Everything I am saying is MY opinion from MY experiences. It is not meant to hurt feelings nor am I not an expert. My experiences are from walking around marinas and from sitting on our boat at anchor. with that being said .... I can't say much about other wind generators, except for those I have had the experience with. when we were up/down wind or sitting next to the boat with it. I have heard KISS generators and the ones I heard were not very quiet. I do not know the models or the years that they were made. But they seemed to have a whistle to them. Some have sounds like you are standing next to a wind tunnel. An Air-X sounds like a wind turbine. In the defense of the above mentioned wind generators, I do not know how long they had been in service, if they had been recently service, balanced blades or unbalanced blades. (This can make a big difference in sounds). I can talk some about ours. It is a _Fourwinds_ (http://www.fourwinds-ii.com/v2/?c=generators&i=fwII) located in Punta Gorda, FL. It is VERY quiet. You cannot hear it even when you are sitting underneath it. If I had to say it had a sound to it, then the only sound it has is like someone blowing softly into your ear. On top of that, ours starts turning with about 2-3 knots of wind. (Other wind generators need about 5 or more knots to start But one BIG drawback ... it is very expensive, around $2200. But we felt it has been worth it. The wind generators I have heard have all had some sort of sound to them. You have to decide how much noise you can handle hearing and how many friends you want to have in the anchorage.
-Anita Austin, Texas & Punta Gorda, FL _Why Knot Upgrades_ (http://www.islandpacketphotos.com/view_user_ads.asp?User_ID=279&Ad_ID=807) _Why Knot IP 37_ (http://www.islandpacketphotos.com/search.asp?CatLevel=&Cat1_ID=&Cat2_ID=&Cat3_ID=&Cat4_ID=&SearchText=why+knot) _ Bahamas 2007 _ (http://whyknotip37.blogspot.com/) _Southwinds Magazine Jan. 2008_ (http://www.southwindsmagazine.com/pdfs/southwindsjanuary2008.pdf) Last page In a message dated 2/4/2010 3:31:35 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: It looks like my old wind generator may finally be ready to be replaced. It's a Rutland Model 910, Mk 2 and after I had a shop replace the bearings and reassembled the hub halves, it drags quite badly. I don't know if the stator is warped or if the shop somehow did something to cause it to drag, but I'm debating replacing it rather than throw more money at it. Anyway, ideas on the above would be appreciated, but I really wanted to hear any recommendations or brands to stay away from. I'll have to get one with a fairly small diameter, say 43" or less in order to avoid having to re-do my pole. Thanks, JP 3/4 Time Key West _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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