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kchriste said:Neat! It is quite different from other vertical windmills that I've seen. The "vanes" appear to flop around a little in the video due to turbulence. Does it make much noise? Your site states that it is best suited for light winds. How would it perform in high winds? Are you planning on any "shutdown" features for stormy weather?
bryan1 said:Hiya Gary,
Good to see ya got the wind genny bug , I'll admit your design is similar to afew i've seen over the years which never really took off sucessfully. Look mate I'm not trying to dampen your parade but as you say 100 mph winds aint nothing to sneeze at and some guys have 3" water pipe towers looking like spagetti after the storm. Over here in Oz about 40-50 years ago a bloke called Miller put some roofing iron on a stick and madeup the most simple vawt. The miller turbine is getting re-born over here after a bloke let us all in on the concept, so heres a link to a forum post with a pic or two https://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/FORUM1/forum_posts.asp?TID=637&PN=1
Give that idea a go mate and hopefully it will workout for you, not only is it easy to build and easy to repair but it costs hardly nothing to make. I'd hate to see you make that huge genny only to see it flying over the north pole when a strong storm hits.
Cheers Bryan
things said:i don't think a peltier cooler will work, they draw alot of energy and will not cool a whole room. apart from that, it's a great project!
chemelec said:Sounds Somewhat Interesting.
A Few Things that Puzzles Me is in the write-up Drawing, it says:
"A Powerful Windmill can be made with 3 Sheets of 3M Corrugated Iron Per Vane. (A 18HP in a 15KM Breeze.)
First, What is "Corrugated Iron"?
Sheet Steel or Galvanized Steel I understand, but Not "Corrugated".
Yep 3 meters or roughly 9' in the old schoolSecond, What is 3M? (3 Meters?)
If so, that One HUGE Blade.
the bend goes on both ends as shown in the first photo on that post in the backshed one pointing to the outer the other to the inner.Third, Looking at the Pictures, the vanes appear to have bends at BOTH Edges.
However in the Drawings, it only shows putting a bend at one Edge.
WHICH IS CORRECT?
And Lastly, I can Call Australia for FREE as long as its a "Land Based" Phone Number.
So would you consider Emailing me your phone number and we can discuss this a bit better.
(I'm in BC Canada, a 15 Hour Time Difference.)
Take care.....Gary
JTECH said:Any further progress? This is like a good serial, but I'm still waiting for the next episode!
hope u have time to get it up and running...
specially since u spent that amount of money on metal pieces...
I guess I'm not the only one eager to see it "face the wind"
Keep motivated and good luck,