What wind turbine I need
casanova
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Hi, I am interesting in add a wind turbine system to just keep charged my batteries. I have installed a solar system. Schneider SW4024, conext 150-60 controller and a 24v battery bank consisting of 2 of 12v AGM 250Ah in series providing 24v because the whole system is 24 volts. As I mentioned I just want the turbine to keep the batteries charged during the night when the power is out and /or when the solar panels are not providing power. I will appreciate if any of you can tell me what size or capacity of wind turbine, controller, etc I need. Thanks
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Most wind turbines need to be up 100' above the landscape and require uncomfortable amounts of wind to generate usable power.. In general, they are a non starter, with lots of mechanical maintenance requirements.
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I’d pass on the wind power . I have both . Just install more panels .ThomOff grid since 1984. 430w of panel, 300w suresine , 4 gc batteries 12v system, Rogue mpt3024 charge controller , air breeze windmill, Mikita 2400w generator . Added 2@ 100w panel with a midnight brat
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casanova said:Hi, I am interesting in add a wind turbine system to just keep charged my batteries. I have installed a solar system. Schneider SW4024, conext 150-60 controller and a 24v battery bank consisting of 2 of 12v AGM 250Ah in series providing 24v...
Have you checked your area for it's normal/typical amount of wind? In general you need to have yor generator 30+ feet above any nearby trees, that means a tower 70-80 feet in many areas. Once up you will want to bring the wind turbine down or you up annually for maintenance.
Typically you will want a separate charge controller for the wind generator as it will need the ability to run a 'dump load' once the batteries are full, unlike solar, which can just be turned off, A wind generator will continue to make power and need a place for it to go.
You might describe your system, I think a 24 volt 250 amphour battery bank or 6kWh battery bank would be undersized for most systems requiring a 3400/4000 watt inverter. I have a 4000 watt inverter and have about a 16 kWh battery bank. Also describe your loads, there might be a reason for the large inverter to battery bank ratio, perhaps a large well pump that doesn't run often and minimal other loads...
There are great areas for small wind, Ireland/Scotland have great wind resources and often minimal trees, and less sun.... So it turns the equation on it's head.
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