On 9/5/2012 3:43 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article , says...

On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a
dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was
annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a
mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though,
most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the
time.

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How big was it?

The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising
boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise.
The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning
blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience.


http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/

Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I
remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have
only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the
town according to the reviews...

You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud.

http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk

http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/

Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW
talking about clean coal.

If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad
but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they
are paying you enough to put the turbines there.


Most of the comments I have seen are skeptical as to any return at all
from the Mill in Templeton Mass... Like I said, it's usually locked down
and stationary whenever I am there for weekends..

On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:52:06 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

Most of the comments I have seen are skeptical as to any return at all
from the Mill in Templeton Mass... Like I said, it's usually locked down
and stationary whenever I am there for weekends..

===

Do yourself a favor and visit one of the large wind farms before
making snap judgements. I've seen several that were very impressive
and the people that lived near them had no issues. Here is one of
them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZZ-6uIKa0o

The background noise that you hear is wind on the microphone.

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:52:06 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

Most of the comments I have seen are skeptical as to any return at all
from the Mill in Templeton Mass... Like I said, it's usually locked down
and stationary whenever I am there for weekends..

===

Do yourself a favor and visit one of the large wind farms before
making snap judgements. I've seen several that were very impressive
and the people that lived near them had no issues. Here is one of
them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZZ-6uIKa0o

The background noise that you hear is wind on the microphone.

But Scotty the expert says that they don't work!!!!!

On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:23:06 -0400, wrote:

The thing I noticed at the ones we saw in Canada and North Dakota was
more of a thump than a loud noise. You feel it more than hear it.

===

What causes the "thump" ?

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:09:24 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:23:06 -0400, wrote:

The thing I noticed at the ones we saw in Canada and North Dakota was
more of a thump than a loud noise. You feel it more than hear it.

===

What causes the "thump" ?

The displaced air. It is a low frequency pressure wave. You really
feel it as much as hear it. I suppose a lot has to do with the pitch
of the blades because it seems to come and go. We stopped outside
Minot SD and watched the two they have there for longer than my wife
was happy about but it was really a nice day, cool with a nice breeze.
We walked around them a while and I shot some pictures. That was one
of the places that I saw one being feathered and restarted a few
times. It really looked like they were using it to balance the grid.

The air would be displaced at a constant, round pattern, though.

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:46:03 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

The air would be displaced at a constant, round pattern, though.

===

You'd think so but the blades may spin off tip vortices, or somehow
interact with the supporting pole in some asymmetric way.

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:46:03 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

The air would be displaced at a constant, round pattern, though.

===

You'd think so but the blades may spin off tip vortices, or somehow
interact with the supporting pole in some asymmetric way.

Yes, it sure could, but again, I've been quite near the new types and
never heard a sound. The prevailing wind was quite calm, but it was
louder in my ears than anything coming from the mill.

On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:52:06 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

On 9/5/2012 3:43 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:22:29 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article , says...

On 9/5/2012 1:06 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13:52 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

Well, there is one up by one of our practice tracks. I have seen it a
dozen times, only once was it actually running and that day, it was
annoying as hell with the noise.. and it's nearly a half mile maybe a
mile as the crow flies to the mill from the track. Like I said though,
most times, it's not moving even though there is windy up there all the
time.

===

How big was it?

The small, fast turning wind generators like you see on cruising
boats, roof tops and small towers can make an annoying whirring noise.
The big wind farms however use very large towers with slow turning
blades over 100 ft long. They are almost silent in my experience.


http://tuesdaysintempleton.com/2010/...-templeton-ma/

Yes, I know the rave reviews don't complain about the noise, but I
remember it made a thump, thump, thump as it ran that day. Again, I have
only seen it run once, not really sure if it's doing anything for the
town according to the reviews...

You're insane. Either that or FOX told you they were loud.

http://www.gereports.com/how-loud-is-a-wind-turbine/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD0v9_zV2uk

http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/12...urbine-really/

Hmmm GE says wind turbines don't make noise. That is like the UMW
talking about clean coal.

If you live in the big city and are used to noise, they are not bad
but there is a noise. I am sure it is something you can ignore if they
are paying you enough to put the turbines there.


Most of the comments I have seen are skeptical as to any return at all
from the Mill in Templeton Mass... Like I said, it's u sually locked down
and stationary whenever I am there for weekends..

I am from Iowa, the number one windmill state on a per capita basis,
[third in numbers, after CA and TX]. I have listened to them and
standing almost under them , you hear a not very loud whoosh as each
blade goes by. Comparable to one foot waves breaking on the shore. I
like the sound of wind, and windmills, when present, just blend in
with the hiss of the wind in the leaves or waves on the beach, afater
a while you don't even notice if there is else competing for
attention. Just got back from the family lakeshore place where I can
see half a dozen windmills, visually and on radar. The first two,
rather small, ones in the state are in Spirit Lake at the high school,
which is selling juice at a net profit.