Edd — something like this might be a better option for an area with lower
typical wind speeds:
https://www.emarineinc.com/rutland-914i-12v-24v-wind-turbine
<https://www.emarineinc.com/rutland-914i-12v-24v-wind-turbine>
— Fred
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
> On Feb 23, 2017, at 12:22 PM, Paul Wyand via CnC-List <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> from what I have researched it takes a strong consistent wind before they
> make sense. From what I have read you start getting usable output at about 15
> knots, and it does not start making it's peak till well over 20 knots. Might
> make sense in the Caribbean(eastern), or Pacific islands, I don't' see it
> working in NY.
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> After watching the Brown family on Alaskan Bush People last night install a
> wind turbine to power their part of the island, I got to thinking (usually a
> very dangerous and costly thing to do) and found this on Defender:
> http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|328|2290063|2290064&id=2188348
> <http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1%7C328%7C2290063%7C2290064&id=2188348>
>
>
> So — has anyone installed a wind turbine/generator on their C&C? Pros? Cons?
> How did you mount it? Any photos of your mounts would be appreciated in case
> I pull the trigger.
>
> All the best,
>
> Edd
>
>
> Edd M. Schillay
> Starship Enterprise
> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
> City Island, NY
> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
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