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wind gen for heat | 5 comments (5 topical, editorial)
Re: wind gen for heat (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Flux on Mon Aug 4th, 2008 at 12:28:13 AM MST
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Depends on how much heat you want or what you want it for.

Ten foot is too small to do any serious heating except in a storm but it depends on how much you would find useful.

Heat is the lowest form of energy and a hundred watts or so doesn't do much for water heating, it does nothing for room heating but it may heat the cat basket to a very pleasant temperature.

Again one of the main factors is the average wind speed. It would need to be a high wind area to try such a small machine on a cost effective basis but as a hobby it may be worthwhile.

With suitable loading you may see peaks in the 4kW region on good days but I suspect the average daily power will be in the low hundreds of Watts.

Flux



wind gen for heat | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial)

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