Article 1022725 of alt.home.repair: Path: news.misty.com!not-for-mail From: nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu Newsgroups: alt.home.repair Subject: Re: install windmill and convert from oil burner furnace to electric Date: 30 May 2008 13:55:49 -0400 Organization: Villanova University Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: acadia.ece.villanova.edu X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1212166491 4934 153.104.44.130 (30 May 2008 16:54:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.misty.com alt.home.repair:1022725 wrote: >... we have a log home, approx 3,500 sq ft in PA, we have a great location >for a windmill and I'm seriously considering installing a windmill that can >augment and hopefully replace most of my oil usage. I'd measure the windspeed first. IIRC, PA is the 2nd least windy state in the US. >the oil burner feeds a hot water baseboard system with 7 zones. We use >the zones to heat only what we need but it's still getting expensive. A 10 kW windmill (eg Bergey's, about $40K with a grid-tie inverter and tower) would produce 60 kWh/day at 25% capacity in good winds, something like 2 gallons of oil. Or maybe 6, with a heat pump, or 10, with a water source heat pump. Nick