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Whisper Wind Turbine
I live on a narrowboat - a 45 foot long, 6 foot wide steel boat on a
canal in England. I have a British Rutland 913 wind turbine and it delivers a pathetic amount of power. So, looking for more, preferably a Lot more, I looked at South West Windpower's Air Breeze and Whisper. Now, they apparently sell a Lot of Air Breezes, so a Lot of development has gone into it and it's state of the art - new rotors, neodymium, etc, etc. And it's a real sensible choice. And it weighs only 6 kg. I don't know how they do it. And it charges your batteries. Great. No problems fitting that on the boat - right on the roof, with tethers. But the Whisper gives you an insane amount of power which you can use not only to charge your batteries, but also to heat water. Fascinating. It weighs 21 kg so I can lift it into positon. It is a bit Big, but I think I can handle that. It just occurs to me that all wind turbines I've seen on any boats are all about the same diameter - around 1.2 meters/about 3 feet. The Whisper is 2.1 metres/ 7 feet rotor diameter. So, would it be foolish of me to get a Whisper which far outreaches this tradition? If so, why? Yes, I know it will rock the boat a bit. And people I know who know about these things tell me it Won't capsize it! Will it? Most grateful for your thoughts. Peter Smith |
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