The small wind turbines perform best if you can get them to the top. Air turbulence near the ground causes the turbine output to drop but get up 40-60 feet and the wind stream is steadier and the turbine more consistent.
e-zy.net PH: 801-432-0098 FAX: 801-618-4220 sc...@e-zy.net www.e-zy.net From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:10 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations At 7/28/2010 02:46 PM, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00FB_01CB2E52.D6C23980" Content-Language: en-us Not sure if this Wind Turbine is small enough or cheap enough for you but 12V 20A $490: < <http://www.beezwaxproducts.com/product_info.php?products_id=49> http://www.beezwaxproducts.com/product_info.php?products_id=49> Yes, that's exactly the kind of thing I had in mind. Especially since the non-metallic blades only have a 3' diameter. Stick a good deep discharge battery in a box with the charge controller and it should be able to power a nice Routerboard arrangement, maybe with some Ethernet radios on the side. The fun will be mounting everything on the pole. Questions like who gets the top, the antenna or the windmill? (Probably the turbine, so it can move with the wind.) -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701
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