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by desertratjack on Thu Dec 11th, 2003 at 07:55:15 AM MST
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Hornets are pretty good mills, especially at the price. BUT, a furling system or a shutoff system must be designed and built for those high winds to avoid the blade noise. Hornets turn quite easily, as well as other mills I've seen but the truth is that there is not enough output from most mills in the 10-18 mph range. Right now I have 3 mills on an ammeter (503 windseeker, 6V hornet, 12v Hornet) and the wind is around 15 mph. All together I'm getting 5-8 amps (12 vdc). When the wind hits 30 mph things get interesting. Often the 6V Hornet will exceed the output of the Windseeker 503 (rated at 500 w). This might be a total of 60-80 amps (12 V) for the three mills. I am expecting some new ammeters to place in various locations to get a better handle on each mills performance (and calibrate my old ammeter) but I think the main ammeter on the system is pretty good. The conclusion should be that all windmills are over-rated. I figure the Hornets at 400-450 watts (12V). The Windseeker 502 at 350 watts, The Windseeker 503 at 400 watts and that is at around 35 mph.
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