Windmill atop RV
Just out of curiosity has anyone tried the idea of several windmills on top of the RV to generate power to recharge batteries as you are driving? They could be raised and lowered as the situation cal...
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Have seen photos but....
It is far more efficient to put in a bigger alternator.
I sometimes type the difference between gas and electric cooktops
With electric you burn, usually a fossil fuel, to heat water, to make steam, to turn a turbine, to make electricity, which is sent over wires and transformers and which finally heats a resistive wire to boil water.
There is loss at every step.
With gas, You burn a fossil fuel to heat water.
Same applies here
You burn fuel to turn the engine, to turn the transmission, drive shaft, rear exle and wheels to move the RV through air, Air passes over the windmill/turbine blades and turns it turning an alternator to make electricity.
Or you burn fossle fuel to turn the engine which turns the alternator.
NOTE again there is loss at every step.
KISS applies. (Keep It Super Simple) Which is the simpler explanation.
The plus side of the wind system is when you are parked, on a windy site. THEN the wind is moving past the RV on it's own charging your batteries.
It is far more efficient to put in a bigger alternator.
I sometimes type the difference between gas and electric cooktops
With electric you burn, usually a fossil fuel, to heat water, to make steam, to turn a turbine, to make electricity, which is sent over wires and transformers and which finally heats a resistive wire to boil water.
There is loss at every step.
With gas, You burn a fossil fuel to heat water.
Same applies here
You burn fuel to turn the engine, to turn the transmission, drive shaft, rear exle and wheels to move the RV through air, Air passes over the windmill/turbine blades and turns it turning an alternator to make electricity.
Or you burn fossle fuel to turn the engine which turns the alternator.
NOTE again there is loss at every step.
KISS applies. (Keep It Super Simple) Which is the simpler explanation.
The plus side of the wind system is when you are parked, on a windy site. THEN the wind is moving past the RV on it's own charging your batteries.
