Recent content by Tim Grindley

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    New wind turbine design

    Again, since the design can be throttled very easily it is not an issue. There is no upper wind speed limit to this untill the whole thing is ripped off the hilltop.
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    New wind turbine design

    That depends upon if somebody comes up with a solution that makes electricity at 2p per kW/hr.
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    New wind turbine design

    I think the chief problems with wave power involve the problems of the cost of what happens after a storm hits and it all needs repairing. Cost of doing repair work out at sea is expensive.
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    New wind turbine design

    Oh that it was actually cost effective and indeed effective at producing electricity.
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    New wind turbine design

    Yes that is a factor but I am am hoping that the easy pass that agricultural buildings get combined with the low impact of adding it to the top of an industrial building in an industrial estate plus the general easy time green energy gets in planning that there will be enough places for it.
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    New wind turbine design

    This one does not violate any laws of physics unlike getting energy out of water for free.
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    New wind turbine design

    Yes and I am currently working in Woking and not able to get to it...!!!! Argh!!
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    New wind turbine design

    How many of the turbines are working vs not working in a decent wind? The level of inactive turbines does seeem to have decreased recently though. Perhaps they are beginning to solve some of the repair problems. Not sure what you mean by a basic wind tunnel. The existing one is 6m high.
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    New wind turbine design

    Thanks, I will give them a call when I have a mimute.
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    New wind turbine design

    The third or so not working is just from observation of them around the place. Obviously at the moment after a period of low winds they will almost all be working when the wind blows. Who would you suggest as a suitable company to do the testing and what would you expect that to cost?
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    New wind turbine design

    Er...? Than? To be honest I think I have sorted the basic design such that it can be made at a 6kW capacity version for around £8k (?). Though I would like some windy days to get more data because this summer has been sooooo calm! So far the one slightly windy day had results of about half a...
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    New wind turbine design

    What is not serrius about it?
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    New wind turbine design

    Yep, give me some wind! Come on Britian, it is normally wind some of the week!
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    New wind turbine design

    Good, the fact that it works at about 10mph wind is good. The advantage of mine is that it is a vertical axis. That means that the upper limit of size is very very large. The bigger the more efficent. Also they are not claiming to be cost effective. I don't know why with the other claims but...
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    New wind turbine design

    Data so far; Does not work with wind speed of 4mph. Just about gets the turbine to rotate with no load, other than the friction of the badly built turbine its' self, at about 8mph.
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