What to power with a simple wind setup
I think wind is a majorly underused source of power. Of course I've looked into small scale residential DIY kind of stuff. A simple wind setup would be a small windmill, charge controller, small battery bank, and a power inverter if you want to use 110V. The problem I always seem to have is what can you actually power with a simple wind setup? I'm thinking things like lights (CFLs of course) and fans. These things don't take lot of power but you find yourself using a lot. Anyone have any other ideas?
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Your radio alarm, your radio Your battery (AAA&AA) charger, your mp3 player, your cell phone Your small fridge (the 6 beers model ;) Your Internet router, your wireless router Your laptop, but only a few hours a day Your TV decoder and TV set, sorry. But like with simple solar systems, simple wind systems will not deliver a lot and will never pay for themselves, except if you DIY some parts and get second hands for other parts. See my calculation for a single 24/7 20W laptop on a "simple" solar system. I heard that where there is the most wind, a wind system generates a third of its maximum. Where I live it's a tenth :( so only for the wind mill it will pay for itself in 20 years. Add the charge controller, the batteries and the inverter... What is the most expensive is the batteries. I would like to have a system that connects directly to the internal electric network to feed a part of the little 24/7 electric systems. Denis. |
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I think if you can get a small bank of batteries, build a windmill yourself and get a descent charge controller and power inverter you should be able to make a small, but fairly inexpensive and cost effective system. I too would LOVE to have a grid tie inverter so I could sell back power to the utility. However, I've heard that the cheapest ones are very close to $1000 (US). That would by far be the largest chunk of the entire systems price. |
with the grid tie you have to keep in mind the cost of using a Licensed electrician.
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Man I wish grid tie was affordable.
If you cam come up with some sort of transfer switch (charge based) that would be awesome. You could even run a fride or similar sized load. |
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I'm still learning about grid-tie systems myself but couldn't something like that be used, or at least technology along those lines? Anyone??? |
Food for thought: V10 (vawt,savonius,vertical axis,windturbine,ametek)
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i'm curious to know how well it works. Looks simple enough to build. Any one thinking of building one?
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I'm very excited to start a wind project. I just have so much to do before doing that. Maybe next summer.
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