I think Paul Gipe is a respected name in wind. I was looking at his
site over the weekend, he has an older review of the Air-X, he seemed
to think it should really be rated as a 200 watt generator.
http://www.wind-works.org/articles/sm_AirXtest.html
(I see the company has a newer model out now called the Air Breeze,
rated at 200watts)
He also links to another test site: http://www.detronics.net/
airx_report.pdf They have another report that lists the advantages
of running a combination of wind+solar to balance things out over the
year. But I think this is highly variable, depending on an area's
sunshine and windspeed.
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Lucaya has complicated things for me by requiring 48V on their new
radios. (I was just going to run radios directly off 24V batteries)
Does anyone know about the Powerstream PST-DC2448 (converts DC 24 ->
48V) http://www.powerstream.com/dc12-48.htm
Or suggestions on other reasonable ways to keep radios running for
several days of no power? All my sites have grid power so far, I've
decided that my best investment is in batteries.
On March 18, at 11:32 AM March 18, Steve wrote:
> At 9500ft the air is pretty thin and you'll get maximum about 70% the
> rated output at comparable wind speeds. The curve is probably
> based on
> sea level air density. The plus side is that you may be in the clouds
> part of the time and enjoy some air laden with moisture.
>
> --
>
> Travis Johnson wrote:
>> I agree. Wind turbines really only produce about 50% of what they
>> claim (even at full wind speed). You will need 4 or 6 of that size
>> wind turbine to keep things running.
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