Wind Generator

The wind generator is located about 30 meters to the southwest of the house. The tower is a galvanized steel electrical tower with a large, thick two meter long steel tube welded to the top. The wind generator is bolted to the top interior of this tube. Total tower height is about 14 meters. Electrical wiring runs from the wind generator down into the ground and through safety tubing 70 cm underground to the house. A large hole was dug for the foundation of the tower. The hole was dug excessively large by the machine. I filled old biodegradeable shopping bags that I had stored with dirt and lined the sides of the hole with them to steady the dirt walls and reduce the size of the concrete foundation. I collected many large rocks from the surrounding area which I used for the foundation. As I slowly filled the hole with concrete I threw in these large rocks. I also threw in old concrete and brick construction waste pieces left over from the house construction. For the concrete I used old stored glass jars which I broke into small piece. These I used along with gravel as the aggregate for the concrete. The tower is earthed to a copper ground rod. The wind generator produces 24VDC electricity. High wind speed protection is accomplished through the wind generator's unique, reliable and automatic autofurl design.