Hi All
I am looking for a compact wind turbine that is professionally made (not a back yard converted washing machine)
which is compact in size.
I look at the main options and see
- AirBreeze, $2200, 200 watts. Cant justify spending that much when i only want 50 watts of power
- Great Watt S-700 $600, 200-400 watts, Rotor diameter 1.2m
So we have cheap and large, or expensive and still overpowered.
What I am after is a wind turbine that is smaller, and puts out less power, without being a jaycar learning cheap plastic kitset and one that I can get spare parts for - which excludes the washingmachine conversions you occasionally see on trademe.
Because I only need 12v 30 to 50 watts I would hope that there is something on the market in NZ with a rotor diameter less than 75cm
I did however see along the hutt valley expressway near melling? there is a weather station of some sort with a mini turbine on top that looked perfect - but I couldnt get a photo of it on streetview later - spotted it a little too late to take a pic with my camera.
Has anyone got any suggestions of a model?