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Answer by Joe
Power is power is power. Plugging an appliance into a cord only changes the path of the electricity. It will not save you money. Use a clothsline and wash dishes by hand if you want to save on electricity.

Answer by zildjian
yes, yes, yes. electric meter runs not on how electricity come out by how much electricity enters the home so, even if an appliance is on standby mode or switched off it still consumes energy by the fact that it is still connected to the source.

Answer by Robert S
Absolutely not. Appliances should not be plugged into power cords if it can be prevented. Electricity running through a wire creates heat and if the power cord heats up sufficiently, especially in the cheaper cords, then it could cause a fire. If a power cord is necessary, then the wire should be massive enough to carry the amount of current that the appliance draws without heating up excessively. Length of the cord also plays a major role in the cord you choose because the longer the cord, the more the wire resistance you add to the path of the electrical current. Some wire ratings go as such: Size 18 wire is good for 5 amps. Size 14 wire is good for 15 amps. Size 12 wire is good for 20 amps. Size 10 wire is good for 25-30 amps. size 8 good for 35-40 amps. Circuit breakers are designed to snap off at 80% of their rating. Thus a 15amp breaker will pop off at a continuous draw of 12 amps. A 20amp breaker will pop off at a continuous 16 amp draw. One thing to mention is that if your extension cord is to long, thus causing more wire resistance then you might be robbing the appliance of current it needs to operate properly. Giving the appliance especially if it has motors on it, less current to operate on will often cause the applinace motor to overheat and more often than not, will cause the appliance to burn out. Check the rating on the name plate of the appliance and then get a power cord that will carry the amount of current it requires.

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Answer by scottsdalehigh64
Certainly. It is quite clear that if the blade speed is zero, there is no power output. The power output of a wind turbine is proportional to the cube of the wind speed.

Answer by Roger
Yes and no. There is a relationship, but it is not as simple as “the faster the blades turn, the higher the output”. It depends a lot on the design of the particular wind turbine.

Obviously, with no wind blowing the blades will not be turning at all, and no power will be generated. It takes a certain minimum wind speed to overcome friction in the turbine bearings, gearbox, and generator and begin the blades turning. Many older turbines employ what are know as “synchronous generators” that must turn at a constant speed where their output is in phase with the 60-cycle AC power on the grid. Turbines of this type do not generate any power until the wind is able to spin the blades at the required speed. After that, the speed of the blades remains constant as wind speed increases. The higher wind speeds increase the force on the blades and produce more power, but the speed of the blades is kept locked to the 60-cycle frequency of the power grid. When the wind speed gets so high that the blades can no longer be kept to their constant speed, the turbine shuts down. It turns out of the wind, and mechanical braking is applied to stop the blades.

Turbines with synchronous generators are still made, but many newer turbines use a more flexible type of generator. These newer designs do not require the blades to turn at a constant speed, and are able to capture power over a wider range of wind speeds. They employ electronic power control units that are able to decouple the generation of power from the insertion of power onto the grid.

Answer by Emilytaylor
effectively blades angle has very importabnt in the mill’s speed by the same wind.
if you are sciences fan , just make different essays with the same blades, same wind force but each time you move blades angles, you can notice that there are differences in the mill speed.
You can get real help when visiting this site: http://www.windpowercost.org ; they have very simple step by step free courses on how to build your own wind power network .
Thanks to go green energy.

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Answer by tina
c.crane company look it up online

Answer by Bob
You can run a 60 watt light bulb when the sun is shining. Or your can charge a battery and then run the 60 watt light bulb at night. It theory if you had 8 hours of sun you would be able to run the bulb for 8 hours off of battery. In reality because of losses you will not get 8 hours of bulb running time.

Answer by f100_supersabre
There are many on the web charts on stipulations for home/business.

60 watts at 12 volts is 6 watts at 120 volts with 100% conversion.
MOST inverters are only 30-60% efficient, plus battery losses. (Batteries are required to “balance” load and for when sun is NOT shining.)

