Hey Welcome Back!!!

 

We have geo-thermal units installed and they do both heat and air through 6 deep wells. The unit's them selfs not the system is referred to as heat pumps from the manufacturer and truthfully I've seen both names in print or on the web. We also have a heat exchanger for a hot water system.

We're looking into wind turbines for the house and shop but haven't decided when that might come about yet.

Read today on the net that Solar will be coming down in price due to high tech company's getting heavily involved.

Some states actually give you tax credit for installing things like turbines or solar panels. How do you like the geothermal system?

We've had to add free-on to the system this year and a new hose but that ain't bad for the 20 or so years its been installed.

I'm getting strong hints from Meg the new green house will be going green ... not sure thats a pun or what!

 

I was re-Reading the article you posted about the guys house that he installed a sub floor for heating. It reminded me that the Romans used double rock walls with water in between that was heated by the sun and several of those have been found in the UK.

During the winter I've often leaned on a rock wall around here to warm my back.

:cool: Im back I have seen that on tv they put a grid on the sub floor to hold the tubes that circulate hot water so you get radiant heat insted of forsed air we are serisly consedring that when we get to build a house Just think no could floors in the middle of the night

I havent done mutch reserch on wind generation is it expensive and do they make a small one for like one house

Yes and no. Sorry no other way of saying it.

Wind turbines come in so many different stiles and sizes to fit everything from a camping trailer to a large city. Price wise is also dependent on manufacture and wattage output.

The ones for a small travail trailer will work at eve height or higher depending. I saw 2 of those on a government auction the other day and they went for $300. They were new old stock.

 

Here in this area we have the perfect amount of winds both for start up and running according to many people in the industry. We average from 3 mph well into the 70 mph range everyday!

Which would explain almost being blown off the second floor of the shop last weekend!

Of course the wind gets stronger higher up so some turbines want to be placed on taller poles.

The large turbines being manufactured in Skytook are being sent all over. The blades for these units are 90 feet long and dang near 14 feet in diameter where they bolt to the turbine.

 

The unit Meg is seriously looking at will completely fill the needs of 3 homes and the shop. This turbine can be placed on either a 100 or 150 foot pole. It starts up at 7 mph and stops making electricity just over 100 mph. It will go as high as 140 mph or higher with out damage and will auto shut down.

It runs about $ 5,000 then $ 1,000 for the pole and complete set up.

Ahhh come on .... a cold floor helps to get the blood circulating ..... Quick!!

You could always use rugs or ..... house slippers

You can go from small to large.

 

Here is a good site that compares many of the different popular brands.

 

http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/small_wind...ors_gallery.htm

 

What system is right for you (if any) depends a lot on your energy usage, location, lot size, wind speed, etc.

Thanks for the site it help alot

 

you mean like pink fuzzy bunny slippers

Well yeah!!

 

Personally I like the ones that look like puppy paws