Well, I am honored by your words and I'll try to live up to them. There
are several methods of generating power....there are two kinds of course,
mechanical force to turn a shaft or electricity....
My preference would be to burn water by converting it to hydroxy gas
(hydrogen and oxygen), then burning the gas, but it takes high current
(amps) and low voltage to produce any appreciable gas.
Another way is the Wally Minto wonder wheel. I have full details on how to
build this and would gladly send it to you on a computer disk. Could your
computer read and print out the information from the disk? I don't know if
your system would be compatible to one of ours...I need to post the info on
the website, but it is complex and I have to make some changes to do that.
So, if you can send me your mailing address, I can copy the files to a disk
and mail them to you. The information is wonderful and was shared by a
friend in Georgia. It is basically a 10-12 foot wheel with 4 or more
arms...at the end of each arm is a sealed container with a refrigerant that
dips into and out of water....when the tank is heated by the sun, the
refrigerant turns to gas, then it is cooled by being passed into the water.
This makes it spin very slowly, about 1 revolution PER MINUTE, but with
tremendous TORQUE...you can connect the shaft of this slow spinning wheel
to a gearbox to make another shaft spin at higher speeds. If you don't
have a gearbox, you can use pulleys of different sizes to increase the
speed and decrease the torque....then you hook that faster speed shaft into
an alternator from a car to charge a battery network or to run lights or
for other electrical power. Send me your mailing address and I'll be happy
to send you the disk as a gift from a friend, as it was sent to me!
Here is one version of this Minto wheel and the one I have shows how to use
junkyard parts to build working devices!!!
http://www.keelynet.com/energy/minto.htm
Also, you should check out our energy files for more information that will
clue you into several other methods; http://keelynet.com/energy.htm
One other homegrown system that is very useful, is to use large flat and
thin (about 2 inches or so tubes, made into zigzag shapes in containers,
all painted flat black (minimum reflection)...these tubes are all connected
together so that it comes in from one side of the house, moving through the
tubes on these roof mounted units (where they capture the full heat of the
sun to heat the water), then the hot water is piped into the house for hot
water to bath, and through radiator type pipes with a fan blowing across
them to heat the house in cold weather....such a system can also be used
to run pipes through rocks under the floors of the house...the hot water
heats the rocks which act to hold the heat and continuously re-radiate it
to heat the house...since heat rises, the floors are wam to the touch and
the whole house is comfortable.
I have several friends who have built houses using this hot rock and
passive solar heat collector system, and it works great, even in the
coldest weather, like you guys would have....<g>...
Note, you have to insulate the pipes with a foam or some other kind of high
R rating...this is to keep the heat from radiating away where you don't
want it to.
Since you are wanting home grown, these are what I would do if I had to or
wanted to build or modify my house.
There are of course many other ways...I suggest you read through the Minto
file and all the files in the energy section I quoted above....keep a
pencil handy and write down keywords that you can later use in an InterNet
search engine to look for similar information at other places on the
web....best of luck to you and if I can do anything else, give me a
shout!!!
I am also forwarding this to the KeelyNet-L@lists.kz list in case anyone
there might have some ideas, suggestions or other pointers that could be of
use to you (be nice guys!!)...seeya!
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> From: Zlatko Loncar #4 <loncar.of.cvetkovitch@comtron.si>
> To: jdecker@keelynet.com
> Cc: loncar.of.cvetkovitch@comtron.si
> Subject: Question
> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 11:30 AM
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> Dear Sir,
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> I am writing from Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, where we always have
> to expect war. We would like to built a free energy generator,
> producing elecity to supply our two-family-house for light and
> heating. We are staying very high in the mountains, and also would
> like to have some greenhouses. I again and again heard that you are
> authority on this subject matter, and would like to get your advices.
>
> How can we built or buy this generator, which produces electricity in
> a as less expensive as possible way? For us the most practical would
> be to built it, it is hard to buy in another country, because it is
> difficult to get these things into the country, crossing the border -
> we have very primitive laws. Also we very much care to save and
> protect nature, so we think this kind of electricity is the best. But
> most important is to be independent. Could you maybe give us plans for
> this specific generator we need, or tell us whom to turn to? How much
> would we have to pay for a plan, and how much would it approx. cost
> to realize it?
>
> I am looking forward hearing from you!
>
> Your Shad Loncar of Cvetkovitch