Bilgewater on SECRET power! A steady 10mph wind only yields 12 watts. That\'s not enough power to light up one GE 25W(75W equivalent) cfl!
A typical european household consumes 388kWh a month (http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/climate-and-energy/solutions/energy-efficiency/12-steps). If the wind blew a steady 10mph every hour of every day that would only equate to 8.5kWh.

Those dont\' look like any chimneys I\'ve ever seen...

Considering the size of the rotor in the pipe, I\'m suprised that it could even light a torch. What\'s this about opposing magnets to keep it spinning? Sounds like a so called magnetic motor. I thought that boundary layers caused drag, but I might be wrong. Why aren\'t the blades actually aerofoil shaped. The Duke, regarding the stat about the average home using 388kWh a month, that only amounts to about 13kWh per day. If that is correct, I am going to get my meter checked. My housde seems to use 3 times that amount!

please dump the cfl bulbs at the nearest toxdump!!! You can now buy led, for $5.99 and up, that screw in . My 200 lumen \"reader\" cost under $20 On the shelf at Fryes and perhaps elsewhere.
For the DIY, its possible to put up a real power plant, especially not that we have super efficient rare earth mags. But hey, here in Wa the compound site is blessed with 360 windy days and 40mph is not uncommon. All I need is a verystrong anchor system and about anything would power us down to the heat pump. Heard about a system they promised soon at the homebuilding outlets, but have not seen it hit there yet.............
comming soon, the products for heaven on earth.......soon, really......

What a joke. Assuming on average 10 hours of 15 mph wind per day, you would generate about 1kwh. at $.10/kwh that is $36.5 per year. So it will take 50 years before this comes close to paying off. If you managed to get 20mph then it would take only 25 years. Yet if you managed 30mph for 10 hours everyday, which I ind absurd, it would still take 6 years to pay this off.

This won\'t work in many areas. Moreover it is very expensive.
I designed a Vertical Savonius Rotor with Concentrator which can give in 12 mph about 100 Watts and which costs about one tenth of the cost of the device desribed.
In many regions of developing countries the need is to design wind battery chargers which operate in medium to lowe winds and to keep the cost of the system at an affordable level.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India

There is nothing special about it except the extremely high price. It is just a savonious with a cage around it. Those magnets are just a gimmick. $1,145 for a generator that will produce about 8 watts per hour. What a rip off! For that price, you can get about 250 watts worth of solar.

Although some wind energy are not cost efficient, if mass produced the price would come down. The most appropriate energy system for a residence would be a combination of wind, solar and other alternative resources.

What ever you do do not buy this product , it does not work we had two on the top of our public house . They where taken down by the supplier due to they are not fit for purpose he and his company as yet have not given us a refund . Now taking him to court as he owe's us £10,000 It would also seem that there are other people that have been caught by this man and his company . YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!

It looks like fraud. In an industrial nation you would want to get the real thing instead, for instance by buying shares of a 120m wind generator.