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nice email received:
From: Mike Allen
Subject: Re: A Wind Turbine Recipe Book
Date: 12 April 2013 10:53:18 BST
To: jytteI recieved the book yesterday and when it arrived I thought 'this isn't worth £12'.
But how wrong I was once I'd opened the envelope and settled down to read the contents with a cup of coffee. 3 hours later the coffee was stone cold and I was still reading the book.
Loads of info to be getting on with.
I'll email Hugh when my terbine is up and running with some pics.
Thanks a lot.
Michael.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Engineers Without Borders conference small wind session video
I went to Birmingham on 28th to meet EWB and to share experiences about using small wind turbines for international development work (and for having fun). Lots of good chat. This was the launch of their national small wind community … Continue reading
Posted in developing world, People, UK small wind scene, Video links
1 Comment
Workshop Course on Scoraig in May
WHAT A hands-on wind turbine building workshop with Hugh Piggott. These courses have been held since 2001, with small groups around 5-8 people building a wind turbine over a period of six days and testing it. Activities include carving blades … Continue reading
Posted in courses, Notices, Scoraig
5 Comments
Inventor Doug Selsam
This one is for inventors. I mostly do not have time for them because they think they have got something new and I know they have just reinvented something old that never could work. Doug’s inventions will probably never work … Continue reading
Posted in People, products/technical, Video links
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Simple tower
Thanks to Jan Wolstenholme (on an Irish coastal site) for this ultra simple tower design for those with very open, high wind sites and plenty of scaffold pipe. “The main tetrahedron is made of six poles which are two scaffold … Continue reading
Posted in construction, People, wind systems tutorial
7 Comments
Completísimo manual para el autoconstructor de equipos de energía eólica
Thanks to John Furze in Denmark I found this lovely manual for building small wind turbines ”Energia Eolica” – Juan Ignacio and Sebastian Urquia Lus, published in 1982. You can download it here Unfortunately I don’t know Spanish so I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, construction
2 Comments
All readings are based on open current voltage and shorted load
This is just a word of warning for those who are thinking of buying modified car alternators from http://www.hurricanewindpower.com/ or http://www.prestowind.com/ —- I did have rather a nice photo of some alternators and parts here but Tim at Presto asked me … Continue reading
Posted in construction, products/technical, Rooftop madness
16 Comments
Grid connected homebrew wind turbines
In response to a comment from Michael Jones I am posting a brief note about grid connection of homebrew wind turbines of my Recipe designs. The turbine output voltage depends on both the rpm and number of turns in the … Continue reading