Archive for November, 2009




I am doing a science fair project using a wind turbine. I will buy it online from kidwind.org. It’s a mini one. Can you please tell me how to use it to power an LED bulb?
Please include source and details!










What is the electric company in Minneapolis?




I am moving to Minneapolis and need to turn on the electricity for my apt. What is the electric company in Minneapolis?







Does the federal, provincial, or municipal?
Me and a friend are doing a science project and we need to inform people on the enviroment problems specifically on the renewable resource, wind. Also please send us links to more information about it if possible. Thanks in advance.







I live in Chicagoland and along the tollways are poles with what appear to be solar panels attached to them. Usually the pole has 2 panels and if I had to guess, I’d say each is about 2 feet by 1 foot in size.

They don’t seem to be near any signs and I haven’t identified a pattern of how they are place (for example, they don’t appear to be place every "x" miles).

What are they?







I honestly cannot find it and i have looked all through!
This is on Sims Castaway Stories!













How are the lights and appliances in your home wired? Draw a sketch of your hypothetical circuitry wiring in your home.
Explain.







Cost wise, etc?

Anthony Silva




How do you build a green house at home?




My husband and I want to grow our own fruits, veggies, etc. And we want to raise our own meat. Basically we want to grow as much of our own food as we can. PLease help….







what are some advantages and disavantages of using wind as an energy resource.

how do we convert the wind into electricity or other forms of unable energy




How do electric fences work?




We want to install an electric fence around the pasture where we are going to keep our horses. We plan to install a solar electric fence. But we have questions.

The pasture already has a fence around it. So the system we are going to install will only be around the top of the fence.

We are assuming that we need to run the conductor around the entire pasture. We have read where we should take the wire underground at the few gates we have. We have also read where the system needs to be grounded.

Do we need to run the conductor around the entire pasture and also to take the wire underground at the few gates we have?

Besides the solar charger, do we need to ground anything? We read on one site where we should run a wire to ground every few hundred feet.







Will taking a 5-hour energy cause any lasting damage to my body? Would I be better off just taking a half of a bottle at a time? I’m 14 and a half years old, 5′ 2", 100 pounds, and a pretty experienced caffeine drinker.

Also, what does everybody think about those alternative energy drinks that are lower in caffeine and are normally made up of blends of juices, carbohydrates, and proteins?







If not that, then how about a personal windlass (like the wind up radios and flashlights) to generate enough electricty to power one’s house? If so, I want one.







Three equal point charges, each with charge 1.30nanoC , are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose sides are of length 0.500m. What is the electric potential energy of the system? (Take as zero the potential energy of the three charges when they are infinitely far apart.)
Use E0 = 8.85×10^-12 F/m for the permittivity of free space.