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for an anchorage? yeah, sure.

From: krj
Date: 12/13/2004 7:52 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Since when was 24 kn rated as "one hell of a lot of wind". Obviously JAX
has never done much sailing in either the Leewards or the Windwards
where the trades are usually E to ENE at 15-30 kn.
krj
Been there, done that

JAXAshby wrote:
a.) 29 amps is one hell of a lot of amps, b.) 24 knots is one hell of a lot
of
wind, and c.) generator output is largely related to blade sweep area
(largely,
I said).

I recently ran across a site for a wind generator that I have never heard
of before. It's www.SuperWind.com and they make a wind generator that
looks very promising. Of course, I've never heard one in use or seen one,
but their desription and output curves look very good. What I really like
is that it starts generating power at low wind speeds and will generate 29
Amps at 24 kts and above.

The biggest problem seems to be that they're a German company and with the
dollar falling so much against the Euro, it's getting more expensive by the

day. However, I think that it's worth looking at.

Note that I have absolutely no relationship with the company. I'm simply
passing this along as information.

-- Geoff