Hello, everyone!
I'm Matthew Ohrenberg. 29 year old Paramedic from Missouri.
I recently decided to get a wind turbine. I had thought about solar panels because my home is all electric, but then it dawned on me that since I am always complaining about how windy it is at my house, I should get wind turbines!
I own 4 acres which is surrounded by corn fields, so I'm constantly being blasted by wind. After looking at wind turbines on Ebay I decided to just build a few myself.
I don't plan on going off grid, but I do average around 1000kwh per month and this winter I had a couple months hit 3000kwh, paying almost $400/mo in electric bills.
I love "tinkering" as I'm sure most people here do. Taking things apart to see how they work and then putting them back together. I have been involved in DIY high powered lasers for the past 5-6 years but i got bored with it.
Alright enough about me. I do have a fe questions which I haven't been able to find answers to by reading, and I've been doing A LOT of reading lately.
First, what's flux?
Also, what is furling?
Neodymium magnet - Will I get the same effect by stacking smaller ones to a larger size?
How much increase in power do I get by having a magnetic rotor on each side of the coils? is it worth the extra cost of all those magnets?