pollenface
Solar Addict
My 400w turbine has produced 4.0wh over about 6 weeks of "non-daylight hours". I don't live in a windy area. I just get the occasional gust. When the turbine goes it really goes but only for a few seconds at a time, the highest instantaneous output was 225w/8.5a in about 30kph gusts.
That said, I have a friend who lives near the sea and wind is his primary source of power, his single 700w turbine puts out about 9a nearly 24hrs a day.
I had to buy a turbine and learn how to control it to satisfy my curiosity. Now that I have done that, if I had my time over I would just buy another couple of batteries and expand my bank to maintain a higher level of charge throughout the night.
I'm trying to think of non-expensive ways to use my panels to dump excess energy to recycle throughout the night once the battery bank is full.
That said, I have a friend who lives near the sea and wind is his primary source of power, his single 700w turbine puts out about 9a nearly 24hrs a day.
I had to buy a turbine and learn how to control it to satisfy my curiosity. Now that I have done that, if I had my time over I would just buy another couple of batteries and expand my bank to maintain a higher level of charge throughout the night.
I'm trying to think of non-expensive ways to use my panels to dump excess energy to recycle throughout the night once the battery bank is full.
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