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wind turbines

  • 22-07-2009 8:11pm
    #1
    mooverlive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭


    has anybody one of these installed and how are they working , was thinking of installing one,the sales rep was a total bull****ter , was wondering has anybody the full story on them


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  • #2
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    The first thing you need is wind and plenty of it. I was inquiring about them at the ploughing last year, the salesman wasn't a bullsh1tter. He said if your site is too low down and sheltered forget about it. For a turbine to run a farm and home you would want to spend €18,000. It will take 10 years before you see any return and after that time the turbine will require more maintenance. I don’t know how long it takes to get a return now that you can feed the surplus back to the national grid.


  • #3
    mooverlive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭mooverlive


    i think u would only buy a chinese made one for 18 k and esb wont except that on to the grid


  • #4
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,809 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    check out www.windturbines.ie they do a 1kw for a house, 3kw and 5kw for farms located in cork. You can have a look at esb website as well for selling the surplus back

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    blue5000 wrote: »
    check out www.windturbines.ie they do a 1kw for a house, 3kw and 5kw for farms located in cork. You can have a look at esb website as well for selling the surplus back
    5kw is not that big. It depends on how much electricity you use. Am looking at a 15kw at the moment, for ourselves, although we would have a large electricity bill. Depends on your energy use.
    Biggest factor, as said above, is the site. If you don't have the right site, wouldn't even consider it.


  • #6
    colrow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭colrow


    I've been interested in wind turbines on a small scale, and decided its not worth the effort.

    However if you have access to a head of water a water turbine is a much better bet, they produce 230 vac, and don't require batteries invertors etc.

    This site has some water turbines upto 20 kW, and explanations of the different kinds

    www.navitron.org.uk


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