Oh come on guys, there have been many studies that show the greatest killer of birds both in America and England are house cats. Last year a British study...
James Day
jday1@...
Aug 1, 2003 8:17 am
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- Yes. Audubon estimates at 100 million/year in U.S. Again, wind may eventually get up to 1%. I personally think we can write off the idea that wind energy...
Thanks to everyone For all the help with using a transformer at other frequencies. It appears it will work, at increased losses, and at one half the power at...
Thank you to everyone. Regarding my grounding problem and lightening damage. I have decided to drive several ground rods at the power shed and wind tower....
Hi..........i've been thinking about some questions ... hopefully someone would answer 1) Everyone has been saying that it's not preferable to use car ...
... Truck ones have similar problems. Some motorcycle alternators are pm. They are a bit small though. ... If they are heavy then they may be more efficient....
Another owner I talked to seemed to get a lot more power from his Lakota - a 24 volt model, than the last owner I talked to. He too estimated about an amp per...
It continues to be a research project of mine why the verticals wind turbines have had such a small impact on the wind energy field. Some more detail has been...
there are many ways to skin a cat so to speak, if losses in your transformer are going to be excessive then perhaps you'll be better off rectifying current...
From a recent e-mail, the dude that said he was getting about 700 watts at 27 mph from his 24 Volt Lakota was measuring current after 250 feet of #4 aluminum...
The blades aren't the issue, the integrity of Mr. Lexington Bartlett (aka the Ken Lay of Prescott Valley AZ) is, as numerous shareholders and the Arizona...
Has anyone tried attaching light weight, brightly colored streamers to wind turbine blades? This would cause some drag but might be effective in warding off...
Indeed the streamers may ward birds, but please think about the efficiency drop due to the drag of them. It is not linear drop versus wind velocity. Color is...
garciah
nando37@...
Aug 4, 2003 1:22 pm
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Turbines ARE bird scarers!! The first turbine I sold was to a farmer who wanted to pump water for a fish nursery, his wife said it was too near the house and...
I just received a Lakota and I plan to test it before the end of the year. I received it 7 days after ordering from China (and I do not see any trouble in...
DC to DC converters are not famous for their high efficiencies neither... ... transformer are going to be excessive then perhaps you'll be better off...
I agree with you. It scares birds while turning for sure. We have started working on a bird scarer based on a LVM Aero4gen-F feeding a flashing light (the kind...
I am new on the group. I want to use renewable energy sources here in North Texas and need a little help. If this is not the place to ask, please let me know. ...
... Hydro, hydrocarbon burner, nuclear, they all kill animals. If we break up the dams on the Snake river, what do we replace them with? If we tear down the...
Robert Moskowitz
rgm@...
Aug 4, 2003 2:31 pm
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... I had seen plenty of raptors dead on the roadside during my bicycle touring days. Not as many as sparrows, but they where there....
Robert Moskowitz
rgm@...
Aug 4, 2003 2:31 pm
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... When I was a teen, I watched a flock of crows chasing a Great Horned Owl around. They could not get the owl, as it swooped among the trees. The next day...
Robert Moskowitz
rgm@...
Aug 4, 2003 2:31 pm
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Hello everyone, I guess it is about time to talk a bit more about the Lakota. Oliver mentioned that it "looks like a windseeker". He is absolutely right. On ...
Andy Kruse
andy@...
Aug 4, 2003 3:47 pm
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A well designed DC/DC converter may have 93 to 97 % efficiency. I have probably designed more than 50 types from very low power to 5 Megawatt Nando ... From:...
garciah
nando37@...
Aug 4, 2003 6:22 pm
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Hi I'm new to this list and am writing in the hope that someone has come across a really small wind generator and can refer me to the company that supplies...
Windies, All the bird kill stuff is hilarious to us in Texas where buzzards, deer, and all other manner of flattened creature carcasses pave our highways! I ...
randy young
judgeyoung@...
Aug 4, 2003 8:32 pm
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Thanks to everyone for prevcious help. If I first rectify this wind machine, I will have about 120 volts at 150 amps DC. For 18 kW max. Can I use an Outback...
Derek: You have 105 AH battery, 5/60*4*12 =4 Watt-hour out of 120 Watt-hour that the battery may have, for a day of work = 4*24=98 watt-hour. What you need is...
garciah
nando37@...
Aug 4, 2003 9:52 pm
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Does anyone have experience with these batteries in a Wind and or PV system ? UPSolyte - flooded 12 volt 100ah made by GNB industrial battery co. Thanks, Menlo...
billglic@...
Aug 4, 2003 9:53 pm
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Hi all, I was searching the web for info to help us in our design project at school and ran across this group. We are trying to design a wind turbine that we...
Derek: I made a mistake in the calculation of the battery watt-hour by a factor of 10, so it is around 1200 watt-hours. And you are spending about 100...
