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RE: More Power from the 400 Watt Wind Turbine with a Hybrid Wind/Solar MPPT Charge Controller

in #diy • 6 years ago

Oh man... everyone says no to wind turbines....! Ok, I don't have the money for it yet anyway but what's this about heat and cold changing the efficiency of a solar panel? I had no idea about that and it sounds like it really could offset the sun hours missed in winter. Very interesting stuff, I want to look into it now too. Been looking for a new water heater

thanks for that info @jacobpeacock

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    You are welcome. You really need sustained high winds for wind power to be viable. A good test is to get a sixty dollar small wind turbine from Pacific Sky Power and see how often it actually spins before investing in a large scale turbine. As for cooling the panels look up reflecting sunlight onto them with mirrors as well because between doing that And water cooling (which is a must if you use mirrors) is where the real boost to electric production comes into play.

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    Ah man I almost forgot to look into that! Thanks for the reminder and really good idea about the 60 dollar turbine as a test. Thanks

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