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A negative story, for your information. Is there a way to overcome this aspect of wind energy? Green is ugly. Some Kennewick residents watching 300-foot-tall...
First of all, All; In my opinion, this is to be a massively talked-over issue in the near future. It's the new "visual pollution issue" of our green energy...
ROBIN MARSTRAND
r.marstrand@...
Jul 1, 2002 7:38 pm
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It is funny that you don't hear too much about all the cell phone towers sprouting all over the country. Now those are ugly, especially the ones with the...
... From: "James Hannon" <jmhannon@...> ... sprouting all over the country. Now those are ugly, especially the ones with the aircraft warning strobes...
Jon Powers
calwind@...
Jul 1, 2002 9:27 pm
8137
Hi Folks, I am working on a small village electrification project and looking for a 1-3KW turbine that can be connected to my 120 VDC system (PV panels and ...
Saba, Taraz
SabaT@...
Jul 2, 2002 2:31 am
8138
... Proven (Scotland - Brendan Reid <brendan@...>) produce 120 volt machines for heating purposes which could be used in this application. I am...
Those lights are on sectionals and you don't have a lot of landmarks at night. They are useful navigation aids. Also if someone is below 500 feet he is in...
Hey guys, I'm new to the whole wind turbine thing and am setting up a turbine to the ITDG PMG and wind rotor designs by Teodoro Sanchez Campos, Sunith Fernando...
... Or dispense with lights and mark the masts on a map database linked to the pilots GPS. The GPS could beep or speak a warning if it could predict a...
This is an excellent site for Northwest energy news: http://www.registerguard.com/standingdocs/energy.html They even have a link to Sierra Club energy saving...
A Boeing and another airliner collided yesterday over Europe. You want to put your life in the hands of electronics--go ahead. I believe in simple reliable...
... That was my first thought myself - but apart from the inefficiencies which would seem a bit unnecessary I think that if you rectified [the Inverted] AC you...
Derek Conniffe
derek@...
Jul 2, 2002 7:59 pm
8147
If the FAA would approve LED lighting for airfield use it would seriously reduce the cost and the amount of maintenance that safety lighting systems have...
Some Jocobs turbines use hypoid gears to transmit energy from horizontal to vertical axis. What are the problems associated with a long shaft to drive the...
Hello all, In the process of finding sources for enamal-coated wire for winding a generator, I learned that a local motor-rewinder gets paper-wrapped, enamaled...
Patrick Herr, of Swiss air traffic controllers Skyguide, said there were two questions: "Why did the Russian pilot not react immediately and why did the TCAS...
Folks, This discussion is drifting further and further from home energy systems. If you want to continue to discuss the merits of various aircraft safety ...
DEREK: Indeed, it is a very expensive proposition to use several turbines in series to generate 120 Volts. There are sources for those 120 Volts generators as...
H.G.
garciah@...
Jul 3, 2002 4:25 am
8153
Dear friends, We are small company from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. At June, 2 we mounted our test turbine near the Saint-Petersburg ...
Toomas, Try http://www.bergey.com/. They may be of help. See http://www.bergey.com/Products/XL.50.Spec.jpg Joe Difrancisco ... From: vetr2@......
DiFrancisco, Joe
Joe_DiFrancisco@...
Jul 3, 2002 4:25 pm
8156
hi guys: i have been researching blade profiles for many months now and have determined that the clark Y profile while easy to understand and make in wood by...
STEVEN: When using wind mills in tandem ( series) the solution for proper power coupling is to use a charge controllers with a good MPPT, this setting makes ...
H.G.
garciah@...
Jul 4, 2002 1:26 am
8158
DAN: Square versus circular wire, the square wins by 4/3.14 = 1.256 or 25.6 % more copper, therefore more current capability (less resistance) by 25.6 %. R=1,...
H.G.
garciah@...
Jul 4, 2002 1:48 am
8159
Though this will probably get me flames from some of the readers of this group :-), I'll post here anyway because I believe this to be of interest to all the...
No one said wind energy technology is going to be easy but I see lots of difficulties on these postings that could be avoided by more people getting interested...
