Posted February 18, 20205 yr Ever wonder why cellular towers don't use wind turbines. sometimes the wind gets quite hectic would this not ease the pressure of load shedding
February 19, 20205 yr Scrarfussi, Apart from the cost factor there are many other reason, most related to why Cell phone companies are struggling to get sites built as quick as they would want. 1) No one wants a tower next to their house or estate. now consider a tower and turbine combination. 2) Tower loading limitation (load of amount of installed equipment on tower vs structural design integrity), space requirement for standalone turbine, let alone the unknown regulatory framework for turbine in residential/urban areas. 3) Wing span consideration for a turbine size that would be required to carry the load of a typical cell phone tower site. I wonder whether there would be any interference to the RF equipment on the tower due to the proximity of the rotating blades and whatever harmonics would emanate from the turbine. Lastly, give us South African time, we will figure out something worth repossessing from that turbine infrastructure .......cheap passing shot I know!!! LM
July 2, 20204 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrsJYxtd4TY&app=desktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZJbjMcJSeo
July 5, 20204 yr Author On 2020/02/19 at 1:07 PM, LMthethwa said: Scrarfussi, Apart from the cost factor there are many other reason, most related to why Cell phone companies are struggling to get sites built as quick as they would want. 1) No one wants a tower next to their house or estate. now consider a tower and turbine combination. 2) Tower loading limitation (load of amount of installed equipment on tower vs structural design integrity), space requirement for standalone turbine, let alone the unknown regulatory framework for turbine in residential/urban areas. 3) Wing span consideration for a turbine size that would be required to carry the load of a typical cell phone tower site. I wonder whether there would be any interference to the RF equipment on the tower due to the proximity of the rotating blades and whatever harmonics would emanate from the turbine. Lastly, give us South African time, we will figure out something worth repossessing from that turbine infrastructure .......cheap passing shot I know!!! LM Voda world has a tower with a wind turbine and panels so i guess it would be visible Also my thoughts were on the remote sort of towers the ones not next to a house or estate as these have more chances of batteries being stolen a turbine depending on the wind in the area could reduce the size of battery bank required as well its continuously turning just my thoughts though
July 24, 20204 yr On 2020/07/14 at 12:52 PM, Splaccut1 said: I'm disappointed these links don't work Links do work, just not hyperlinked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrsJYxtd4TY&app=desktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZJbjMcJSeo
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