Carrerahill Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 minutes ago, Wil said: I did have a self installed 1kW wind turbine... It died in a storm after about 9 months of generating very little. It was a total bodge job, but in comparison to my solar it did almost nothing... It was good to have and I miss it's minor contributions on overcast winter days and nights. What a shame! That's sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 It was a sad day indeed. It's still sat in the shed awaiting a new set of blades and a better mounting structure! It managed to bend a scaff pole to 45degrees on it's way down too... My self installed bodge didn't include a good way of getting it up and down in the event of high winds, so was kind of inevitable it was going to overload at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 If I was to get one it would be for an outbuilding where the noise was far enough away and power demand low, rather like the ones on yachts that can power 3 lights and a radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 14 hours ago, saveasteading said: If I was to get one it would be for an outbuilding where the noise was far enough away and power demand low, rather like the ones on yachts that can power 3 lights and a radio. Boat ones tend to be low power devices (200 to 600 W), put them on land and they will produce even less. Power generation is proportional to the cube of the windspeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 3 hours ago, SteamyTea said: put them on land and they will produce even less. true. There is nearly always a wind even in harbour. but on a shed roof in the right spot, just to run the led lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 18 minutes ago, saveasteading said: just to run the led lights. Get a half decent battery powered one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 8 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: a half decent battery powered one. A battery powered windmill? No, it is all hypothetical, I won't be getting a wind turbine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 10 minutes ago, saveasteading said: A battery powered windmill? No, shed light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReedRichards Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 13/01/2022 at 06:32, Mike_scotland said: So i got a rough quote back from a wind turbine guy a 6w turbine is around 35k!!! Jesus haha 6 W or 6 kW? If it's the former I can do you one cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 water turbine all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 2 hours ago, Dave Jones said: water turbine all day long. If you think getting planning for a wind turbine us hard, even harder with a water one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_scotland Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 On 15/01/2022 at 18:39, ReedRichards said: 6 W or 6 kW? If it's the former I can do you one cheaper. 6kw sorry. What you looking at for one mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReedRichards Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I was joking but a marine wind turbine costing, say, £1.25 k should very comfortably give you 6 W; the one I looked at said 160 W rated power. You would need to mount it on a scaffold pole and then you would need an inverter and wiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) That one I posted that died above, was about £800 all in for inverter and controller plus probably another £100 of scaff and mounting brackets. As above, stuck on an old stable away from everything else. It tended to gust (funnily enough) rather than constant and would often overspeed and dump to a resistor. In a strong wind it would do about 100Wh constantly with peaks of up to 600W instantaneously. Currently wondering whether I can homebrew some VAWT blades to attach to the hub as it's only really the blades that are knackered. Edited January 17 by Wil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 21 minutes ago, Wil said: Currently wondering whether I can homebrew some VAWT blades to attach to the hub as it's only really the blades that are knackered. If you have one blade that is intact, find a GRP company and see if they can copy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: If you have one blade that is intact, find a GRP company and see if they can copy it. Eeenteresting. Hadn't thought of that approach. Only problem with that is I need to come up with a better mounting system too!! ? Will go and google GRP firms locally... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 6 minutes ago, Wil said: Eeenteresting. Hadn't thought of that approach. Only problem with that is I need to come up with a better mounting system too!! ? Will go and google GRP firms locally... thanks! They would probably have to make a simple, single sided mould, but should be able to modify the mountings. May not perform quite as well, but would be a relatively easy job. The small Proven WT had plywood vanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Sorry I meant mounting system for the pole and furling system. The blades are well held on fortunately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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