The future of "small scale" wind!

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icarus
icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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Just found this real coo wind turbine. I think is solves all kind of maintenance issues!
http://www.greenwindsolar.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=158&osCsid=6a3aeb1df44003e83dd8f6b0216e0ff5

Tony
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,439 admin
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    Re: The future of "small scale" wind!

    You are cruel Tony... (we don't have enough emoticons here to properly reflect your cruelty :roll: ).

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • niel
    niel Solar Expert Posts: 10,300 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: The future of "small scale" wind!

    and in my opinion it gets moved from wind generation as it is tony's opinion of a product with bill's opinion of tony's opinion. anyone care to buy one and give us a review of its performance?:roll: i wonder what the $/w is.:cry::p
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  • dulley
    dulley Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭
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    { $99.95 } I would give them $15 for it if it worked
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  • Cariboocoot
    Cariboocoot Banned Posts: 17,615 ✭✭✭
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    Re: The future of "small scale" wind!

    I couldn't find any specs! How many will I need to run my house? :p

    $100 for $5 worth of stuff in plastic. Wish I was on the receiving end of that profit.
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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: The future of "small scale" wind!

    I have ordered 5,000 of them! I got a 10% discount so it only cost be $450,000 for my estimated 2.5 kw grid tie system system. I expect the noise to be managable, as the frequency should be high enough such that I won't be able to hear it,, or I will think it is humming birds.

    My guess is that if the thing put out ~2 watts in total it would be a lot. I suspect the Pv is under a watt, and I can't imagine the "wind turbine" putting out more than 1 watt. If a 15 ft sq swept area wind turbine puts out about 50 watts in a 10 mph wind, if this is 1/1000th the swept area, that would be .05 watts? Imagine how well it would work tied to the car antenna! Faster dad, faster!

    Tony
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  • Truth Squad
    Truth Squad Solar Expert Posts: 126 ✭✭
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    Another product that needs to go back into time so it can today be dumped on the "Dumb Fads And Ideas From The 1970s" pile.
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  • AntronX
    AntronX Solar Expert Posts: 462 ✭✭
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    Re: The future of "small scale" wind!

    Saw this featured on treehugger.com recently and got mad how stupid these amateur journalists can get. People with zero technical understanding. And some people buy into it.
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  • JetMech
    JetMech Solar Expert Posts: 71 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: The future of "small scale" wind!

    Hey! Anything that looks like a turbine engine can't be all bad...

    :p
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