[RE-wrenches] small wind generators

robert ellison reellison at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 07:33:37 PDT 2012


The turbine spinning has no relationship to actual power into the battery bank.
If you can't get it into the air a ways don't bother at all, just add
more solar or a larger battery bank.
They might spin at 15' but they accomplish absolutely nothing.

Bob Ellison


On 4/3/12, Drake <drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org> wrote:
> Hi Roy,
>
> It would be for a cloudy weather backup for an
> off grid system.  From what you are saying, it
> doesn't sound like it will produce much.  There
> is one on a highway weather station near here,
> and it spins a lot, and is only ~ 15' above the ground.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drake
>
>
> At 10:04 AM 4/3/2012, you wrote:
>>Hi Drake,
>>
>>The Air 403/ Air-X/ Air Breeze/ whatever it's
>>name is now, is fairly dependable.
>>In most wind regimes it's the equivalent of a 10 or 20 watt solar module
>> but
>>seems to work just fine. FYI- it's ~ 200 watts or so.
>>
>>It's not the quietest thing though, being a fairly high rpm turbine.
>>
>>But the Sunforce 600 is not a 600. The rotor
>>diameter tells the truth, making it
>>somewhere around a 200 - 250 watt machine. Perhaps they have the bugs
>> worked
>>out but when they first came out, there were
>>many reliability and performance issues.
>>
>>What's the application for this?
>>
>>Roy Butler
>>NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer®
>>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
>>NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer
>>Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
>>8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
>>607-324-9747  <http://www.four-winds-energy.com>www.four-winds-energy.com
>>
>>Join us at the 8th Annual Small Wind Conference
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>>
>>Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message,
>>a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>>
>>
>>
>>On 4/3/2012 9:44 AM, Drake wrote:
>>>Hello Wrenches,
>>>
>>>Are the new Air 403 wind machines more reliable than in times past?
>>>
>>>I'm also looking at a Sunforce 600 W
>>>machine.  How do these small turbines hold up these days?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Drake
>>>
>>>Drake Chamberlin
>>>ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC
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>>>CO license 3773
>>>NABCEP Certified PV
>>>
>>>
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> CO license 3773
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