i don't go for this myth at otherpower,were there is no wind for three days when you put up a new mill.
it was way, way, windy here on georgian bay yesterday so i put up a little drag vertical(sweeping4 sq.ft.)
10" dual rotor . (2 old saw blades)
ceramic mags on one and hd mags on the other.
16 poles and 16 coils
it's single phase of course, but it ended up i'm runing two sets of 8 coils in parallel to get about 14 volts @60 rpm.
lets not talk about amps!
well, anyway, within minutes of launch time, the grid went down.
so many trees were blown over yesterday,
i was without power for 13.5 hrs.
i am starting a new myth. the perfect time to launch a new windmill generator is during a power outage