MOST TV’s draw 120 volts at about 500 watts

MOST homes these days are wired for 100 amps at 240 volts which is 24,000 watts even though they seldom draw this much at any given time.
A single standard home circuit is usually 15amps at 120 volts or about 1,800 watts MAXIMUM.

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Answer by Snotalie
you should be able to cut 1/3 off your poweer bill. if you have three you could power you whole home.

Answer by Mr Radio Man
Very little… Windmills do not hardly make enough to power one home. Just use electricity…

Answer by starshyne59
Here’s the link to a map that shows the wind strengths in the US. This will get you started.

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_maps.asp

Here is another site with some great information to get you started in your search for wind energy:

http://www.awea.org/faq/rsdntqa.html

The actual energy output will depend on wind strengths and durations in your area. Good luck!

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Answer by huh?
that depends on the printer

Answer by bsghost123
Printer should be shut down if not it use, the heat dries the ink in the nozzles. Monitor can be left on.

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Answer by roderick_young
$ 40 a month recommends that this Television is on a lot. It is your lifestyle to have it on regardless of whether anyone is watching? If so, changing that habit would be the biggest moneysaver.

Powering the Television from batteries would not be cost-effective given that you have grid electricity already. The kind of solar that might save money (and even then, depends on your location) would be grid-tied solar, that powers your home in general, and the Television as part of that. Grid-tied usually involves a huge up-front investment, which you get back after 5, 10, 15 or more years in saved electricity. You would need to check with some local solar installers if that is the route you want to take.

If your goal is to save money immediately, your only option is to conserve.

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Answer by Ronald
First of all what is the time duration will your Television be switched ‘ON’? This will determine the amount of Battery you need.
Secondly, what voltage your Television runs on? This will determine the DC to AC converter you need.
Thirdly, since you are running on battery, the size and output of the panel only matters in the amount of batteries you have and how fast you want to charge them. For my, I will advocate Solar Laminates instead of panels.

Answer by roderick_young
If your power costs 20 cents per kWh, then that means the Television consumes 40/0.2 = 800 kWh per month. That would mean that the Television is on for 2400 hours a month, which cannot be right, as there are only about 720 hours in a month. Maybe your electricity costs more, but even with the Television on 24/7, this doesn’t make sense.

That recommends to me that you are blaming the wrong thing – look for some other thing in your home hogging a lot of power. You can purchase a thing called a Kill-a-Watt meter to monitor how much an individual appliance is using. Or, the cowboy way is to just go to your service panel, flip breakers on and off one at a time, and see which one makes your electric meter slow down and speed up. Then find out what is on that circuit.

I’m a huge fan of solar, but do not want to see you waste your money when the problem can be solved by other means. Solar is great in the right location, but only after the home itself is made as efficient as possible first.

Answer by thebax2006
You want to save money? Get rid of the cable or satellite provider! That is got to be at least $ 100/month!

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Answer by moreacidthanalkaline
Lots of good info here:

http://www.nrel.gov/wind/

Answer by wrathpuppet
According to wikipedia, 0.4% of total electricity in the US is derived from wind. That is 1.6 million households.

Answer by Benji Man
Wind accounts for less than one-half of 1 percent of U.S. electrical production but has tripled since 1998 and now produces enough power for a city the size of Chicago, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.

Timely news coverage http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13918703.htm

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Answer by kylem
With the right way of hooking it up, a windmill can be used to do both those things, and it’s (obviously) powered by wind.

Answer by Shereef
Windmill is the answer as it works by wind power and can both generate electricity and pump water

Answer by Gerri V
w call it a windmill

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Answer by Pipingbob
i think you will find that you need about 10KW constant to provide all the electricity for a single family dwelling…..you have to keep in mind that the biggest problem is the electricity storage…have batteries that will store that much for at least a week at a time during periods of no wind.

Most people are opting for a combination of wind and solar to make it feasible to come off the grid

Answer by Tropical Weasel
Well, the US only has one wind zone so I would state 7, maybe 8.

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