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Infor on Wind Systems
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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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| bealiba@gmail.com 2008-03-07, 5:25 pm |
| On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob <robmt...@gmail.com> 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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| Anthony Matonak 2008-03-07, 9:25 pm |
| bealiba@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob <robmt...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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| Ron Rosenfeld 2008-03-08, 9:25 am |
| On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:57:20 -0800 (PST), Rob <robmtchl@gmail.com> 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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| Ron Rosenfeld 2008-03-08, 9:25 am |
| On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:56:32 -0500, Ron Rosenfeld <ronrosenfeld@nospam.org>
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>On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:57:20 -0800 (PST), Rob <robmtchl@gmail.com> wrote:
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>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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| SteveC 2008-03-08, 9:25 am |
| Yeah, nothing but pictures?? I don't get it?
<bealiba@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 8, 3:57 am, Rob <robmt...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Info here that you need to know that retailers won't tell you
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> http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/GGhio/
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| wmbjkREMOVE@citlink.net 2008-03-08, 1:25 pm |
| On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 09:58:37 -0330, "SteveC" <stevecornick@gmail.com>
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><bealiba@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:49e14cd6-9912-4904-9606-70007225afd2@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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>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...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%2...siderations.pdf
"IS SKYSTREAM RIGHT FOR YOUR PROPERTY?"
http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skys...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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| bealiba@gmail.com 2008-03-08, 5:25 pm |
| On Mar 9, 12:28 am, "SteveC" <stevecorn...@gmail.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
> Yeah, nothing but pictures?? I don't get it?
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> <beal...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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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