If we get a wind system I will need some advice on power diversion beyond water heating and the best ways to deal line loss between source and loads. My home...
I'm curious if anyone knows about or has built their own wind generator? I'd like to do this if I can get the correct kind of prop and the info about the best...
I have a new one still in the box. After I had it for a while someone said they were useless in a marginal wind area like where I live. Is this true? Some...
I'm upgrading our pv system and will soon have a new battery bank plus the old one still functioning fine. Both will be L16 type batteries but with different a...
Hello I'm a new member living off grid since 83 and have been looking at wind turbines as an adjunct to our pv system which is a little shy of 1kw. The one in...
I'm starting the design of a fair sized VAWT turbine (~10' tall). I'm having trouble finding a decent drawing to scale my design. The turbine type I'm...
I just put the finishing touches on the new air density calculators, associated with the wind power output calculator. Please test and advise. The calculator...
Here is some interesting customer feedback that is new to me concerning an ARE turbine. Hi Jimmer, Are you able to get your system manuals into pdf format?...
http://www.edn.com/blog/1690000169/post/220047622.html?nid=2431&rid=1514237 Tuesday, August 11, 2009 A solar-panel glut could be a golden opportunity Aug 11...
Hi all, I use clock-timers to measure wind speeds. Clock-timers are very precise except at low wind speeds, when false triggers of the clock-timer circuit can...
Mike, Thanks for explaining in more detail. I wanted to write a brief message so did not go into all the details.I was trying to counter Doug's statement that...
Doug, Sorry, I didn't notice your message, but Nando answered you; it is a job for the manufacturer. An automatic reset is not a science problems. The science...
Re: Doug's account below: This is a very useful story. To this list of "reliable turbines" (based on long experience) I think we can add the Jacobs. Jacobs ...
Tod Hanley kindly gave us all data on another PowerSyncII inverter in tabular form (on s-w-h). So I added these data to my report(Figure 1). He is showing much...
Tod, You have inspired me to check my readings again, but it will be a be a couple of months before I get back to that inverter to check again. I will be...
Hi everyone, I have completed a little study of BWC's new PowerSyncII inverter. This study compares the PowerSyncII efficiency to the GridTek10. Next on my...
There seems to be a wide variety of data on wind in a particular area - the wind map used by NREL and the map published by 3Tier are widely different. Data...
Hi Ellen, I do remember you and that you want to install a ReDriven turbine. Has NYSERDA approved funding for this turbine? Or is that decision what you are...
Hi, SWIEP has reached a milestone...100 members. I was just about to mark that occasion two days ago but one member dropped out so we were back to 99 before I...
Hi all, I completed construction my Net-Zero Energy House in Jan 2008. The house is net-metered and powered by a 10 kW turbine + a 10 kW PV array producing...
There has been some talk recently about the new Federal Tax Credit on small wind turbines. SED (the people who installed my turbine) sent me a statement from...
Peter, Thanks for all this valuable information about power factors and reactive loads. Ever since you wrote to me about this I have been wondering if reactive...
Ellen, Thanks for the blog link. I am very interested in your experience with the Redriven. I would like to try one out in Alberta. I am involved with a...
A no wind turbine story even with the incentives, looking for any sympathy/suggestions. :) I was hoping to put a Ventera (www.venteraenergy.com) unit up with...
Doug, I have copied the relivent part I want to respond to. Let me explain why I haven't contacted Joe Guasti. Many many messages back I was going on about...
Looking for device or software to evaluate and place small wind turbines, subdivision. Would like to be able to filter out results below c10Mph, over 60. ...
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