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Back to the point......wind power requires maintenance...lots of maintenance....lots of expensive maintenance.
Moving parts are wearing parts.....its just a mater of time.Comment
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Yes, and the maintenance is all way up there on top of a tall pole....BSEE, R11, NABCEP, Chevy BoltEV, >3000kW installedComment
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Yea, unless a large commercial operation like in the Altamont or Beaumont passes, or the big wind farms in the midwest, because of siting and maintenance requirements WECKs are better left to isolated applications and serviced by informed DIYers who know what they're getting into rather than dreamers living is (sub/ex) urbia who read a magazine article and drank the kool-aid. It's just not practical to generate electricity for most small applications.Comment
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Let those wind dreamers have their wind dreams man, hey good spicy thread, just take it easy hey boysLast edited by solar pete; 05-03-2022, 06:44 AM.Comment
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Agreed. As long as they don't endanger anyone else (i.e. they put up a 100 foot tower 50 feet from a school) let em try whatever they want. Most will fail; a few will succeed and learn a lot in the process.Comment
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take a $100K grant and put up a reconditioned turbine in the 100KW class.
We objected on zoning and safety issues, but they did it as educational.
For years we could see it from a distance, but it never turned. It was in
the center of a playground, never mind the danger of components or ice
hitting kids. Turns out it was never connected to anything, did not have
the $ needed.
In time it was hit by lightning, damaged pieces. After the neighbors started
complaining, they took it down. Bruce RoeComment
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Yep.
Wind turbines work great when they are used as the manufacturer designed them to be used. But very few people do that. They get a 20 foot pole and put them in their back yard, in a clearing among 50 foot trees. They put them on a 10 foot high pole on their house. Then not only are they not very effective, but the vibrations from the turbines are transmitted through the house.
One of the buildings at the Intel campus in San Jose had a row of about 20 turbines 10 feet above the building. They looked like the sort of 100 watt turbines that they used to sell for about $600. At any given time maybe 3 of them would be turning. I talked to one of the guys there who had the opinion that wind power is BS since their turbines don't generate any noticeable power.
Home Power used to do articles on people who did successful wind turbine implementations, and many people had great success with them. But these were people with 10kW turbines on top of 120 foot towers. If people aren't willing to put that level of work into the system, they are likely to be unhappy.Someone mentioned I should consider wind turbines after stating I need energy during the coldest months in Iowa. Do you have any information about these residential 10kW turbines on top of 120 foot towers?
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I have a neighbor who has a 10kW windmill on a 120foot tower. He loves it.
It works great.
4400w, Midnite Classic 150 charge-controller.Comment
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Someone mentioned I should consider wind turbines after stating I need energy during the coldest months in Iowa. Do you have any information about these residential 10kW turbines on top of 120 foot towers?
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The information about wind turbines per se is secondary to site characteristics. You would need to have very good annual data about wind velocity at the proposed height to even know if it would be economical.
EDIT: Also as mentioned below, wind turbines require a lot more maintenance because of the moving parts.Last edited by Ampster; 06-20-2023, 12:14 PM.9 kW solar, 42kWh LFP storage. EV owner since 2012Comment
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From what I have seen, small wind turbines are needing a lot of
maintenance to keep them running over the long term. The big
ones may too, today I noted several not turning or even missing
a blade in a bunch about a decade old. That maintenance is very
difficult on a tower high enough to be effective. My solar has
minimal maintenance, so easily done on the ground. Bruce RoeLast edited by bcroe; 06-20-2023, 03:14 PM.Comment
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