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Riccardo Altamura replied to deon van zyl's discussion 'New type of wind generator'

Ciao Deon, This project is very interesting, although I remain of the view that the energy used to move the hydraulic pump is too scattered and that there are power losses...

February 3

ramanagouda is now a member of Wind Turbine | Domestic Wind Turbine | Wind Turbine Videos

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February 3

deon van zyl replied to deon van zyl's discussion 'New type of wind generator'

Hi Riccardo I found this on the internet. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7418820.pdf . I've printed it out and are trying to source the gearbox. I just wonder if this is a better idea than a conventional wind genset.

February 2

Riccardo Altamura replied to Ibach's discussion 'Alternate Energy'

The last century has there been a man who, through the cosmic energy, could provide electricity for free all over the planet, but unfortunately, as you said, economic interests have taken over and so we are forced to live in a world corrupt and dirt…

February 2

Riccardo Altamura replied to deon van zyl's discussion 'New type of wind generator'

Hi Deon, the idea seemed very good, but I think that this system creates too much inertia and loss of power. Perhaps it would be better to put the generator at the base of the tower and the forward motion of the rotor blades via a gearbox, but maybe…

February 2

deon van zyl added a discussion

New type of wind generator

I have a problem with conventional wind generators. The problem I have is having the generator on top of the tower. My suggestion is having the generator at the bottom of the tower. Reducing weight and inertia issues. How about using hydraulics. The…

January 24

deon van zyl, TOMMY LAWSON and Andre van Niekerk joined Wind Turbine | Domestic Wind Turbine | Wind Turbine Videos

January 24

Andre van Niekerk I am interested in being less reliant on the Escom provided grid

January 23

Diego Sagrera commented on Suzie's blog post 'Fruit bags!'

"Refuce, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle" I like that! Thanks for the idea. Hire in El Salvador people are going to flip out when seeing me with this.... People hire are not that "Refuce, Reduce, reuse, & Recycle"

January 23

Sam Chamas commented on Suzie's blog post 'Fruit bags!'

good idea Suzie, nothing strangs in thinking diffrently, other wise will never change. thanks for always including us on your experiances. regards sam

January 23

Suzie added a blog post

Fruit bags!

It amazes me as to how much plastic we use just to transport our fruit from the shop to home! After some thought, managed to find 3 very lightweight bags that I've been using to buy loose fruit from the shop, much better feeling to use that plastic…

January 22

Frederico Carvalho is now a member of Wind Turbine | Domestic Wind Turbine | Wind Turbine Videos

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January 16

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Fruit bags!

It is so scary to think of how much plastic we all collectively use just to transport our fruit from the shops to our homes!
After some thought, I managed to find 3 small extremely lightweight bags that I've been using to buy loose fruit from the shop, the lady weighing the fruit thought I was a bit stran… Continue

Posted by Suzie on January 22, 2010 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

new Wind solar street lamp had installed

In Dec. 2 th 2009, wind solar street lamp had installed in Jinyimeng public square and Shuhe River for this two project

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400W wind turbine, 80W solar panel, 80W LED lamp, 120AH 12V battery 2pcs, 400W wind solar controller

Working time: full power 6 hours, half power 6 hours, 12 hours per day