Well, perhaps the technology has advanced or better designs are out there, or maybe I shouldn't believe everything I read and make sweeping generalizations...
Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!) '95 E300 283k miles (daily driving duties) '73 Balboa 20 (High & dry until the head is back on) Charleston SC ________________________________ From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 10:14:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The "Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT".... I'd heard that for horizontal blades but not big conventional type ones. I don't think thats the case here as sometimes in the morning when I go to work theres no wind and they'll be stopped, there are 2 right off my commute, on my way home they'll be spinning again. -Curt Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:23:23 -0400 From: Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The "Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT".... Message-ID: <4bb626be-14ff-445a-b08b-53c8bd82b...@email.android.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 All the big wind generators have a motor feature to keep the blades turning when the wind isn't strong enough to do the job, because the high wind speed required to get them spinning doesn't happen often enough. Basically you have to spend some electricity to make some. Long calm spell? Wind farm will consume lots of electricity to get through it. In other words, we can't even predict the weather, let alone the climate, but that is another discussion... Max Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >We've recently (well since last fall anyway) gotten 5 big (1.65MW) >windmills in our area. I'm constantly amazed by how little wind it >takes them to turn. I'm sure they're not making much power when they're >just barely turning though.. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
