Alternate Diversion Load

[irvin]

hi i have made 2 turbines now one a 12v turbine made from your designs and a 48v i made on my own. the 12v produces 1000 watts around 37-40 mph and the 48v produces 5000 watts at 40mph. i use tristar controllers. my question is that when it comes to diversion loads most people use water heating elements. ive used that on my 12v for my 48v i still have not got it completely hooked up yet because im wondering if anyone has tried using an electric stove heating element. i have alot of these ive done my conversion from the ac voltage to dc voltage out of the tristar manual trying to stay within the guidelines, but i just wanted to see if anyone has tried this and if they have what were the results cause this would be a good deal for my project.  

[irvin]

also would like to know what anyone else has tried for diversion?

[willib]

Yes , Glenn from TheBackShed has a nice writeup on using heating elements for diversion loads.

here is the link.

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/articles/BuildingEncapsulatedResistors.asp

Bill

[irvin]

Very Good read this is exactly what i was looking for!

Thanks Bill!!

[ghurd]

I like this write up by Capt Slog,

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2007/8/30/8538/81113

G-

[imsmooth]

I use a string of Dale non-inductive 120R/250w resistors.  The total string is 30R/4kw.