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Urban stealth system
By GeeMac, Section Solar Posted on Tue Oct 16, 2007 at 12:41:58 AM MST
Some pics of my growing system

To you country folk this is probably laughable, but it's beginning to work for me.
Here are the solar panels I have managed to acquire so far. Yesterday I managed to
get 4 of them tilted straight at the sun. I'll do the fifth one tomorrow. Note the use of some smaller panels on either side of the chimney. The are there to catch the rising and setting sun and are wired in parallel to get as much amperage as I can out of them.

Below is my first PVC windmill. It's on a PVC 12 foot pole and catches pretty good wind and furls nicely

On the chimney top is my experimental mill.

I also have a 1750 watt inverter and 5 twelve volt deep cycle marine batteries.
I'll post more for you to see as I add more

Urban stealth system | 3 comments (3 topical)

Re: Urban stealth system (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by dudevato on Mon Oct 15, 2007 at 08:57:50 PM MST

Nice looking operation. It looks like you live in a pretty area.

Re: Urban stealth system (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by gotwind2 on Tue Oct 16, 2007 at 02:57:52 PM MST

GeeMac.
You have contracted the addictive R.E. bug - It is very contagious around this forum I believe :)
I'm not sure if 'stealth' and wind power in particular go hand in hand though...

You've certainly made a good start. I would be keen to see your furling system on your wind generator. Is it of the standard 'gravity' method?
Pictures always help

Cheers
Ben.

www.gotwind.org

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Re: Urban stealth system (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by tecker on Sun Oct 21, 2007 at 03:54:30 AM MST

That pvc pole will not take much abuse but I've had good luck setting them in a square concrete pad and filling with small aggregate concrete use some Emt conduit and 1/2 rebar inside You may have to up the size of your pipe to 4" . Works good though I guy it for safety as well but it's very rigid.

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