Ken, if you shopping for a boat wind generator, you should ignore the 900w rating.
Snake oil works well during high winds. Be careful about inflated wind generator ratings, computed at ridiculous wind speeds. That Whisper is only rated at 900 Watts when the wind blows at 28 mph. How often will you be enjoying your boat at that wind speed? Sailors need to compare generators at a more realistic wind speed. The Whisper 100 generates a feeble 50 to 100 Watts approx at about 10 mph. There may be more effective ways to spend your money? See the chart here; http://www.etaengineering.com/windpower/w200.shtml -Neal. Ken Klingman wrote: > Any experience out there with the Whisper 100 > wind generator? It's rated at 900W, which is > substantially higher output than most other > marine wind generators that I've seen, save > the Lakota. And the Lakota apparently has > some serious quality and support issues. > > Thanks, > Ken > S/V Aurora, lying Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago > Hylas 46 > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
