The turbine spinning has no relationship to actual power into the battery bank. If you can't get it into the air a ways don't bother at all, just add more solar or a larger battery bank. They might spin at 15' but they accomplish absolutely nothing.
Bob Ellison On 4/3/12, Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Roy, > > It would be for a cloudy weather backup for an > off grid system. From what you are saying, it > doesn't sound like it will produce much. There > is one on a highway weather station near here, > and it spins a lot, and is only ~ 15' above the ground. > > Thanks, > > Drake > > > At 10:04 AM 4/3/2012, you wrote: >>Hi Drake, >> >>The Air 403/ Air-X/ Air Breeze/ whatever it's >>name is now, is fairly dependable. >>In most wind regimes it's the equivalent of a 10 or 20 watt solar module >> but >>seems to work just fine. FYI- it's ~ 200 watts or so. >> >>It's not the quietest thing though, being a fairly high rpm turbine. >> >>But the Sunforce 600 is not a 600. The rotor >>diameter tells the truth, making it >>somewhere around a 200 - 250 watt machine. Perhaps they have the bugs >> worked >>out but when they first came out, there were >>many reliability and performance issues. >> >>What's the application for this? >> >>Roy Butler >>NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer® >>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® >>NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer >>Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC >>8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807 >>607-324-9747 <http://www.four-winds-energy.com>www.four-winds-energy.com >> >>Join us at the 8th Annual Small Wind Conference >>A Gathering of Installers, Manufacturers, Dealers, & Distributors >>June 12 and 13, 2012 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin >><http://www.smallwindconference.com>www.smallwindconference.com >> >>Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, >>a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. >> >> >> >>On 4/3/2012 9:44 AM, Drake wrote: >>>Hello Wrenches, >>> >>>Are the new Air 403 wind machines more reliable than in times past? >>> >>>I'm also looking at a Sunforce 600 W >>>machine. How do these small turbines hold up these days? >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Drake >>> >>>Drake Chamberlin >>>ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC >>>OH License 44810 >>>CO license 3773 >>>NABCEP Certified PV >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>List sponsored by Home Power magazine >>> >>>List Address: >>><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >>> >>>Options & settings: >>><http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>>List-Archive: >>><http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >>> >>>List rules & etiquette: >>><http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >>> >>>Check out participant bios: >>><http://www.members.re-wrenches.org>www.members.re-wrenches.org >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >>List Address: [email protected] >> >>Options & settings: >>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >>List-Archive: >>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >>List rules & etiquette: >>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >>Check out participant bios: >>www.members.re-wrenches.org > > Drake Chamberlin > ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC > OH License 44810 > CO license 3773 > NABCEP Certified PV > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
