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Old 04-07-15, 10:00 AM   #7
ideamaster
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Exclamation Slow Wind Speed References

i did a lot of research into one of these for florida. They are great "slow startup". However they still need a good bit of wind before any real power gets going. At least, if I remember correctly, i determined that florida doesn't have enough wind to power anything more than a cheap LED light. My guess was you really need about 9mph, and I think my area's average was something like 7. So i wasn't really interested in hurricane only power.

power curve (with mph and m/s)
google: Honeywell-Wind-Turbine-System.pdf

windchart m/s
google: us_windmap_80meters.pdf

(sorry my post count is too low to post URLs)
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