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Art_![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 22/10/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 30 |
Hi Guys, Well I'm new here, great site, and nice to see a lot of Australians here. Great info on windmills here, as I was looking to expand my solar installation: http://www.freewebs.com/defxev/Inverter.htm with a possible turbine since I've heard of it done for long term camping near the beach. It seems it might pay to stick with solar for this purpose though, and spend the money on more PV panels, or am I mistaken? I wouldn't call it a "mobile" installation once it has a turbine with 2 metre rotor! Art. Cheers, Art. If not actually, then potentially. |
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Gizmo![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5116 |
Hi Art Welcome to the site. For camping I dont think you could beat solar. A windmill just needs too much "stuff" to get it up and going, like the tower for a start. But, if you ever get a caravan or camper van, then thats a different story. You could rig up a mast on the side/top of a van. It would have to fold down when traveling of course, so you could rig some some way to fold down/up the tower, attach a few guy wires to make it secure. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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dwyer Guru ![]() Joined: 19/09/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 574 |
Hi Art Not bad ideas l like your your battery set with inverter that give me a thought that i have two 300 watts inverter cost me $59.00 each from ALDI store and will look around for batteries box or make one out of wood ply board or alloy sheet anyway welcome to this site ![]() Dwyer the bushman |
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Art_![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 22/10/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 30 |
Thanks, Maybe it just pays off for the person I heard about because he camps on the beach, and there would be times of wind daily. [quote]and will look around for batteries box [/quote] Battery box is from Supercheap Auto, they come fitted with terminals and basic LED bargraph voltmeter, or fitted with nothing. They are made to fit a 13 plate 4x4 battery. Cheers, Art. If not actually, then potentially. |
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