| How to generate free electricity at home if you | | | | but when it comes to homes then, just like wind |
| are just starting from scratch and know nothing | | | | power, it takes far too long to pay for itself. The |
| about home power generation? In this article, I will | | | | only exception is the solar water heater. This is |
| tell you about the three main methods that you | | | | where you heat a reservoir of water and use it |
| can use and give you my judgement on each, | | | | to supplement your boiler. You thus save money |
| based on my own advanced knowledge in this | | | | on electricity/gas that would have been used to |
| area. | | | | heat the water up. This is actually a sound |
| Method 1 - Wind Power | | | | investment and I recommend you look into it. |
| Wind power is already in widespread use around | | | | Too bad that it can't power your house though. |
| the world but mostly in remote places and | | | | Method 3 - Zero Point Energy Generation |
| offshore. Such large, commercial wind turbines | | | | Zero point energy is a concept from quantum |
| generate large amounts of electricity that justify | | | | physics that is only now starting to show its |
| the huge startup costs needed and ongoing | | | | promise. Governments have been developing it |
| maintenance. | | | | for years for defence purposes: for example, you |
| However, if you look at the domestic, home | | | | may have heard about the anti-gravity technology |
| setting then the same cannot be said. It will | | | | that Obama has promised to release. |
| typically cost you several thousand dollars just to | | | | The main commercial and domestic application of |
| have a system installed and even with the | | | | zero point is in energy generation. The intrinsic |
| assistance of government grants. The time it | | | | properties of magnets can be used to propel a |
| takes to pay back your investment is typically | | | | motor and sustain it indefinitely because the |
| around ten years or more. | | | | frictional losses are more than overcome by the |
| While installing a wind turbine will add value to your | | | | magnetic forces. Like any generator, this motion |
| property, most people consider it a poor | | | | can then be converted into electricity. For a very |
| investment. The only exception to this is if you | | | | close to zero cost, you can have near-unlimited |
| have a second home in a rural area that sees a | | | | energy, subject to some realistic limits. |
| lot of wind and you only need to power a handful | | | | Commercial applications are in the late stages of |
| of appliances. | | | | development and home devices may be available |
| Method 2 - Solar Power | | | | within 5 to 10 years. But what if you want to |
| Solar power is the harnessing of the sun's heat | | | | take advantage of this technology right now? |
| and radiative energy into electricity and other | | | | It is quite possible for anyone to make their own |
| means. | | | | version of the zero point motor. A typical DIY |
| Remember when solar powered calculators came | | | | project can yield a device that will generate |
| out? We all thought that everything would be | | | | around 7 kilowatts of power, enough for most |
| powered by the sun within a few years. | | | | households, and your only running costs are |
| Unfortunately, this has not proved to be the case. | | | | accrued when you need to periodically replace the |
| Solar power suffers from many of the same | | | | magnets around every 10 years or so. The best |
| problems as wind power. The installation costs are | | | | way is to find a good set of plans that will give |
| high and, unless you live in a country with a lot of | | | | you step by step instructions, assembly and |
| clear skies and sunshine, then the amounts you | | | | wiring diagrams and advice on how and where to |
| generate will be minuscule. The maintenance costs | | | | source the parts for cheap. You will typically pay |
| are also high because some parts are made of | | | | around $40 or so for a good set of plans but |
| glass and break easily. | | | | they will save you much headache, as I know |
| Solar power has done OK in commercial settings | | | | from personal experience. |