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4 Reviews
Has lots of potential once the purchaser realizes what I;ve posted here, & fixes this issue. Buy this turbine, extend tail and make it bigger
This turbine for the most part is nicely constructed. There is however a flaw in the design. That flaw is the tail assembly. The tail vane is too small along with the support shaft for this tail which is too short! It needs to be extended a bit or a larger tail can be fit to the support shaft. My experience with this 500w unit was that it would start up, get going then turn around out of the wind forcing the blades to stop and reverse then for the most part stay that way as the blades are actually aimed forward into the wind slighty just as a tailess design. Now if the blades were aimed further this way without a tail, it would function nicely as a down wind unit. I have had a fair amount of experience with small turbines up to a 65kw unit that was machanically directed into the wind with a yaw control system. I have constructed a few turbines from parts such as alternators and raw materials, rewound stators, fabricated turbine blades, constructed turbine control circuitry. I have seen some other reviews that stated the output was not very impressive. It is my opinion those people had little experience or knowledge about wind turbines and did not pick up on this flaw. Now that I have extended the vane, the turbine is working very well and will function even better once I finish the tower and have it positioned another 10 ft higher where there will be much less turbulence from the current location.Read full review...
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Low price but appears well built
Low priced wind turbine but appears to be well built. Have not yet installed but will do so shortly.
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great item
great item
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Good product, good price, happy with purchase.
Good product, good price, happy with purchase.
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