The electrical end of my wind/solar setup.

This is my setup and what I used for my green power system. Used the wind blue 540 PMA with windy nation blade's. It did well this past winter. For the month's of october to march our average kilowatt hour went down 20 per day from the year before. Next turbine i'm going to try the windmax. When I find the right turbine for my location that can beat the bad weather we get where I live I will put up 5-6 more of them.

I have tested many products and done hours of research for the do it your self wind turbine's

Wind max makes the best turbine on the market for homeowner's in my opinion at this time. Not only do you get a turbine that is sealed and can handle the elements but you get a charge controller with a built in dead short switch to shut down your turbine. In the same controller has a built in dump load. The turbine is wired by 3 phase AC up to the charge controller. This save's you money on cost of wire compared to a DC system. Also they are backed by a good warranty. They mount to a 2" pole and have many different models for your wind conditions to chose from.

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[dieselplow]

Are you buying your supplies online or at a local supplier?

[laidofftomass]

@dieselplow Yes most of the electrical supplies were from a electrical supply store. Most of everything can be found in home depot as well. The dc meter, 120 breaker switch, and amp meter are from missouri wind and solar. The battery box I made from supplies from home depot. The batteries are deep cycle a/c delco napa batteries 125 amp hour. The inverter I picked up from a boat and boatandrvaccessories . com

[josh8loop]

Ok, gotcha...12 volt. Yes, I could imagine at that low a voltage even small voltage drops would be a greater percentage of the total. I went w/ a 24 volt battery setup, partially because the 1500 watt battery backup DC/AC inverter I have runs on 24 volts. My PMA is 48 volts, but is limited in voltage by the battery bank. I would encourage you to move to a higher voltage(new stator, and reconfigure the batteries/get new inverter if needed), and move to AC from the turbine.

[laidofftomass]

@josh8loop Yes agreed a/c is the way to go for sure. Most VAWT setup's are all A/C. Every time you convert power you loose a % of that power and its lost. That inverter only has a 80% efficiency rating. I am trying the wind max generator next and it use a/c up to their charge controller. For now the rest of it im keeping it 12v off grid system..

[laidofftomass]

@josh8loop If i could turn back the sands of time . I would have bought the windmax generator from the start. The cost of wire would be less and the turbines are built last. The A/C delco alts are good for under the hood of a car not the freezing rain and snow we get here in western New York

[laidofftomass]

@josh8loop Yeah but using a higher a higher rated PMA with a lower voltage battery bank is brilliant. I personally am done with A/C delco PMA's . Thanks for the help :)

[mrbuki77]

Great looking system. A small piece of advise, instead of using a DC motor as dump load. Aquire a 12v 600 watt water heater coil, and use extra power to heat your water. That way there in no wasted energy. Later from sunny FL!

[ebsaville]

i HAVE the raptor 3 blade turbine,and No they do Not start at 1.5 winds.Mine starts at around 10 mph.I called the company and told them.Think it is stretched a little,however solid unit all the way.matter fact mine pulled out of the 3 foot concrete tower and dropped about 60 feet fall broken by my wooden fence,did not scratch the unit or blades maybe too durable?

[ELPISON1000]

DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT POLE IMBEDED IN YOUR HOUSE AND MAYBE SOME DAY GET HIT BY A LIGHTNING? I WOULD POOP MY SELF THINKING OF IT!

[josh8loop]

@laidofftomass

See the other message first...continuation from it on this one. I am convinced by doing this, you will see better wattage outputs. As an example, on my system(24 V battery bank fed by a bridge rectified 48 Volt AC PMA) I have see about 600 watts at 27 MPH. That's not too bad, considering I am running a cheap 75' extension cord into the garage from the turbine!