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DIY wind turbine to power hot water

moose112 · 2009-02-14 19:43:05

Hi guy's, Looking for a little bit of help and advice! I am a self employed electrician, lately some of my customers are asking me about installing wind turbines. I have been around to a few different sites looking at domestic turbines and can honestly say "Proven wind turbines" were the only ones to impress me(bit pricey…

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#32 05-05-2009 5:41pm
djpbarry

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Traditional wrote: »

most of the good stuff is made in Greece and the greeks have it right , you can buy solar panels there that can generate electricty, heat you water, at the same time , so stop peddling , every house in greece has them , so they know, and at quarter the price of here .

Got anything to back that up?

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#33 06-05-2009 5:17pm
Nonmonotonic

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Love this design, shame its so noisy (and probably inefficient).

Encore Sidewinder Wind Turbine

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#34 07-05-2009 1:04am
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But wherever you go, I'd avoid some of the cheaper options like the plague. Some Chinese machines have broken off the tower, blades have gone through the roofs of houses, guy wires snapped. In Ireland you need a really rugged machine on a free-standing tower...

Old thread but anyway http://www.windaction.org/news/16404

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