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CWAVE
Starting Member
Canada
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 Posted - 05/05/2008 : 14:36:03
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I'm the guy that recently bought the Ametek 99 off e-bay, and have been scouting my property for a few years now for the ideal wind generator location. Yes, I've had this in mind for a long time.
Anyways, there is a location on my property where the wind howls through constantly, far more than any other place on my property. I've even gone so far as to cement in a tower there in anticipation of eventually putting up a wind generator.
The problem is, the tower location is 533 feet from my house. My original thoughts were that with a large enough wire I could minimize my wire loss over such a long run. Was wondering if anyone here has any experience with this or recommendations. I'm not opposed to buying thick wire to minimize my loss.
Was wondering if there's some sort of calculation that could be applied to this problem based on different AWG (gauge) wire thicknesses for the loss that I'd realize.
Thanks for any comments.
Thomas
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gotwind
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United Kingdom
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ghurd
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - 05/05/2008 : 15:11:01
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This chart will give an idea where to start...
10% wouldn't bother me! Most of the time the amps will be far under peak anyway.
Check into AL USE wire. It will save $thousands.
http://www.windsun.com/Hardware/Wire_Table.htm
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CWAVE
Starting Member
Canada
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Posted - 05/05/2008 : 17:22:40
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Thanks for the link and Ghurd, thanks for the wire table.
Excuse my ignorance, but what's "AL USE" wire. I googled that and didn't come up with much other than it appears that Home Depot carries it. What kind of wire is it?
Thomas
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Originally posted by ghurd
This chart will give an idea where to start...
10% wouldn't bother me! Most of the time the amps will be far under peak anyway.
Check into AL USE wire. It will save $thousands.
http://www.windsun.com/Hardware/Wire_Table.htm
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ghurd
Junior Member
USA
274 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2008 : 20:21:59
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Aluminum. Service Entrance, or Underground Service Entrance. May be called "USE-2" for google.
Rated for direct burial, aerial, sunlight resistant, etc.
It's the stuff from the grid pole into your breaker box, if you are in the US.
Not flexable. Heavy stuff. Needs special connectors when joining to copper. |
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CWAVE
Starting Member
Canada
21 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2008 : 21:31:30
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Ghurd:
Thanks for the info. Going to look into pricing this out locally!
Thomas
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Originally posted by ghurd
Aluminum. Service Entrance, or Underground Service Entrance. May be called "USE-2" for google.
Rated for direct burial, aerial, sunlight resistant, etc.
It's the stuff from the grid pole into your breaker box, if you are in the US.
Not flexable. Heavy stuff. Needs special connectors when joining to copper.
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Long cable run... Looking for advice.
