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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.
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Author Archives: hugh
Planet Mechanics ‘invent’ a wind turbine
National Geographics channel program “water wars” in the Planet Mechanics series shows inventor Jem Stansfield coming up with a wind turbine design that looks rather coincidentally close to my own. The diagrams are lifted straight out of my alternator plans … Continue reading
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Update to the copper cable size and length recommendations in my Recipe Books
Although it has been almost five years since my Wind Turbine Recipe Book first went on sale, I am still actively updating it and improving the advice I give to make it simpler, more reliable and more efficient. This summer … Continue reading
Posted in Books, construction
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Kilkenny Workshop Photos
Photos from the workshop at Kingsriver community with Glas Learning and Eirbyte My camera died on the first day so I only had my phone, so not the best. We built a 2.4 diameter 24-V and erected the existing 4.2 … Continue reading
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Jonathan’s German language blog
Jonathan has asked me “if you can make a post on your blog and let the world know that there is a blog from austria for german readers about diy windmill development??” http://jonnyswindblog.wordpress.com/
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Another workshop course in Ireland soon
for more information see this link
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MCS Certified wind turbines – a safe investment? Eoltec is back on the list.
From time to time I comment on the list of approved wind turbines that qualify for the hefty Feed-in-Tariffs that are being dished out and that make small wind turbines a Money Earner (potentially) in the UK lately. I am … Continue reading
Posted in products/technical, UK small wind scene
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Secondhand batteries
If anyone needs cheap batteries for an off-grid system, try asking my neighbour Lawrence Buchan 077 37308766. He has some nice Yuasa endurance batteries in 6-V blocks, 100Ah and 160 Ah sizes.
Posted in products/technical, UK small wind scene
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Comet -Me wind turbine and solar panel installation in Shaeb Al Buttum, Palestine
Thanks to Noam Dotan of Comet-Me for this video link
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More photos from Uganda
Hello Hugh The Great, Good Morning ? This is Samuel Agwotu With the Uganda Veterans Wind Power Initiative , it has been a while though, Just to get you updated, UVWPI , with UMEC (UGANDA MILITARY ENGINEERING COLLEGE) … Continue reading
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Workshop in Leitrim with Eirbyte
Here are some photos and a video of the workshop. We built a 4200 recipe machine with 48-V battery charging output and a new design of 2 metre, 24-V turbine with ferrite magnets.
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