prototype wind turbine up in Afghanistan
By cslarson, Section Wind Posted on Mon May 5th, 2008 at 06:30:28 AM MST
looking for some feedback

Hi all, I'd just like to report on the progress of our work in Afghanistan. Here is a youtube video of our prototype in action. It is currently delivering power to some water heating elements. We are testing water pumping with the grundfos sqflex 25 sqf-3. We don't yet have a charge controller for testing battery charging, but are looking at this one from a company in Hungary called Panelectron to purchase. I have not seen it furl yet, but this could be because we haven't seen high enough winds yet. It could also be because the offset is not large enough (currently about 8.5 inches).

prototype wind turbine up in Afghanistan | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: prototype wind turbine up in Afghanistan (3.00 / 0) (#1) by cslarson on Mon May 5th, 2008 at 02:21:57 AM MST (User Info)

and a video of us putting it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lDAzYuVN4E

Re: prototype wind turbine up in Afghanistan (3.00 / 0) (#2) by tecker on Mon May 5th, 2008 at 03:38:32 AM MST (User Info)

Now your talkin a little power some cottage industry and your looking forward not backward .

Re: prototype wind turbine up in Afghanistan (3.00 / 0) (#3) by electrondady1 on Mon May 5th, 2008 at 07:01:41 AM MST (User Info)

congratulations on your success . and good wishes to the people of afghanistan. [ Parent ]

Re: prototype wind turbine up in Afghanistan (3.00 / 0) (#4) by wooferhound (tim((NoSpamAt))wooferhound.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:28:31 PM MST (User Info) http://wooferhound.com

Interesting that the mill looks like it is facing directly into a steep hill but it's spinning nicely. W o o f -={(

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