Ouch....those sound like pretty sucky bylaws. One of our primary motivating checklist items before we bought our 30 acres was "no covenants". Drives the...
Hi all. Do any of you know where I can find the various formulas that relate to axial flux alternators? Specifically: 1) field strength in relation to coil...
Hi Dave, I don't think he meant a hydro runner, like a Pelton or Turgo wheel. I think he meant a water-pumping windmill. But I could be wrong. I'm not that...
Hi Dave The reason most wind electric machines are one, two, three blades is these machines can extract more energy from the air stream than a multibladed...
This is the first place I've noticed the floating wind turbines for sale (well, "for sale soon", anyway). =============================== Steven Woodcock From...
A group in my town (Harvard, MA) is researching wind turbines with the possibility of a bylaw amendment to allow them - currently they're not allowed by...
Neither are trees, light poles or flagpoles. Common sense engineering has to draw the line somewhere. Andy Sent via BlackBerry ... From: "Donald Plisco"...
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LOL...I guess you can put some concrete filled steel piers around the base....LOL Merry Christmas all.... Don ... From: "Andy Kruse"...
Correct me if I am wrong, folks, but if you are a resident of the United States, Federal laws requires that the COOP must allow you to hook a grid tied...
Hi all again. Upon a few days of research and the limitations of available funds... looks like a small homemade axial system will be our start... OK... nothing...
exactly why these discussions quickly lead to a break with reality Like every idiot newbie asking the same stupid questions about birds and newbie V-A drag...
To all : A Merry Christmas and a Prosper New Year and that all your dreams are made reality. Nando [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Just a note to say Happy Christmas and we hope to see you soon at the community site. Warm Regards, D. Partenov. http://www.partenovcfd.com...
IntegEner-W at http://www.integener.com has some answers despite the "vertical axis" info also there. We have bent some 1/4" shank bolts with our small 51"...
Hello to my fellow wind enthusiast. I am planning to up grade from my existing Air X turbine to a Bergy XL1 and thought that it would be nice to view an XL1...
Hi everybody! First of all, I would like to thank you to everyone who has answer our posts. We will have our presentation in January but we have a little...
Hi all, I am looking to build a micro wind generator as small as possible to generate 1.4V to charge a 1.2V NiCad Battery. I have a very basic understanding of...
Preliminary test results on the Air Breeze have been posted at http://www.wind-works.org/wulf/FieldTestsonAirBreezeBR0001068.html. Note. These are preliminary...
Just Joined and I have a few ideas that I have been working on. A 12 volt wind system useing a ceiling fan motor as a flywheel to turn a 12 volt car...
HY everybody I have another question,if you compare the power output given by the Betz ecuation,which is the common efficiency for a small wind generator?? let...
Hi I am a new one here. I would like to know if some one has experience in blade for wind generator in laminated timber or in timber, but which quality to use...
I believe you are correct. My understanding is that under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, PURPA, as Applicable to the Energy Policy Act...
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I presume the delay in posts is due to 100% moderation on this list. I run a number of lists myself, and none of them has 100% moderation nor do they suffer...
Dave: A wind mill produces power as "defined" by the power available in the wind at any moment which means that the harvested power must be variable therefore...
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Paul, Thanks for the info. The performance appears to be in-line with our predictions. It appears from the scatter plot data that the site is very turbulent...
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I think you want something other than light aluminum sheet.... but I like the idea of blades that give rather than having to be mechanically rotated....though...
Go down US495 to Bourne on the Cape Cod Canal to see the Aircon 10 ( http://www.aircon-international.de/ ) on its tilt up locally made tower. A solution going...
Doug, I appreciate your comments out here. But I would ask one thing of you; this is a forum for people to discuss small wind systems and learn more about the...
