Wind Turbine / Generator...Anyone building / built one??

There has been a guy in Perth selling complete units for just under $5000 on ebay, might be worth tracking him down, it has been a few weeks since I read his speil but it did indicate that he knew what he was talking about. Myself, I don't know anything about them.

There's a couple of guys over here on this forum http://www.austech.info/electronics/ that could help you. One of them (Bluedog I think) runs his entire place on solely on renewable energy (solar & wind).

Thanks Burnsey & Bob, I'll follow up those leads.


echnidna, the motor is a washing machine motor from a Smart-Drive machine...
see here...http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/AssemblyA.asp#3


Cheers,
Phill.

You can buy wind turbines from Jaycar Electronics. $499 gets you a 24 volt, 200 watt unit.

They also have all the control equipment, deep cycle batteries and all that sort of stuff, as well.

There's a manual on that page that may give you further ideas.

Sorry to say Master Splinter, but what I've heard is that those jaycar turbine and solar panels ain't much chop. Ok for a hobbyist, but not much good for a serious installation.

Bob, hi. I don't have any hard info, just what I read on the Austech forum. There was a good thread on alternative energy, sadly though it's been lost since their site crashed. There was even a thread regarding converting these very same F&P motors.

I'm in the middle... kinda... of building one. As I live in the middle of suburbia, i don't think my neighbours would appreciate having an 8 metre turbine towering above the roof line, so I'm looking at building a small (less than 1 metre high) vertical turbine (savonius) as a practice run.
The magnets arrived last week, just need to find a cheap source of enamelled wire... And grab some scrap bits of wood/flue from onsite.
I did look at the F&P, but couldn't find any going cheap - same goes for the ametek a couple of sites recommend.

bit of a hijack, but ia m doing some looking around on grid connected wind power my house and had found these

http://www.renewablestore.com.au/cat...roducts_id=658

seem to be a good idea not needing inverters or battery banks,has anyone heard anything about them?

thanks, dan

lol

they have either been not available or sold out for ages , so i thought someone would know of them if they are so popular.
you can buy them in the usa for AUD$4600 or so but i dont know postage would cost


edit : just got a quote of $1100 per unit for shipping, im assuming this us dolars too.

Thanks everyone for your input & suggestions.
I finally found this site which also has a very active & useful forum which covers Windmills, Solar, associated electronics & controls, and even electric cars.

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/FORUM1/default.ASP

Cheers.

good link thanks,