Great Wind Day

[Tom Hoffer]

All winter the best wind days seem to have started with freezing rain, essentially putting the brakes on my wind turbine. Yesterday seemed to be doing the same. I dropped the load on generator and let it free wheel, finally shedding the wet snow buildup before it froze. This is a Jacobs turbine with a governor so there is little risk of over speed. The turbine is designed for 17.5kw but is limited to 10kw by my grid connection and Inverter capacity. The total for the day was 198kwh. Not real nice outside but a great day for a turbine.

Tom Hoffer

[Ralph Day]

I have had a few good wind days lately, can't take advantage of it now. My H80 turbine is seized. I think there's enough play in the 4 year old bearings for the rotor to rub on the stator...again (2010 was last bearing job, 2004 install).

Almost 200kwhrs in one day! That's almost 1/3 of my total wind input in a year (650kwhrs).

Ralph

[Krista Hiles]

Wind is the fuel for wind turbines [Mod: link removed]. Now these two energies Wind and Solar are a great boon for countries and the people.

[Rob Beckers]

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-RoB-

[Tom Hoffer]

Hi Ralph
Sorry to here your turbine is damaged. Maintenance and repair can sure be a big deal with turbines. I've been lucky so far, and have done some pretty serious wrenching 100 feet in the air. I don't have great wind so I'm getting 7500kwh/year production. It needs to stay running another 20 years to pay me back. At 70 years old I think I'll be done climbing the tower anyway.
Tom

[Tom Hoffer]

Hi Ralph
Sorry to here your turbine is damaged. Maintenance and repair can sure be a big deal with turbines. I've been lucky so far, and have done some pretty serious wrenching 100 feet in the air. I don't have great wind so I'm getting 7500kwh/year production. It needs to stay running another 20 years to pay me back. At 70 years old I think I'll be done climbing the tower anyway.
Tom

[Rebecca Barnfield]

Wind is caused by huge convection currents in the Earth's atmosphere, driven by heat energy from the Sun. This means as long as the sun shines, there will be wind. A fantastic deal of federal initiatives has come about in recent years stimulating renewable energy sources. [Mod: utterly unrelated link removed]Wind power and other sources of power that do not rely on fossil fuels are gaining steam and the great news is that it might repay for the end user. Get an installment loan for your power bill this month.