stopping a wind turbine

How to stop a wind turbine in a very strong gale, with a very simple piece of homemade equipment

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• wind
• turbine
• generator
• crazy
• mad

[BerndOstfriesland]

Hier sieht man den Herrscher über die Naturgewalten und über die komplette technische Einrichung der Windturbine....

und: coole Mütze !

[jimnoctor]

Dank für die Bemerkung, die in Harmonie mit Natur arbeitet, ist immer eine Herausforderung, während eine Kappe in starken Winden ...cheers trägt

[jimnoctor]

thanks man it works for us here.. I would not like to try it on a very high turbine,,,,you would need very long arms....

[CREED2111]

Great idea ,im thinking of buying my own turbine ,and instaling it myself wouldn,t mind having a look at your set up to see how it is done if thats ok ,cheers rob

[jimnoctor]

hi rob, how did ya get on with the turbine your welcome anytime

[losttreasurehunt]

Job well done

[marsL001]

awesome solution dude

5 stars

[y28wuk]

Thanks for you comments Jim. Much appreciated. We are off grid completely in France so there is no option to trickle charge from the mains. However, the batteries we have are pretty good and hold their charge well, so I think they will be ok. Cheers Mark

[jimnoctor]

its very rarely we tie it down only if a storm is coming I think if i was in your shoes and away from it for long periods i would tie it down, It would also be a good idea to put the batteries on a trickle charge .from the mains.

[y28wuk]

Hi Jim

We have a turbine in france that we need to tie off for winter. Do you tie yours off for long periods of time, or do you think the rope would snarl up if there are changes in wind direction during the time we are away?

Perhaps we need a clamp that fixes on the blade, with a ring around the pole.