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Author Topic: Using a wind turbine to charge batteries  (Read 1427 times)
johnmac
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« on: November 25, 2009, 05:20:29 PM »

Hi all. Forgive me if i sound bonkers...but I (as you may shortly notice!) Have no idea whatsoever how a turbine/battery set-up works.

What I want to know...is if i buy a wind turbine such as a....

WIND200W24V
200w wind turbine 24v from Navitron for £250

...what can I do with it??

It will charge batteries?? But what size of battery? How long does a charge take? (how long's a piece of string!) And once I have a charged battery, what do I do with it?Huh

Most of all...... Is it a total waste of money?

Thanks!

John.
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 06:18:53 PM »

Lets start at the beginning........there's two general ways of "doing wind" - shove the power into a battery bank, then use the battery to power things, OR grid-tie- whereby you  attach the turbine to the grid, using it as your "battery"............There are pros and cons of both ways, but to answer your immediate question in a roundabout way, if you use the average amount of electricity, you'd probably need a 2.5kw turbine to supply all your needs (and that's assuming you're in a good spot for wind), which is over twelve times the power of the turbine you've mentioned - to "do the job properly" whether battery or grid tied, you're probably talking a minimum of £10k  all-in....... It's loads more complicated than that, but I hope it gives you some perspective..........
IF you have a good wind resource, it can pay back very swiftly, and be worthwhile lashing out quite a wedge, my advice would be to look at it extremely carefully (we'll be happy to help), and if you do decide to do it, don't skimp! Wink
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 07:44:34 PM »

Hi Martin.... thanks, i think that's all i needed to know! 10k plus is a bit out my price range for now....

I just wondered what the smaller systems might do..answer seems to be not much!

One for the future me thinks!

Cheers,

John.
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