hey gang, here are some pics of my wind turbine tower that i built about 18 months back. had to move the batteries before i could get the turbine up. the tower is 30 meters being 4x 6 meter and 2x shorter lengths of 100mm {4"} steel pipe. the gin pole is the same material and 15 meters in length. the anchors are all over a cubic meter of concrete each and the hinge pin mount is close to that too. there are 5 guys per side, the top being 10mm and the remainder 6mm. due to a slight oversight on my behalf the hinge was not quite the right angle for the slope it is on, so the winch pulls downwards to a pulley then up to the gin pole pulley { thanks wpowokal }. the winch is one that came off a tow truck coupled to a rewired garden shredder motor. still not sure how i got it going both ways but i did! it has quite a reduction in the winch meaning it takes about 20 minutes to raise the tower. it could do with a bigger motor,but it'll do for now.the turbine is an old stock unitron ue 6 purchased off ebay. 650 massive watts of power! when we raised her up today we had a few slight gusts and managed a mighty 7 amps {@48 volts} , not earth shattering but way better than no amps! this is my first turbine so i'm very happy right now.when i find time or if this unit goes kak i will most likely build on as per the site. i would like to express my thanks to the contributors of this site for being both inspirational and informative. it's a great resource to be able to draw on. lets see if i can upload these pics.
cheers,
ben.
