Flying
Cloud - Wind Generator Installation
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This is our wind generator installation.
It is a Hornet. It similar to an automotive type alternator, but the internal
components are modified for the slow turning application. It starts turing
in about 8 knots of wind. You don't hear and blade noise until you hit
about 15 knots, and even then it's hardly noticable, just a slight whisper.
The output is a bit depressing, but it always was meant to be supplimental
power anyway. Our main source has always been the flexible solar panels.
It's finally
up there!!
The back side
shows the brackets that I made. They are bolted throught the mast. The
6 gauge wire runs down the mast via a enclosed plastic track that I picked
up at home depot. They don't last forever, but I have seen this type of
track last about 10 years on another boat, which I don't think is too bad,
since it's only held on with double sided tape.age 6
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