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#271293 - 08/16/14 08:37 PM Portable wind power generator?
dweste Offline
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Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
Any experience with such a thing? Home-made? Commercial?
Trying to find a portable wind power generator for use on my sailboat. Thanks!

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#271294 - 08/16/14 09:43 PM Re: Portable wind power generator? [Re: dweste]
Deathwind Offline
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Registered: 02/01/14
Posts: 310
Have you tried Mother Earth News? They might have DIY articles or ads leading to DIY plans.

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#271295 - 08/17/14 12:27 AM Re: Portable wind power generator? [Re: dweste]
AKSAR Offline
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Registered: 08/31/11
Posts: 1233
Loc: Alaska
I don't have personal experience with them, but wind turbines for power are quite common on sailboats.

For example see Inside Practical Sailor: Solar Panels vs. Wind Generators, and links therin.
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#271303 - 08/17/14 04:01 PM Re: Portable wind power generator? [Re: AKSAR]
hikermor Offline
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
+1

On Santa Rosa Island (Channel Islands Nat'l Park), a study undertook to determine a suitable location for a wind turbine (lots of wind on SRI, and not all of it emanates from headquarters). After extensive research, a site was selected, and a tower was erected. About a week later,the tower blew down.

Whereupon someone went out, bought a couple of off-the-shelf sailboat wind generators, stuck them on the roof of a couple of buildings, and flipped the switch. They worked quite well for several years.
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#271304 - 08/17/14 04:09 PM Re: Portable wind power generator? [Re: hikermor]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
...and they're waterproof too... Wind turbines at Westmarine No affiliation, other places carry them too...

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