Posted by Dan-IA on November 12, 2011 at 03:27:35 from (66.43.223.31):
In Reply to: OT Windmills posted by gtractorfan on November 11, 2011 at 11:51:32:
Wow. Assemble the prop on the ground and then hoist it? Around here they put on one blade at a time, holding it flat in the 3-o'clock position.
Maybe yours have smaller blades. Last I heard ours had a 60-foot radius on the 2.7MW generators (glorified mixer motors), but the power company guy in the family quoted 124 feet. If he's talking diameter we're on the same page. If he meant radius like I thought, then these things are getting even bigger...
We just had dad's funeral but he really liked wind generators. His were/are Air-X "fish" which have homemade towers around 30-45 feet high, about 60-inch diameter blade sweep, they basically have a Delco alternator with a Chrysler regulator (some with an add-on board for overspeed regulation) and can put out 30 amps apiece in 17-21mph winds. I think he has 5 or six standing, charging enough batteries to power all but the fridges and freezers for about 2 days. When all of my county was dark two years ago he was watching tv!
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