"Nigel" wrote in message
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I'm looking at buying a wind and or towed generator for my boat, the
choices
seem to be Aerogen, Ampair, Duogen or Rutland, does anybody have any
expirience with any of these, or any recomendation for other makes, I'm
based in the UK.


I've a Rutland 500 - it has a rim around the fins
so you don't lose anything if you go too close, but
that's the only good thing I can say about it. Very
little power output and the bearings give up too easily.

Alisdair

On Tue, 4 May 2004 13:49:54 +0100, "Nigel"
wrote:

I'm looking at buying a wind and or towed generator for my boat, the choices
seem to be Aerogen, Ampair, Duogen or Rutland, does anybody have any
expirience with any of these, or any recomendation for other makes, I'm
based in the UK.

I have recently bought a second hand aerogen 4, been running it now
for around a month. My only comment would be why I did not get one
sooner, my batteries (250AH) have never been in such good condition. I
can run high current items like the laptop or heater without the worry
of running the batteries down. The fridge can be left on, which is
brilliant.

But, we have had some good winds over April, over the more stable
summer months it may not be as pretty a picture, but so far I can not
complain. I don't even notice the generator is there most of the time,
the only tell tail is during the day with some odd shadows or catching
the movement in the corner of my eye, I can not hear it at all.


Jools

http://www.topcatsail.co.uk