Portable Wind Turbine as a power supplement?
First post here, so I apologize if this is the wrong area. I'm doing research and planning out a custom RV (cargo van/step van/box truck conversion...undecided), and looking to be as green and self...
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free radical wrote:jkwilson wrote:
Running a wind turbine while towing will cost you more energy from your truck than it will produce. It will be at best the same as running a generator. Simple laws of physics.
I guess OP has something like this in mind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_air_turbine
Not very practical to put on RV imo
I actually worked on two systems mentioned in that article, though on one I only worked on a shipboard version so no RAT.
Even a RAT consumes more power from the vehicle than it produces.
