Poor mans wind turbine mppt

Just wandering if anyone has ever figured out an alternative to the midnite classic and the clipper. Its the "right" way to do it and it also gets close to 2 grand. I'm looking at mid sized windmills, around 1000 watts and I want to do it without the usual direct load windmills. I have a 24 volt system. I don't see how anyone can do direct drive, its so inefficient and the cable size is huge! I am fairly certain most mppt including the midnite just needs a in series resistor bank at the correct ohm, for the voltage you want to keep it under and it needs to be larger than the windmills total output. Does this sound right? A cheaper mppt with an AUX output or even a simple voltage sensing signal to a relay to activate the resistor bank relay. Maybe two banks. One set at a higher O S*** setting and a lower bank that can't completely stop it, that way it still turns somewhat at a decent speed. I feel like no one system is reliable enough to rely on. Smaller windmills like that might do okay with some simple mechanical brakes like from a bike. Thoughts? Can a dude cludge together a decent mppt wind turbine without breaking the bank?
The only unique part of the clipper is the control board, the rest of it can easily be replicated.
The only unique part of the clipper is the control board, the rest of it can easily be replicated.
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|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
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|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,
http://www.midnitesolar.com/pdfs/clipperManual.pdf
Also I found a video of a guy who made his own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDdZaKE0Bk
simply energizing a Dump Load Resistor at a specific over-voltage.
There are very inexpensive "Dump Load" Controllers, but they usually don't provide 3-Stage Charging for deep cycle batteries.
|| Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
|| VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A
solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,