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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (Edward Michael Smith)
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Subject: Re: Info needed: windmills for private electricity generation
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 17:45:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 17:45:30 1984
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> there are a lot of variables I still do not know about.  How much money
> will get you how much power?  Who makes them?  Can I make my own, from
> scratch, or from a kit?  What kind of efficiencies are possible and
> practical?
> 

There are many good books on windmills, and several companys that make
them.  (Also some bogus books and companies...).  One book I remember was
The Mother Earth Handbook of Homemade Power (?) or something like that.
I will get the correct reference from home.  It gave several ways to
do it your self.  As for the purchased windmills, pick up a copy of
The Mother Earth News.  Lots of ads in it.  I also remember having seen
a small one advertized in a boating magazine for use on sailing ships...

If I remember right (which is often in doubt...) the cost was about $2k
per peak kilowatt.  $/average kw depends on your wind.
-- 
E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

The opinions expressed by me are not necessarily those of anyone.
(And certainly not of Amdahl, any lawyers, and all the ships at sea.)