Jay Leno's Green Garage: Wind Turbines

[ForestSongUnLTD]

lol, dynamite. dont believe it, athough there are hazards, theres nothing to prevent us from using them to do similar things on our own.

[IAMBILLYTHEKID]

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[153mileyfan]

2000 to 5000 watts a day? WOW. thats completely useless. The average house in America(let alone a giant warehouse garage) uses 15 to 20 KILO watts per day. That means even if this was just a regular house(which its not) it would only help with less than 1/15th the power. Unless you get more than 10, its completely worthless

[Anonymousg64]

@153mileyfan im guessing he really meant 2000 j/s, not watts per day, it would be around 172800000 joules in total if it ran at 2000watts all 24hours

A house that consumes 20 kwh per day actually consumes 72000000 joules in a day, meaning 2000w system generating constant power is more then double what a 20kwh house consumes.

but if you're house has 20 1000w servers systems running at full load in the basement the power consumed would be 10 times what is produced by the 2000 watt generater.

[Anonymousg64]

@Anonymousg64 i dont think most houses actually consume more then average 1-3kw or 24kwh/day-72kwh/day. (unless you go on vacation and forget 10 100watt light bulbs on, or you left you`re 3 300watt fridges open and the compressor is constantly running.)

[weetiewildrose]

@153mileyfan The rotors on the PMG for that thing are huge, he said it will max out at 12KW output, when anyone talks about wind turbine output they talk in continuous output, he is talking 2-5KW all day equaling to between 48-120KW hours per day. My own own house only uses 24KW hours a day.

[JoeC7711]

@MultiJlies, yea and you too.

[MultiJiles]

We need an end to the trash that is Jay Leno scumbag big chin faggot go die already

[SmallWindTurbines]

This video.. a winner. See my home energy stuffif you like GOING GREEN. Merry Christmas Y'all!

[TK42138]

I think people who buy these should try not to dwell too much on the payback period but enjoy the fact that they're generating their own power and not becoming victims to power blackouts and cuts and the almost daily rise in utility costs. Okay, one of these may cost 20,000 thousand dollars but since oil and gas will only keep going up in price, the payback will be shorter but the satisfaction will be priceless - especially if you use some of the electric to charge an EV.

[eightbit3055]

@TK42138 It's to bad the government tax's you every year for having a wind turbine.

[TK42138]

@eightbit3055

Damn governments - taxed to the hilt regardless of whether one goes 'eco' or not. No wonder people drop out and live off the grid completely...

[eightbit3055]

@TK42138 Yup, at-less you don't get taxed for having solar panels YET.

[1foxtrot70]

@TK42138 - It is not only the goverments but the power companies also. If you try to do everything above board under NETMETERING the power companies will only pay you $0.015 per kilowatt/hr produced. You are better off having a cut over switch on YOUR side of the meter and switch your house to your alternative power source. When you take your system down for maintenance you switch over and use the power company as a back-up power source until maintainance is completed.

[latkeeeeeeee]

wewe

[JasonECI]

Appreciate it's a state-of-the-art setup and believe the location was carefully selected by experts... so how's the payback period after running for the last 6 months?

[hearttobefelt]

Good ol Jay Leno

He is pretty patient despite the fact the installers look as though its their first time.....

maybe its nerves being around someone famous ;)

everybody gotta have a first time i guess :)))

[jamesgest]

I'm going with the Mariah version as it will handle the winds better.

[amyfricano]

Where do you live? Many models auto-brake when the wind is too high. Scaled correctly, a good turbine will run more often, regularly which is always better than just catching the big stuff. Sometimes smaller is better.

[amyfricano]

Guess you've been shopping. I saw a Mariah in action. Not bad, but compare sizing carefully. You may do better with the WePower, Check out Swift Wind Turbine by Cascades Engineering in Michigan, too. What ever you choose, I'm glad to know you plan on making a sound investment.

[toob247]

could have a centrifugal break like a lawn mower engine that would protect it in storms.

[amyfricano]

no. it's in the magnets. one blade could pin you to the wall

[NathanofHumphrey]

Does anyone have any of these vertical wind turbines metered? I would like to see actual numbers of what it produces. I've heard its quite low.

[amyfricano]

any you make, you don't buy

[amyfricano]

depends on your class of wind in your location, and actual current wind speeds. Just one shold do about half of your average daily needs. Italso depends on the size you buy. You can actually achieve nearly all you need with the right size for the circumstance.

[NathanofHumphrey]

It also depends on the efficiency of the turbine and the turbulence in the air, which is what I have heard causes these to produce a tenth of what a horizontal axis turbine would. I would like to see one hooked to an electrical meter to measure the power coming out of it.

[shlopez82]

Most can last over 40 mph!

[OneOfaKind949]

So on a normal day, what can it power?

[amyfricano]

Depends on the kWh size you select.

[ttward2]

That thing is gonna break in Oklahoma! gust to 40 are common I give it 10 days

[amyfricano]

Location. Location. Location