... Hello all, I Tried to respond to the address above, Carlos, and got a mail error message. If you are reading this Carlos, drop me a line and I will try...
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Tom Gray
tomgray@...
Mar 1, 1999 6:30 pm
Here is a breathtakingly simple idea that could change the home energy systems market, IMHO. Give this one some serious thought, folks--it seems like a great...
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Alan Muller
amuller@...
Mar 2, 1999 5:03 am
... I believe this was published by Tab Books in Blue Ridge Summit, PA. I know one of my local libraries has a copy which could be gotten by interlibrary...
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Grant Mangold
inovator@...
Mar 3, 1999 4:37 am
Have two Trace 5548 and two Trace 4048 inverters for sale. Looking for good deals on battery banks for 65kw and 45kw generators. Suggestions? Leads? Need info...
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Douglas Johnson
sales@...
Mar 3, 1999 1:54 pm
Hello from NE Wisconsin: I have an e-mail message from a fellow from Taiwan who is seeking a large quantity of very small wind turbines that are designed for...
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Carlos Aguilar
cda@...
Mar 6, 1999 4:09 pm
Hello, The list is very quiet...I´ll put this question at least to check it still works. :-) Does anyone have experience w/ ceiling fan laminations for PMG ...
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Windkid1@...
Mar 6, 1999 7:41 pm
I have thought of using a ceiling fan motor for a wind machine before due to the low rpm, but I have never tried it. The motor that I wanted to try is from...
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Ian Woofenden
ianw@...
Mar 6, 1999 9:00 pm
Hi All, Just thought I'd report on my trip up to our Whisper 1000 this morning, since I'd mentioned earlier that it has been making noise. As I guessed, the...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 7, 1999 11:20 am
... Is this for an intertie? or alone. Alone it would need capacitors or maybe a new rotor with permanent magnets on. I would worry about the metal blades...
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Windkid1@...
Mar 7, 1999 6:36 pm
Hugh, I was always thinking of stand alone for this one. Like you said, it would probably need new magnets or something on that order to make it work. The...
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Claus Nybroe
windmission@...
Mar 7, 1999 6:48 pm
How does tilt up rotors work in comparison to sideways furling rotors? -- Claus Nybroe http://www.windmission.dk Denmark ... eGroup home:...
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Windkid1@...
Mar 7, 1999 6:55 pm
We can all agree that when a wind turbine is operating, the wind, to some effect, is trying to knock the tower over as well as knock the machine off the tower....
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Claus Nybroe
windmission@...
Mar 7, 1999 7:59 pm
... Thanks Corey! I have made many sideways furling machines, working well. Now I have some PMG's intended for tilt up, and I wonder if anyone can tell about ...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 7, 1999 8:21 pm
Claus, ... it's just like a sideways furling system. (Or even an angle governor) You need to have a big enough distance between the tilt-hinge and the shaft ...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 7, 1999 9:49 pm
... no need for the suit, this is quite a good system, which I have used myself, and so have many others, in New Zealand and in China. but it looks clumsy. A...
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mn45@...
Mar 7, 1999 10:31 pm
I am interested in any info regarding this subject. My wife and I intend to move North of Toronto (aprox. 200km) and the house we are looking to buy has no...
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Southwest Windpower (...
andy@...
Mar 8, 1999 3:42 am
Sorry, I'm a little behind on these e-mails due to a hard drive upgrade. Also, I lost a couple hundred messages which were from around March 1-5. If anyone had...
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Southwest Windpower (...
andy@...
Mar 8, 1999 3:44 am
Michael, Interesting report on the Proven 2500. One thing I did not see, what is the price. And is the price you paid wholesale or retail? Also, what did it...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 8, 1999 6:29 am
andy said ... We have an 'industrial' near here. It has failed only three times in 2 years which is much better than the standard AIR303. The owners were very...
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robert
robt@...
Mar 8, 1999 10:06 am
micky, i guess i’m sort of an anachronism. i think land is more important than money. when i purchased the land i now live on it had an old house nobody...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 8, 1999 1:39 pm
... yes there are diagrams of various tilt-back arrangements on page 106, including the recently mentioned counterweight idea. Chapter six is devoted to...
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robert
robt@...
Mar 8, 1999 2:14 pm
hi folks, has anyone wind tunnel ,or field tested, a blade system where the cone is half or more of the total blade diameter? also how about shrink plastic as ...
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MTruong@...
Mar 8, 1999 2:24 pm
Please remove me from e-mail list. Thanks. ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/awea-wind-home Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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Musich, Mark A.
mmusich@...
Mar 8, 1999 2:54 pm
I was curious to know how receptive the turbine manufacturing/development community is to DOE's Field Verification Program for Small Wind Turbines. This...
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Claus Nybroe
windmission@...
Mar 8, 1999 5:13 pm
After governing: How hard does the nacelle come back. Is it necessary to dampen it with rubber or a spring - or do the gyro-forces make the movement soft? -- ...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 8, 1999 5:42 pm
... you don;t need $1.3M to test small wind turbines but you do need some degree of independence from the manufacturers themselves. When Mick Sagrllo was in...
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hugh piggott
hugh.piggott@...
Mar 8, 1999 5:56 pm
... If the restoring moment is constant, then it will be less likely to exhibit unstable behaviour. On very turbulent sites it may slam down. This can be ...
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Michael Klemen
makbek@...
Mar 9, 1999 2:53 am
Howdy folks. Thanks Andy. Comments follow. ... About $7k +/- $500 shipped. The cost for a machine that is proven and reliable is basically INCONSEQUENTIAL,...
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Michael Klemen
makbek@...
Mar 9, 1999 2:53 am
Hey, Andy, I've got a comment or 2... ... It's easy to say that, but winds are variable, and can come from ANY direction, at least out here they can... and if...
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Eric Eggleston
whirlwinds@...
Mar 9, 1999 3:27 am
... Yes, it has been tried. This is essentially an inside-out version of a diffuser/augmenter, that dumps more wind on a given rotor. The idea is sound, but...
