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To: one_less who wrote (15)9/5/2006 2:43:36 PM
From: JeffA  Respond to of 10087
 
That is a tough question.

What is going to turn you turbine? Steam? An engine? Or are you going to charge batteries and use an inverter such as required by solar or some wind applications?

In general a small household user would never be able to sell back to the utility. You would never make it cheap enough, unless you were using solar, but then you will have had a larger capital outlay to get started.



To: one_less who wrote (15)9/5/2006 3:52:47 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 10087
 
ANY AC 60-cycle 120 volt source would do. Motor-generator set, battery and DC->AC converter, solar and DC->AC converter. The problem is economics. All except possibly solar (depending on where you live and your access to sunlight) are unecomical- -you will pay more to generate that electricity than it would cost you to buy it from the power company.


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