| | |  | Wind Power | Home » » Wind and Windspinners: A Nuts and Bolts Approach to Wind-Electric Systems | | | | | | | Description: | | From Foreword: "In principle, the generation of electricity from wind energy is simple and evident to most of us; the wind turns an S-rotor (or propeller) which turns a generator that produces electricity. The questions, however, begin to form when we go forth to build such a device. How big a machine? Which generator? Where do I put it? What happens when the wind isn't blowing? How much electricity do I need? Do I have enough wind? Who can repair it? Can I get parts? How much will it cost?...This book aims to answer those questions and answer others that would develop naturally in anyone's mind as they commenced to investigate using the wind's energy. Because this book will focus on the owner-built wind/electric system, information is provided in such a way as to allow modification of the units we have constructed to fit individual circumstances, or situations...." | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Michael A. Hackleman | | Publisher:
| Peace Pr Pub | | Publication Date:
| 1977-06 | | ISBN:
| 0915238020 | | Package Length:
| 10.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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This Book Another Example of Squelched InformationDec 23, 1999
By Kenneth G. Tibbits
Probably the reason this book is unavailable is because, at the time of it's authoring, 1974, the back to the land movement was just beginning. Refugies of the sixties' battle with the establishment over the Vietnam War, and cival rights, were just beginning to flee to a simpler, hopefully better life in the country. Every idea in this book was intended for people already living on the land (thus the 'nuts and bolts approach' subtitle). The book is total How To, since an exhaustive search by Hackleman could find only two manufacturers of "Windspinners," in France. The big money of the day was being invested, and still is, in the ridiculously, by comparison, inefficient propeller designs.
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