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Wind Turbine

"Siemens Develops More Efficient Wind Turbine Blades Based on Dinosaurs!" Cool!
I guess that justifies money spent studying dinos.
TylerInNiagara said:
The wires and electronics don't require any maintenance but moving parts need to be greased or lubed I plan to take it down during wind storms.
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At least you can pull maintance on windy days.
 
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V3Solar's Spinning Cone-Shaped Solar Cells Generate 20 Times More Electricity Than Flat Photovoltaics



Read more: V3Solar's Spinning Cone-Shaped Solar Cells Generate 20 Times More Electricity Than Flat Photovoltaics | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
 
Good ideal what about ice and snow that might build-up during the night? Will that cause issues?
 
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How I home-built an electricity producing Wind turbine
It was easy. You can do it too
http://www.mdpub.com/Wind_Turbine/index.html
 
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cut the ends off the cord
expose the wire
grease the wire
melt solder onto the wire
attach connectors (crimping with solder)
black electrical tape
On the charge controller turn the screws insert the exposed wire and screw it back down the other end should have connectors. The charge controller appears to work using a drill to spin the motor on the turbine. The Greenhouse has good locks on the door but I plan to make a wooden box to screw everything down and lock that so If I leave the door open nothing get's stolen or damaged.
 
TylerInNiagara said:
It could build up and fly off the blades this pvc plastic is not 100% smooth its smooth enough but I doubt the build up would affect the ability to spin or cause any serious trouble as I said the fall and winter here is when we get a lot of wind.. The solar panel and coleman charge controller will charge an old bus battery as a backup worst case I run an extension cord.
http://www.mdpub.com...bine/index.html

http://www.otherpowe...ower_wind.shtml
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I'm sorry I was not clear. :rolleyes: The wind mill of course would spin at night. I was talking about the V3Solar's Spinning Cone-Shaped Solar Cells. That would not spin at night.
 
TOAW said:
I'm sorry I was not clear. :rolleyes: The wind mill of course would spin at night. I was talking about the V3Solar's Spinning Cone-Shaped Solar Cells. That would not spin at night.
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Well solar panels still work with snow on them and the sun could heat the glass and it would melt off easier...but I have no plans to buy one.

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My small panel.
 
The wind was blowing at 22kmph but the turbine didn't spin alot everything looks correct it feels right spins freely it's near the center of the yard with very few trees away from buildings any ideas?
 
queequeg152 said:
hows the feathering of the blades? could be pitched to flat or to straight.
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There is a bit of a scoop I'm sure the guy that sells this kit has some experience... so I sent him an email and now the wait. 22KMPH is not a lot (there is a small "tree" near by slightly shorter the leaves did not move a lot on it)

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How tall is it? How big of an area is the open area? A lot of tall trees around even a large open area could create a "dead space".
 
TOAW said:
How tall is it? How big of an area is the open area? A lot of tall trees around even a large open area could create a "dead space".
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At least 6 meters off the ground mounted to an Aluminum shed there is one large tree near by but there's lots of open space in this yard and the yards around me the leaves should fall off soon.
 
I was outside it’s fairly windy and I was getting annoyed so I climb up and turned the turbine to the direction I thought the wind was blowing and sure enough it started to spin pretty quickly so I guess my tail is not large enough to easily move the turbine with the larger pole attached to the old antenna spinning base. I will probably look at adjusting the height and making the tail larger or making different size blades longer or shorter. (I did raise it another 2 feet not much difference I think the nearby tree is affecting the wind).
 
"I guess my tail is not large enough to easily move the turbine"
That would do it. Even more of issue if a tree is causing turbulance that keeps changing the wind direction. Like eddies longside and behind a rock in a stream.
 
The inverter is rated at 1200watts my HPS is 1000 watt adjustable ballast and I have various bulbs 100 200 600 watt so I will run cfl bulbs for now, Tonight we had large wind gusts I went into the backyard the wind changed direction but the turbine did not (I guess it was people I know moving it trying to get it going) the trees do indeed seem to affect the wind it gets I can't wait for the leaves to fall off...
 
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