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Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site. www.kitsplans.com Thanks
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On 7 mar, 11:57, Rob wrote:
Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site.www.kitsplans.com Thanks
See: http://www.homepower.com/search/results/?search=&resourceid=6&energyapplicationid=4 http://www.homepower.com/article/?file=HP119_pg34_Sagrillo
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On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob wrote:
Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site.www.kitsplans.com Thanks
Info here that you need to know that retailers won't tell you
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/GGhio/
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bealiba@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob wrote: Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site.www.kitsplans.com Thanks
Info here that you need to know that retailers won't tell you
You couldn't perhaps summarize what that info might be?
Anthony
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:57:20 -0800 (PST), Rob wrote:
Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site. www.kitsplans.com Thanks
An earlier edition of "Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business" by Paul Gipe was excellent in this regard. --ron
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:56:32 -0500, Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:57:20 -0800 (PST), Rob wrote:
Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site. www.kitsplans.com Thanks
An earlier edition of "Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business" by Paul Gipe was excellent in this regard. --ron
This most recent edition is likely excellent, also. I have not read it myself, but it has received very favorable reviews. --ron
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Yeah, nothing but pictures?? I don't get it?
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On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob wrote: Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site.www.kitsplans.com Thanks
Info here that you need to know that retailers won't tell you
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/GGhio/
Infor on Wind Systems
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:58:37 -0330, "SteveC" wrote:
On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob wrote: Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site.www.kitsplans.com Thanks
bealiba@gmail.com> wrote in message
Info here that you need to know that retailers won't tell you
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/GGhio/
Yeah, nothing but pictures?? I don't get it?
Posting direct links is beyond his ability apparently. Anyway, he's fond of being negative about wind power in general, and implying that obstacle clearance requirements are some sort of secret. Strangely enough though, the info that he posted previously to support mandatory 100' clearance requirements, advised about 30' above obstacles within 300', which is pretty much what everybody in the industry recommends as a minimum. For example, here's the siting advice for the top-selling small turbine. (pg. 35) http://www.windenergy.com/documents/manuals/0056_REV_D_AIR-X_Land_Manual.pdf Power in wind, author even owns a turbine! :-) http://www.otherpower.com/windbasics1.html
Article making the case for the value of taller towers for 10kW. http://bergey.com/Technical/Tower%20Height%20Considerations.pdf
"IS SKYSTREAM RIGHT FOR YOUR PROPERTY?" http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/will-skystream-work/
Perhaps all this information is being hidden in plain sight! <snorf>
As it happens, a friend and I have recently been discussing the mounting of his new 1000W turbine on a flat ground location well away from any tall obstacles. His place doesn't have the greatest wind, so I've argued for as tall as economically practical - in his case perhaps a home-built 85', guyed, tilting tower. But he doesn't want to go so high, particularly since he knows others who are perfectly happy with less than maximum production from less than ideal setups . It looks like he intends to make it about 40' in the full knowledge that he's trading some production for the clean appearance of an un-guyed monopole. I think his case is typical in that buyers who inquire about tower height are generally told to make it as tall as possible. There *are* some BS artists, particularly in the micro turbine market on Ebay. But then, no matter the subject, one can find quacks spouting technical mumbo-jumbo and blatantly wrong "expert" advice. Here's a perfect example. http://www.citlink.net/~wmbjk/tbfduwisdumb.htm I bet you didn't know that power is measured in watt-hours, and energy in watts! Or that "Half of design is intuition the rest is experiance"! Good thing you read Usenet to avoid being led astray. :-)
Wayne
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On Mar 9, 12:28 am, "SteveC" wrote:
Yeah, nothing but pictures?? I don't get it?
beal...@gmail.com> wrote in message
On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob wrote: Can anyone give me pros and cons of a resitential wind generator? I was looking at one from this site.www.kitsplans.com Thanks
Info here that you need to know that retailers won't tell you
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/GGhio/
If you view or download the pictures dealing with wind, there's what, half a dozen or so, and read the text you will learn about wind flow over and around obstacles and the effect it has on energy collected by a wind generator.
It really is very simple. Turbulence reduces energy collected.
If you are going to spend the money on a wind generator, it makes financial sense to get the best result for your dollar. Installing a wind generator in turbulent air flow is the same as installing solar panels in partial shade.
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