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Victor
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/05/2008 : 14:52:54
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Recently around glasgow I have seen a few hybrid systems popping up. this one below is basically for a security point. The lights go on at night when a truck goes into a compound. Basically it`s in a local warehouse area with shops like B+Q and comet etc...
Thisa is the second one within the year I have seen. The rutland 913 i think it was going like a bomb,but it did have 6 blades on it.
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gotwind
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 16:34:35
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I've seen quite a few solar lamp posts down here, but not with Rutlands on them - cool.
The 913 does need to be really flying to get any power, probably o.k in windy Scotland..
From the picture above, it appears it must be a more financially viable solution using renewable energy than running an underground cable from the mains, it wouldn't cost that much surely - the surrounding buildings must have mains power??
That hybrid system would cost approx £700 plus maintenance costs.
Interesting.
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Capt Slog
Starting Member
United Kingdom
29 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 17:57:45
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| I've seen a few of these too. Around here (derbyshire) they are used to power safety signs such as ones reminding you that you are entering a 30ph zone or road hazards out in the sticks. I couldn't tell the type of turbine but one looked like the one in the pic but was a nice sexy black instead with no logo. |
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mickyboy42
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 20:34:27
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i use a macro wind generator on my narrowboat it charges between 2-10 amps ,mw200 u need 2 smoothrite them macro-wind.com they giv far better output then rutland and u can pick them up at a good price,
Bens input:
A bit of a confusing post- it looks like an exact Rutland Chinese copy
http://www.macro-wind.com/MW200.htm
It would be good to know where you got this from, and at what price?
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Victor
Junior Member
United Kingdom
357 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 22:26:49
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| I can post some bigger images if required. It`s good to see these!! Some folks think they are ugly!! I think they are cool! |
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gotwind
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 22:44:21
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Happy to allow links to larger images Victor.
Otherwise some people on 56k dial up connections suffer.
I assume most members use broadband but I'm not sure - might be time for another poll.
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sacongo
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - 05/05/2008 : 04:11:50
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Victor why don't you just crop the picture and just show the turbine and panel at 640x480.
This was one of the first thing i whated to build, a wind power street light (no solar). But im still looking for a bright fluorescent light with a dusk to dawn feature that is 12 volt,(no inverter) is there one out there!!
If so I cant find it.
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ghurd
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - 05/05/2008 : 15:05:07
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They (gov't) are around here too. Ohio, USA.
For traffic and weather stations along the highway.
BUT the bureaucrats somehow decided to use the Air-X. 
About 3 meters off the ground, between 20 meter trees.
It is rare to see one turn at all. I'm not sure if I ever saw one turn past cut-in.
No way wind makes 2% of the power on these, and it would certainly work better with half the cost spent on more solar!
The worst part is they put the same amount of solar on the units that DON'T have the windmill, and those work just fine.
My tax dollars at work...
G-
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mickyboy42
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/05/2008 : 15:07:21
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sri ben
they r made in china,they r very good ,they charge 12v or 24 dc between 2-10amps very low start up ,u will pay between £100-£300 new depending wot deal u can do ,we r starting to c them on ebay mw200, they give far better output then rutland ,if u need a good trickle plus charger they r ideal ,boats /sheds etc,ive the 12v model and it gives 17v spinning by hand .but they do need a spray with smoothrite ,ive jst ordered 20 for the boats
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They are popping up
