You're welcome. The other part of the plan, depending on how much wind/water I get here, is to take the surplus water from the fish pond and let it fall 300' to a turbine. Our driveway rises 400', a 300' head would be simple.
These are great for pumping water, not so good for electric generation. A pond, obviously, stores the water for calm times. We almost always have some wind on this mountain. The question is: how much wind?
I'd love to go off-grid. The back-up plan is a wood-gas fired generator. Hydro-electric is immensely less maintenance. I'm a KISS fan, why I wanted this needs-nothing-from-me house. We've been in it almost 2 decades, while nearby friends with similar-sized houses burn 4+ cords/yr, cut from my woodlot. Last winter's 4x normal snowfall got their attention. We stayed snug.
Very few windmills in Virginia also, why I was happy to drive to New Jersey to get this one. Helps to have a buddy with a 48' trailer. New windmills are readily available, but expensive. Solar-powered pumps are a cheaper alternative if you don't live in tall woods. My trees are 80', not much sun hits the ground.
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