Hi Stanley thank you for the info Can you recommend a good wind turbine for a small house usage that really produces what it says on the manual and lasts the one on the market are very clumsy to say the least
Hi Stanley, from New Zealand, keep up your straight forward videos.. 15 years rural off grid with solar, wind and hydro. The hydro was 24/7 but required constant attention, mostly fish filters filling with leaves etc and floods. Eels climbed over nets and ground only to get carved up by the turbine. Wind mostly almost nothing with occasional flat out causing damage. Lots of attention way up the top of a hill. Solar with self tracking, good reliable max output most days. The hydro could usually be relied on to keep lead acid batteries on charge when loads were reduced so battery life enhanced. Excess power was dumped into wood burning kitchen stove hot water system A well installed grid tied system with anti-islanding is probably the easiest, but unpredictable power company policies are a major pain. Now in town with roof top solar, all hot water, Nissan Leaf and electric forklift. The big forklift battery can be drawn down if needed.
@@howardsimpson489 Thank you for the comment. That's quite interesting experiences you've had different forms of renewable energy technology. I like the forklift battery set up, that's a really great idea.
Thank you for the insightfull information. Considering boosting solar in die Western Cape area. Especially for the winter season with much cloudy periods and rain. Making solar rather leas effective.
@@erbotha Thank you for the comment. Even in cloudy or rainy whether, it's still a better investment to get more solar panels. If all solar panels are operating at, for argument sake, 50%, you can still meet you demand by have twice the number. It will still pay back sooner than wind.
@@andrievbastichy8551 There's an entrepreneur named Manoj, he invented 5 hour energy drink. He's created something like this. You can see it in the documentary "Billions in Change". The problem is this: elite cyclists, performing at their peak only produce about 300 Watts of power. One solar panel these days, just sitting in the sun, can do up to 600 Watts. You would have to cycle at peak power of a elite cyclists for a whole hour just to boil 5 liters of water. So, it's possible, but not really worth it.
Hi Stanley thank you for the info
Can you recommend a good wind turbine for a small house usage that really produces what it says on the manual and lasts the one on the market are very clumsy to say the least
Hi Stanley, from New Zealand, keep up your straight forward videos.. 15 years rural off grid with solar, wind and hydro. The hydro was 24/7 but required constant attention, mostly fish filters filling with leaves etc and floods. Eels climbed over nets and ground only to get carved up by the turbine. Wind mostly almost nothing with occasional flat out causing damage. Lots of attention way up the top of a hill. Solar with self tracking, good reliable max output most days. The hydro could usually be relied on to keep lead acid batteries on charge when loads were reduced so battery life enhanced. Excess power was dumped into wood burning kitchen stove hot water system A well installed grid tied system with anti-islanding is probably the easiest, but unpredictable power company policies are a major pain. Now in town with roof top solar, all hot water, Nissan Leaf and electric forklift. The big forklift battery can be drawn down if needed.
@@howardsimpson489 Thank you for the comment. That's quite interesting experiences you've had different forms of renewable energy technology. I like the forklift battery set up, that's a really great idea.
Thanks
You're welcome!
Thank you for the insightfull information. Considering boosting solar in die Western Cape area. Especially for the winter season with much cloudy periods and rain. Making solar rather leas effective.
@@erbotha Thank you for the comment. Even in cloudy or rainy whether, it's still a better investment to get more solar panels. If all solar panels are operating at, for argument sake, 50%, you can still meet you demand by have twice the number. It will still pay back sooner than wind.
Thank man
You're welcome!
*With solar panels you generate at least 10x more electricity with same investment!*
@@michaelvanallen6400 Yeah, solar panels are the best
i keep saying this if someone simply made some efficient cycling based generators i would buy one..
@@andrievbastichy8551 Cycling-based? Do you mean a bicycle?
@@shanleylutchman yes.. or some other movement based thing.. even a super large hamster wheel?
@@andrievbastichy8551 There's an entrepreneur named Manoj, he invented 5 hour energy drink. He's created something like this. You can see it in the documentary "Billions in Change".
The problem is this: elite cyclists, performing at their peak only produce about 300 Watts of power. One solar panel these days, just sitting in the sun, can do up to 600 Watts. You would have to cycle at peak power of a elite cyclists for a whole hour just to boil 5 liters of water. So, it's possible, but not really worth it.
@@shanleylutchman thnaks..
that clears up alot.👍 not efficient.
Wind turbines are worthless unless you are on Mt. Everest
Not worth
@@jamesyao9199 Yes, in most cases solar is better