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wigmouse
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 31/12/2007 : 23:09:19
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Hello everyone
just intro myself to the forum before i jump in and pick everyones brain .
I have a small solar set up (4times 80w) + a 40w just to trickle charge my work battery.
Had my home rewired so got the sparks to add some rings in just for solar , as i am hoping to expand my system over time .
in summer i can run all my lights (all low energery 150w in total).
tv , dvd , freeviw box , laptop without the batteries getting low.
in winter .....emmmmmm well ..maybe if i watch no tv , live in the dark , go back to the abicus .....well i think you get the idea .
so this brings me to wind ....to supplement the solar ..
after standing in the garden with a set of blades made from the plans off here , and messing with any motor i could distroy ,
i achieved 2 things .
one was to discover i am now hooked on gettting wind power
the second was to prove to my neighbours that i am just as mad as they think i am ....running outside every time the wind blows to watch some plastic bits of pipe spin??
well to my question ... i think my best bet is to go for a small vawt . we have great neighbours and wish to limit noise and visual impact .
does anyone supply vawt in the uk ?
Navitron may be getting one .... i am watching there web site .no idea of price yet , but they seem good people deal with .
I have found some sites but they are normally large scale or dont have price info .
i dont normally buy from ebay unless i can find out about the company in an other way ( not that i have found a uk suppler on there )
thank
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gotwind
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 16:35:46
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Hello wigmouse
The "running outside every time the wind blows" rings true with me when I was starting out - I have a window now 
Vawts seem the nice 'neighbor friendly route' but I don't think this is going to become a reality I'm afraid.
Navitron imports its turbines from China clearly.
Have a look at alibaba - this is where all the products are sourced and will indicate what is going to become available shortly - It doesn't look great to be honest.
http://tinyurl.com/2abngv
Ben.
The Futures Green - Getwind of it. |
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wigmouse
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/01/2008 : 01:06:35
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hi ben
thanks for the reply and the link .
what a great idea them window devices seem to be ( made me smile ), do you have a link for them please ....or do you sell any plans so i can make 1 out of soil pipe ?
looks like best bet for vawt is to make from scratch like others on here .
i did get a few magnets and some coil wire , to see if i could induce a current.............. but me and my wife ended up playing with the magnets like big kids. .
thanks
wayne
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