drlizau
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drlizau got a reaction from ___ in ROI for Home Wind Turbine.We've had two wind turbines, and the first lasted about 8 years before being worn out. The purchase price was $AU500 for 300W. It was our first experiment in power generation. When it didn't work any more we realised that the wind input into the batteries was often a help in winter. Living on a very flat part of planet earth we have wind every day, but not every night. So I got a new Chinese 500W wind turbine off the popular auction site, cost about $AU450. It was so poorly built that the shaft was offcentre and after a while the bearings jammed shut. The seller's English became very poor at this point, and we had to go for the site's refund offer. The seller did not want the faulty item back so it headed off to a friend's lathe and was reconstructed. Total cost for this wind turbine was then one carton of beer. At this price the return on investment is excellent!
If I buy another one it will be a vertical axis one, considering the noise effects and the low wind speed we usually have. None were economical buys at the time I was buying wind turbines.
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drlizau got a reaction from Chris Hobson in ROI for Home Wind Turbine.We've had two wind turbines, and the first lasted about 8 years before being worn out. The purchase price was $AU500 for 300W. It was our first experiment in power generation. When it didn't work any more we realised that the wind input into the batteries was often a help in winter. Living on a very flat part of planet earth we have wind every day, but not every night. So I got a new Chinese 500W wind turbine off the popular auction site, cost about $AU450. It was so poorly built that the shaft was offcentre and after a while the bearings jammed shut. The seller's English became very poor at this point, and we had to go for the site's refund offer. The seller did not want the faulty item back so it headed off to a friend's lathe and was reconstructed. Total cost for this wind turbine was then one carton of beer. At this price the return on investment is excellent!
If I buy another one it will be a vertical axis one, considering the noise effects and the low wind speed we usually have. None were economical buys at the time I was buying wind turbines.
