Adding a wind generator. Need mounting info
We've been boondocking with solar and it works swell. We wanted to take advantage of the wind that is pretty constant and strong at a few places we stay. We got a 400W unit and it has a swivel flange ...
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pianotuna wrote:
There used to be a company that made a pole with a hinged flat panel. The idea was to drive the RV wheel onto the plate, and after attaching the turbine, raise the mast up.
Be sure to let us know your results--and have fun with the project.
It would be easy to get a welding shop to make one but check out tailgating supplies. Lots of people do flag poles this way. Most I've seen aren't hinged, the bottom piece simply is a socket for the pole on a plate that you park a tire on top.
On our boat, it was a 2" Stainless steel pole on the wind generator that came with the boat (and we removed because it wasn't worth fixing as the solar did the job nicely). Of course, that was only about 8' tall. If you needed to go higher to get above the RV, you might need to bump up to 2.5-3.0" diameter.
