Seven years ago Diana and Michael Lorence moved to a 12-foot-square home without electricity in the coastal mountains of Northern California. They’re not back-to-the-land types- they’re not growing their own food, nor raising animals-, but, like Thoreau, they were looking for a place where they could get away from the noise of society and focus on their inner lives. For nearly 30 years they have lived in tiny houses, often in guest homes, though their current abode is the smallest and most fitting their needs. It was designed by Michael based on their experiences living in nearly 20 tiny homes [...]
Methane Production Guide – how to make biogas. Three simple anaerobic digesters for home construction (Jemmett Engineering Energy Guides)
The book starts by describing the basic properties of methane or biogas. This gas can be made using simple apparatus and a process know as anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion is one of the most common biological procedures in nature, as the name
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Question by GorgeousLilThing: I want to conserve energy, Is there anyone out there who knows how to make solar panel the simple way?
What are the key materials needed to create a solar panel and the simple steps to assemble it. What would be the desirable size of the panel enough to run a desk fan motor?
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Answer by Eugene NThere is no simple way. You’ll have to buy relatively expensive cells made out of silicon and then add a power inverter to turn the DC current out of the cells into alternating current to run things in your home. [...]
Question by crystelle: what are the materials and procedure in making a very simple and small wind turbine without a generator?
i can’t find the right words to ask but what i want is to know the parts and uses of a small wind turbine that can light a light bulb and that it depends on the wind not the generator. i want to make a small wind turbine that is handy and the parts are very affordable..it’s ok if it only produce a little amount of electricity…pls suggest asap..tnx in advance!!
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Answer by JimDon’t bother. The bigger the wind [...]
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Question by AFL Fanatic: Which of these simple setups of an AC electric generator is most common? Three choices, 10 points? Take 2?
I am researching AC electric generators, and have seen three different descriptions for the simple design. So I written these three choices up myself, and want to know which is most common:
A. Wire windings as stator, more coils of wires as rotor. Current fed to rotor, become electromagnet and produces magnetic field, rotates (through heat, wind etc) and induces current in stator windings which AC.
B. Permanent magnets as stator, coils of wires as rotor. Rotor [...]