects and a system meters are there too. You already own the last two, so bring on the wind.

There’s wind generator kits and solar kits, racks, parts, and good books on just about any project. And don’t forget the hardware, everybody needs hardware; lots of it, nuts and bolts – you know; hardware. I like lot’s of it on hand just in case a new project pops up.

Then on top of these, there’s a bunch of wind and solar manufactures and distributors making and providing wind power generators, solar panels, magnets, charge controllers, dummy loads, master switches, inverters, wind generator blades and pipe and parts for making hydrogen gas. The fact is, there’s a whole raft of goodies for home power projects – well, just about everywhere.

If you’re like me, you can hang out a whole day in Home Depot®, Lowe’s Hardware® or Do It Best looking at stuff. But alas, since there’s only 24 hours in a day, I can only do one a day. I’ll confess I can’t imagine going into one of these places without buying something; at least a tube of measly washers. I may not use em for two years, but I’ve got em on hand when I need em!


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Whoa - a wind generator... seems like it needs a lot of stuff... You bet, so go home - think on it - then build one.

Hummm, okay when I get all the stuff, n put it all together, where do I put the darn thing?



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