Category Archives: construction

Some nice photo albums

Posted on 23/09/2010 by hugh

nice set of photos of the course at CAT in Wales at the start of September thanks to Fran K. Baby And a promising 1800 diameter project by John Boyle I found this one at www.buildyourownwindturbine.com

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Windpower masterclass in Tanzania

Posted on 19/09/2010 by hugh

Roland Valckenborg writes: After finishing the tower and the HughPiggott 1.8 meter somewhere halfway the master class (as you can read in the last news contribution), all participants were confident that we also could succeed with the larger model. Last … Continue reading →

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Video of Ballinamore workshop Ireland

Posted on 19/09/2010 by hugh
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Warning…These magnets are Extremely Dangerous….

Posted on 24/04/2010 by hugh

Harold Graley sent me this: Warning…These magnets are Extremely Dangerous…. I was prying two Magnets apart when all of a suddon, the two magnets slammed together pinching my index finger between them… There was no one around to help me, … Continue reading →

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Nice homebrew grid connected project

Posted on 19/03/2010 by hugh

Karl writes: I registered with the Npower ‘juice’ green electrity tarrif and told them i had a wind turbine i would like to connect to the grid. They sent the forms to register asking what make the turbine was and … Continue reading →

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Wooden blades are best

Posted on 21/02/2010 by hugh

“I thought you and your wooden blade fans would be interested in this . We’re currently building a short run of 16m blades in wood epoxy in the now disused Vestas workshops in Southampton. We’ve taken an old design which … Continue reading →

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Low cost pipe couplers for hydro

Posted on 26/01/2010 by hugh

Paul Camilli is an expert at using what he has got (it’s called ‘crofting’ in the west highlands) and he has got a lot of old fishfarm pipe and a rather nice little stream for hydro power. Here he is … Continue reading →

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