Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-10-04 21:05:03 +0100, "Dave Liquorice" said:



Small turbines with rotors less than 1m in dia generate no more than a
few hundred watts OK for battery charging on a boat when the boat
isn't in use but for a house not worth it. To put this in perspective,
a 500W or so wind turbine couldn't keep a large battery bank charged
in the long term to power 3 Cisco wireless bridges, a router and
switch. And this was on top of a hill with good exposure to strong
winds...

What did you do instead?


Went bust I should think, or dug some cable...

Definitely micro windpower is a waste of time and fossil fuels.

You would be better off making a small steam engine and burning your
rubbish.

Hmm...that IS a thought actually..and an electric fan once it gets going
to 'turbocharge' the boiler..