small rooftop wind turbine [RE-wrenches]

[Ian Woofenden, Home Power]

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Hi Tom,

The subject line says it all to me:

"small" -- small rotor means small output, which usually means folks 
won't spend the bucks to put it up where the wind is. So they end up 
being disappointed in the output, which will be small even if you put 
it up where it should be, since the rotor is small...

"rooftop" -- means that the manufacturer doesn't understand the need 
for tall towers to get into the best, cleanest wind, and just wants 
to sell a product. If they were trying to sell _energy_ instead of 
products, they would never promote rooftop mounting.

I agree with Gary's excellent comments and caveats too.

If you want reliable, quiet, long-term energy production, look for a 
large diameter rotor machine that runs at low rpms, and put it on 
tall tower.

Best,

Ian



>Hey all,
>
>Anyone familiar with this product?
>http://www.renewabledevices.com/swift.htm
>
>The website is lacking in technical details, to say the least.  It sounds a
>lot like the press for the Air line of turbines.
>
>Tom

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