The Extreme Green Guide to Wind Turbines

By Philip Rastocny

Have you ever contemplated installing a wind
turbine in your back yard? These easy-to-use step-by-step instructions to help you find unbiased answers without the pressure of someone trying to sell you something.

Including twenty seven figures and four appendices, these instructions show you how to evaluate your electrical usage, determine what is possible, and suggest compromises.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Philip Rastocny
• Release date: Jan 5, 2011

Philip Rastocny

A spiritual being having a human experience, I have led an interesting life in this body. Upon my soul’s entry into physical form, I felt in touch with my spirit from a very early age. Questioning the interpretation of reality presented by my own senses, the only truth I found was my connection with the Creator. Exploring the mysteries of life and searching for the answers to classic questions like “Why am I here?” and “What is life all about?” made my personal spirituality my primary focus.While in youthful physical form, my Karma attracted I me to science and math thereby embracing the fascinating mechanical aspects of life. Marveling at how things worked, I was intrigued by complex designs. At age six, I routinely disassembled clocks, lamps, and play toys reassembling them all without a hitch. Building blocks and left over hardware scraps were a huge source of entertainment and an outlet for my creativity.My inquiring spirit found a similar fascination with personal relationships. In them, I discovered something new—my emotions transcended physical form and bonded with my insatiable search for understanding. Puzzled by the conflicting priorities between the heart and the mind, I sought balance after permitting my mind to manage—and correspondingly ruin—these relationships.Along my passionate journey, I consistently chose love and desired to experience it at its highest level. While enjoying the physical form, love’s emotional intensity far exceeded anything my body desired. Like dissecting a clock, I wanted to explore all there was to know about this unique feeling. Love is still my primary journey, and one that appears to have no end.When finding my soul mate, Althea, our immediate attraction was like two magnets jumping towards each other, and my journey seemed complete. From the first moments of our meeting we were inseparable. Different from enmeshment, our respect and encouragement for individual choice and unquestioning support led us to live a life of unconditional love and happiness that poets ponder.

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The

Extreme Green™

Guide to

Wind Turbines

By Philip Rastocny

The Extreme Green™ Guide to Wind Turbines

By Philip Rastocny

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Publisher: Grasslands Publishing House, 8526 Central Avenue, Brooksville, Florida 34613

First edition — November, 2010

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Table of Contents

Forward

Disclaimer

The Extreme Green™ Guide to Wind Turbines

What Components Are Required?

System Design

Summary

Appendix A – Wind Speed Averages by City

Appendix B – Summary Questions

Appendix C – Manufacturer’s Links

Wind Turbines

Towers

Batteries

Inverters

Transfer Switches

Appendix D – State of Battery Charge

Forward

In our current environmental and economic crisis, people are looking for ways to go green and lower their monthly expenses. These instructions show you how to do just that and by doing so set a positive example for your friends, neighbors, and especially your family.

These instructions provide you with details on how to understand whether a wind turbine, sometimes called a windmill, is right for you. Designed for the weekend do-it-yourselfer (DIY), these instructions give you a step-by-step process for understanding if you can generate the electricity you desire from the wind available and how to identify the associated components of your system.

Properly sizing a wind turbine to your electrical needs is relatively easy but time consuming. Working slowly at this stage and making reasonable estimates provides you with a system design to match your individual needs.

So with these thoughts in mind,