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Posted by tg on January 20, 2007, 4:59 am
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>>Personally, I don't think using a bigger turbine will give you much
>>benefit - you will still have the same wind resource and it seems that
>>there's not enough to give you the maximum benefit of the turbine you
>>already have.
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> I disagree. If he doubles the swept area, he can reasonably expect
> about double the output, no matter the location. If it were me, I
> think I'd also add a telescoping section to the pole, and raise the
> turbine incrementally to either the structural limit, or until
> somebody complains. ;-)
that's what I thought - a bigger turbine will bring in more power, irrespective
of the poorness of the location. But I can't see a
telescopic pole working. It wouldn't be strong enough to hold a bigger turbine
against stormy winds - unless you know of a
particular product that could withstand such stresses. It would have to be an
extremely well made piece of kit. The pole I use is a
2inch stainless steel pipe of 5mm wall thickness and even that sometimes wobbles
and bends a bit in strong winds.
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