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Oopid2

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Wind Power vs. Horse Power
« on: July 09, 2004, 11:53:48 PM »
Does anyone have any type of stats on the Hp produced by a mediocre windmill, at various wind speeds?
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wdyasq

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kW/Hp
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2004, 06:50:54 AM »
Somewhere around 746 watts is considered a horse-power.  So approximatly 3000 watts = 4 Horsepower.


Charts and tables are available that show the output of various wind-turbines in Watts or kilowatts.  Folks here often post the output of their mills as 'amps into a battery' of a particular voltage since that is the only thing they can use/store.


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Re: Wind Power vs. Horse Power
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2004, 06:52:36 AM »
Depends on the mill. 1 HP = 746 watts so if your mill puts out 1000 watts in a 25 mph wind it is developing about 1-1/3 hp.
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Re: kW/Hp
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2004, 01:06:56 PM »
I thank evryone for their answer. So I have to guess no-one has ever put a windmill on a dynamometer. Everybody seems to put it relative to what they are using it for. Does anyone have any idea what the relative Hp would be if a windmill was used as a water pump? In other words how big of a gasoline engine (Hp) could a mediocre windmill replace?
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