Comments on: JUST HOW RIDICULOUS IS IT TO BUILD YOUR OWN WIND TURBINE?

By: Cameron Fisher

Cameron Fisher — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:39:22 +0000

james, i had the opposite experience with the blueprints as your reader. i purchased home made energy first, and found it a little too elementary and almost too simple. i didn’t seem to have the details that I required to finish the job.

i then purchased earth 4 energy, and found the instructions much more comprehensive and didn’t find them difficult to understand at all. this is coming from a solar panel perspective though as i don’t have any comment regarding the wind turbine instructions.

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By: James Dawson

James Dawson — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:51:26 +0000

Thanks for the comments.

Casey: I have to agree that Earth 4 Energy is more tailored towards DIY’ers that are more “experienced” so to speak. What I mean by that is that the terminology used in the guide are not in “layman’s terms”.

I think I will need to do a Home Made Energy review soon as it seems more tailored towards a somewhat different audience. Earth 4 Energy seems to be more for experienced DIYers that have a bit of an electrical background, where Home Made Energy is for inexperienced “Regular Joe’s” that may need things explained a little more clearly.

By: Barb Yamada

Barb Yamada — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:37:39 +0000

James thank you for sharing this email with all of us. It certainly does give us some perspective on regular joe’s (like you said) and I really enjoyed reading your other reviews.

Keep up the good work!

By: casey johnson

casey johnson — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:35:08 +0000

I had the EXACT same experience! I purchased earth4energy and ended up getting a refund because I found the instructions to be a little too difficult. I bought home made energy and found it much easier to understand. Perhaps James you could do a review on HME as well? I think for those of us with a little less electrical backgound would find it much more easier to understand than e4e.