wind generator

$100 off!!! That's like a $10,000 rebate in today's economy! Looks like I'm buying a Philco radio! :)

In the '20's and into the '30's, when you bought some of the Philco radios. they came with a rebate coupon for $100 off on an Aero small wind set. This enabled farmers, even without grid power, to have a radio for market pricing, local news and announcements, and to keep the livestock amused. There were many small wind sets back in those days and I've seen the Aero. The prop set was akin to a windmill and about 8' diameter. They were direct DC.

FWIW; After comparing wind and solar several years back, I came to the conclusion solar is more suitable for small, individual applications, while wind is best done on a much larger scale. I personally happened upon an engineer who had the joy of trying to educate politicians on such matters, and confirmed my conclusions.

I, too, considered going with a small VAWT on my camper, but soon realized it made way more sense to simply charge off the alternator while driving.

That said, given the right circumstances, one could go solar by day, VAWT by night (for overnight floating primarily).

Know a man outside of town. Two wind turbines and one solar panel. All three are shut down. Repair cost is almost what he paid for the system four years ago.

And I thought the question was about a FAN...

TEXAS wrote:
Save your money.

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US 30M and above wind maps

HAWT vs VAWT

Bird deaths and wind towers
This is for commercial generation, not to be entirely relevant to small wind installations. Posted it to displace internet myths.

I could see the application for small wind to someone that locates their RV in a fixed location but needs something transportable. For the weekender or occasional vacation trip, it doesn't make a lot of sense. It's much more convenient to apply solar power.

Do you camp at the beach a lot
Or the middle of the Texas plains
The only time a wind turbine would be useful to me, is the rare trip to beach camp once or twice a summer

Forget using one while driving
They are not designed to produce power at 60mph
In really high wind they free wheel to keep from burning something out
Even if it worked while driving it would not be free power, the increased wind drag would burn more fuel while driving

Save your money.

Here's a site to check out he has solar and a small wind turbine. http://mellomikeswolfcreekcamper.blogspot.com/
http://www.freespiritenergy.com/