Started out looking for guitar tuning pegs and ended up reading about making your own storage batteries. One of these using 'chemalloy' was purported to be 'over-unity'. I looked briefly into chemalloy, but found no usable information. I wish there wasn't so much ****e abounding in this field- but I guess there is in just about every field.
In any event, I was intrigued by the idea of making your own storage batteries. It's chemicals, materials, and packaging. Not rocket science, but with a few manageable hazards catered to, and some time to devote to such a project, - why not?
It's windy and cold here right now. These are precisely the conditions where I would simply use the power generated to feed into electric heating elements. No regulation, no complex controls, just heat coming out of the box whenever the wind blows. It would be supplemental heat to replace that which is extracted from the house when the wind is blowing. I doubt that a rooftop sized wind generator would overheat the house, and it could prove useful as part of a system to keep the gas furnace running if the power fails. Right now, the furnace won't run without power, since the fan has to blow the heat throughout the house. In a power failure, I'd run the fan from batteries and trick the furnace into staying in operation. Ok, that's my re-newed thoughts on how to best use a windmill that isn't too large to mount on the house.
Oh, one more thought I had- because heat is one of the primary needs in cold weather, and wind often accompanies that, why not use the power generated to feed an electric jacket? It shouldn't take much to keep a body warm, even if you can't keep the house warm with the limited amount of power available from a 'hobby project wind power system'. Extending that concept, how about electric slippers- keeping your feet warm goes a long way towards making a person comfortable even when it's cold in the house.
I don't believe in over-unity, in case anyone is wondering. I do believe that with some effort one could offset much of the discomfort that might be caused by a power failure, and I'm willing to go to some extent to install some kind of a system of my own to become just that little bit 'self-powered'.
Just some ramblings on a cold and boring night-
In any event, I was intrigued by the idea of making your own storage batteries. It's chemicals, materials, and packaging. Not rocket science, but with a few manageable hazards catered to, and some time to devote to such a project, - why not?
It's windy and cold here right now. These are precisely the conditions where I would simply use the power generated to feed into electric heating elements. No regulation, no complex controls, just heat coming out of the box whenever the wind blows. It would be supplemental heat to replace that which is extracted from the house when the wind is blowing. I doubt that a rooftop sized wind generator would overheat the house, and it could prove useful as part of a system to keep the gas furnace running if the power fails. Right now, the furnace won't run without power, since the fan has to blow the heat throughout the house. In a power failure, I'd run the fan from batteries and trick the furnace into staying in operation. Ok, that's my re-newed thoughts on how to best use a windmill that isn't too large to mount on the house.
Oh, one more thought I had- because heat is one of the primary needs in cold weather, and wind often accompanies that, why not use the power generated to feed an electric jacket? It shouldn't take much to keep a body warm, even if you can't keep the house warm with the limited amount of power available from a 'hobby project wind power system'. Extending that concept, how about electric slippers- keeping your feet warm goes a long way towards making a person comfortable even when it's cold in the house.
I don't believe in over-unity, in case anyone is wondering. I do believe that with some effort one could offset much of the discomfort that might be caused by a power failure, and I'm willing to go to some extent to install some kind of a system of my own to become just that little bit 'self-powered'.
Just some ramblings on a cold and boring night-
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