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Most people use paypal and a credit card to order my books.  I have now provided buttons for each book and each postal region.

Click on the Paypal links and set up a paypal account.  This does not take long and is useful anyway.  Make sure you enter your credit card number as a 16 digit block (no gaps) for Paypal.


Bryan Thomas wrote Hy Hugh.  I just ordered your plans on how to build a wind turbine, and I had to type my credit card number with no spaces or no dashes in order for the Pay Pal order to work.  I suggest that when you ask for the customers credit card number, you put, in parenthesis, (no spaces), just to avoid possible confusion, and also to avoid the possibility of missed sales.  Keep up the good work on the good fight though and thanks for the reasonable price on the plans
 


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You can also send cheques or money orders but only in pounds.  If you send dollar or other currency checks or orders or drafts then the bank will take half of it when I try to change it to useful cash here. If I receive a check in foreign currency (not in pounds) then I cannot use it, and I will probably not respond to your order in any way.

My address is :

Hugh Piggott
 Scoraig,
Dundonnell,
Ross shire, 
IV23 2RE
UK


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I do not recommend you send cash by registered mail or special delivery since these often get lost.  Regular post is the most reliable and also the cheapest.  I hardly never known cash sent by regular post to go missing.  If registered delivery cash does not arrive, then I usually send the books anyway but I much prefer if you use paypal.

My address is :

Hugh Piggott
 Scoraig, Dundonnell, Ross shire, 
IV23 2RE
UK

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I am no longer selling the June 2005 edition

How to Build a Wind Turbine 
(my older 'axial flux alternator windmill plans')

Francais

Italian translation ask here

See my
 Plans page

for the new INCHES EDITION of my wind turbine recipe book. 




YOU CAN STILL BUY THE OLDER PLANS FROM

in the USAforcefield 
LINDSAY (USA)
APPLIED MAGNETS



in the UK
LOW IMPACT LIVING INITIATIVE
CAMDEN MINIATURE STEAM SERVICES


French version now available from Krugwind


CÓMO CONSTRUIR UN GENERADOR EÓLICO in Spanish

bajatec

Axial flux windmill plans available in Italian
Come costruire un generatore eolico
TRADUZIONE ITALIANA
di Antonio Cecere e Beatrice Paparella 
"acecere" <awttce@tin.it>


NEW 2009 METRIC UNITS EDITION OF MY AXIAL FLUX PLANS

A WIND TURBINE RECIPE BOOK

RECIPE BOOK

"Just to let you know thanks!  The book arrived in five days as predicted.  I think that's pretty impressive to come half way around the world.

I'm very happy with the book.  I've had great fun reading.  I'm just workingup courage to make a start on the project.  I'll tackle it a bit at a time to see how I go.  I'll try and carve a blade to start with."


Again this book is based on the notes from courses that I have taught.  It supersedes the above 2005 book except that it does not offer English units (inches).  But see below.

It could be read in conjunction with the older book for extra ideas and insight - there is plenty of new stuff.

The book gives details of six different sizes of wind turbine and various different voltages.  There are numerous new diagrams and photos.  also several more general sections on windpower systems, towers and alternator design.

TO BUY THE NEW 'ENGLISH UNITS' EDITION IN INCHES AND AWG WIRE SIZES, PLEASE GO TO THIS PAGE




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"very informative, and easy to read" ..." one of the most influential books of my high school career"
1997 reprinted frequently
154 pages
A book dedicated to building your own working windmill for electricity production. Details of generator choice and design, blade construction, furling systems, towers, wiring, battery charging, heating, alternator design, modifications for car alternators and generators, and everything else you will need to know.

This is a book about, rather than specific instructions for building your turbine.  it works well in conjunction with my windmill plans above, providing more insight and dealing in more depth with installation and system design.
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In 1993 I produced plans for building a windmill based on a permanent magnet alternator from the brakedrum of a van. This is an updated edition year 2000.  34 page detailed, step by step guide to building a 300 watt windmill with 2.1metre (7 foot) diameter. I have built one and it has
worked for years on the hill near my house, producing an average output of 100 watts (at the battery). Readers may need to adapt the method to suit
their own brakedrum.  It is a simple, robust and efficient windmill, but quite large and heavy. 
I no longer have copies of this document in stock.

I do not recommend it any more - my new plans are much better

 try eBay for copies:ohojim
"Jim Clary" <jocii1@msn.com>



 

"Choosing Windpower" from CAT publications (October 2006) replaces my older booklet "It's a Breeze" from CAT
choosing windpower cover
Please ignore the diagrams on the front which do not relate to this book but were taken from my windmill plans

The book contains a list of all turbines on the market in the UK with basic data and prices.


"Choosing Windpower is the definitive guide for any ecologically-minded person who wants to generate electricity off the grid using windpower. As a variable and at present expensive option of electricity generation for a household, the book deals with a 'stand-alone system' for those in remote areas who wish to slash the environmental and monetary costs incurred by diesel generation. With sections on assessing your needs, the electrical ins and outs of wind turbines, where to site the turbines and finally how to go about setting up a turbine, the book is a valuable reference point for all those with no access to mains electricity.
Learn how to assess your power needs and find out whether wind power is right for you.

"Choosing Windpower is the brand new edition of 'It's a Breeze', brought up to date with full revisions
."
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