Yesterday evening we meet up with a fan of our site Dave in Fort Stockton. Dave is also an alternative energy enthusiast. He has done a lot with wind and solar power, and has even built a vertical axis wind turbine. Dave gave us a set of wind turbine blades that are 8' feet in diameter -- these will make a very good wind turbine, we just need to decide on a generator and controller.
We also stopped at the Fort Stockton chamber of commerce and saw a pretty good sized solar array and three Skystream wind turbines, two of them were humming away. An interesting addition in an oil town.
We have also completed or first on-site automotive repair with a happy customer, we just need a few more tools and we should be able to tackle just about any no-start.
We finally got a gutter on our roof for rain water catchment-- for one reason or another, that project kept getting postponed. We shouldn't miss a drop of rainwater with the very deep commercial gutter, which uses a PVC pipe connected to our 305 gallon tank. Now we need to get the house sided, whether that ends up being metal or stucco.
Congrats on your rain catchment system getting hooked up!
ReplyDeleteI saw you in the parade , and I saw you out at the ranch, you guys were going out as I was on my way in ( black range rover).
I will be building at mile 4 just off the ranch rd this winter I hope. like to talk to you about small solar and wind system integration some day. www.offgridterlingua.com