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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Enter Anti SPAM Code: Click here to refresh this page Message Icon:                             Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by donniedingle[/i] [br]Hi Del, can you put me down for one of these pmg's please, just to let you you all know, i'm up in the scottish highlands and running 2 x 200W chinese cheapies, and to me the best you can get, although you need to tune the blades to reduce the noise,and their only other failing is there tower, its a brittle the steel and soon cracks,around the mountings, but 12 months on and never had a flat battery bank, just looked in my diary and i reckon over the year they have produced roughly a steady 18A each,one here supplies my needs, and the other at the croft supplies lights in the cattle shed and water pumping. and thats into my 800A battery bank, and thats all my lighting my fridge freezer me electric blanket tv video, and even this pc, just spend a bit more on a good used upc, it sure levels out the peaks and spikes from the invertor, i also have a beewind 12 volt and the biggest dissapointment ever, 3 burnt out stators to date due to the gales, and 1 bent tower...lol. have tried every combination of blades on them and they just don't give what they claim, unless you live in a hurricane area. the last gales bent the blades that far back they hit the tower, i even bought different stators from blue wind early in the year and no better (these are based on the AC Delco alternator). just bought one of those 2200W stepper motors from ebay,now unless i drive it with the tractor...lol, but it is sure hard to turn, so i'm planning on a 8.1 reduction, and use 5' blades. but if you look at them a 2" wide toothed timing belt around the whole casing and then driven from the prop shaft via a 40mm toothed sprocket, but some where i read about a maximum speed for these stepper motors, so i think just let the blades go for it and gear the output down to the stepper. but the fun and pleasure is trying and experimenting and using pooled idea's. but i'm dependent on wind for where i live, and my other croft and out buildings are all wind powered. and another good buy are those 6V 100A deep cycle batteries on ebay, 12.50 each and 10.00 postage, 25Kgs each battery, and i swear buy them, even up here in the frost and snow. well dam i got carried away here,so i hope i have given you an insight in my hobby.and once i learn how to post picturs i'll post some. and A HAPPY XMAS TO ONE AND ALL. just keep her spinning.. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.