Alternative Home Energy

I want to make a wind power generator to power things in my house. I want it to be able to power a small tv and DVD player.
To make this you will need a few things. the generator, blades battery and inverter. I have made three of them and I use them to power various things outside like lighting, pool pump and tv. The best source of info for this is http://www.earth4energy.com. Thats where I got my blade designs from and learnt how to wire it up.. Its saving me some good money

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I am wondering what is the best way to go about this. I am pondering solar, and wind power. My house will be about 5200 sq ft when it is finished and will be very energy efficient. Does anybody know of a system that is cost effective for these types of applications? Any advice or insight would help. Thanks

use wind if you have the site for it, it will be very efficent and practical…. total economic payback time will be 2-4 years. anywhere between $1000-$20000
Solar will be a lot more costly with a total economic payback time of about 20-25 years, a total system will cost minimum $15000 and up to 50k depending how much you need.
Look into evacuated tubes for solar hot water systems.
http://www.solarlord.com.au
Good evacuated tube company.
They look better and are much more efficent and work good in cold and cloudy weather.
These are best systems to heat your hot water which is largest energy consumer in the home. Also these do heating, I would have a look at getting hydronic heating under the slabs as this is most efficent way to evenly heat your house and you can set up solar evacuated tube heating systems very cheap.
Hope this helps.