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Posted by Joe Fischer on January 18, 2007, 1:40 pm
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>I'd like to swap experiences with owners of home wind turbines.
>There's a lot of chatter on the newsgroups about wind turbines but
>it's mostly theoretical.. I own an Aero4gen-F 12v turbine and I'm not
>entirley happy with it and I'm thinking of upgrading so I'd
>value opinions from other turbine owners. Here is a picture of the installation
I have:
>http://www.zen73857.zen.co.uk/turbine/situ.htm
>Here is a clearer picture of the Aero4gen-F turbine.
>http://www.lvmshop.co.uk/item.asp?ls=&v=7EBA94CA50E743DAB4FA9CDA450CE787&id=2640
Rather than upgrading, is there enough room to
add a second generator?
>Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the aero4gen, it's a
>well made little turbine but it's too small for my needs. Not enough
>power for what it cost me. This is my first turbine and it's my own
>fault for starting with something too small. I was thinking of
>upgrading to the Aero6gen-F
>http://www.lvmshop.co.uk/item.asp?ls=&v=7EBA94CA50E743DAB4FA9CDA450CE787&id=2652
>but first I'd like to get some feedback from owners of other turbines
>for comparison. I use a stainless steel 38mm (2inch) pole
38 mm is not 2 inches, 2 inches is 50.8 mm.
>(5mm wall thickness) for the turbine.
That small a pipe would definitely not carry a larger
generator, in fact, a fabricated tower might be better.
>The aero4gen 12v specs boast 10A max output but I've never
>seen it produce that. 5A is the maximum I've ever seen. In upgrading I
>can't go too big because the installation I have for a turbine isn't strong
>enough to hold a big blade machine, and it's the only
>location I have so 1.5m max blade diameter is my limit, and I want to
>stay with 12v.
I like the idea of 12 volt everything, with multiple
units, both for redundancy and utility of being common
with automotive equipment.
>The pole is top clamped at 1.4m below the
>turbine. I could easily fit a stronger pole if need be.
It sounds like a much larger diameter than 38 mm
would be needed for a larger machine.
>What I like about the aerogen turbine is that it's well made
>and it's all metal apart from the blades. It has nice big bearings and
>the moving parts are beefy and strong.
>This is one reason for staying with the aerogen brand but that's
>because I know nothing about other brands of home-based turbines.
Are you sure you can;t keep that system and
add another larger one?
>So, are you happy with your turbine? Tell me about it.
I don't have enough wind. And I don't have
enough sun, so I should move.
Joe Fischer
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