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birnessing the wind
13Y RANDY TERADA
Harnessing the power of the wind has
been a preoccupation of may for centuries
but the majority of us have used this
hidden source of power only to fly kites and
sail boats.
Hugh Mcpflerson has taken these leisure
activities a step further though he still
insists he's only playing with the mighty
power only on a slightly larger scale. Whit
his to actually has the capability of doing
will keep' Mr. McPherson and family a lot
wanner at half .the cost of conventional
fuel.
His 52 foot creation, a backyard wind
generator, which perhaps resembles a
piece of modern art than anything else, is
built out of various odds and ends from a
scrapped car and other pieces• that he
picked up.
Mr. McPherson constructed his generat-
or not with one purpose in mind but at this
stage is wittily; to experiment with a
number of varied ideas, calculating the
maximum amount of power he can hope to
achieve.
He started planning for the generator
late last v nter and started to obtain parts
for it just Last May. With the help of the
PUC, he erected the wind generator in his'
backyard With 200 square
feet of circular area, the eight -foot blades
and 16•foot turbine drives two generators
which in turn re -charge a set of bpttedes
that enable him to heat water, thus
reducing his heating costs in the winfe*.
The actttal design Mr. McPherson calls a
high lift turbine which will turn in only a
slight wind. On the other hand it will be
able to withstand a sudden terrific
onslaught of wind which in other cases has
totally mauled wind generators of a
cheaper design.
Maintenance is relative low, except for
the generators that may need the brushes
replaced periodically and the only casualty
so far has been a tail spring•that blew off in
a high, wind. But like the conscientious
engineer that he is, Mr. McPherson merely
replaced the tail spring with a heavier type
and the generator right mow is in top
working condition.
Mr. McPherson says Seaforth is not
situated in a high' wind area thus chances
for a totally self-sufficient wind . powered
home are slight. but he repeated "wind in
the winter and the sun in the sunimer't.
It's a motto that he closely lives by since
situated just below his wind generator is a
set of solar panels which in the summer-
time uses the rays of the sun to transform
Mr. McPherson's large home into an
energy saver's dream.
Put Atha facts in brit and white—
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Sunday School at St. An-
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September 11th at 10 a.m.
-Visiting with Roth and
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were their grandchildren
Marcia and Natalie Ford.
Rena and Jack Caldwell
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Rev. Gordon Simmons. Minister
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