Hi Roy,
It would be for a cloudy weather backup for an
off grid system. From what you are saying, it
doesn't sound like it will produce much. There
is one on a highway weather station near here,
and it spins a lot, and is only ~ 15' above the ground.
Thanks,
Drake
At 10:04 AM 4/3/2012, you wrote:
Hi Drake,
The Air 403/ Air-X/ Air Breeze/ whatever it's
name is now, is fairly dependable.
In most wind regimes it's the equivalent of a 10 or 20 watt solar module but
seems to work just fine. FYI- it's ~ 200 watts or so.
It's not the quietest thing though, being a fairly high rpm turbine.
But the Sunforce 600 is not a 600. The rotor
diameter tells the truth, making it
somewhere around a 200 - 250 watt machine. Perhaps they have the bugs worked
out but when they first came out, there were
many reliability and performance issues.
What's the application for this?
Roy Butler
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On 4/3/2012 9:44 AM, Drake wrote:
Hello Wrenches,
Are the new Air 403 wind machines more reliable than in times past?
I'm also looking at a Sunforce 600 W
machine. How do these small turbines hold up these days?
Thanks,
Drake
Drake Chamberlin
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