Preview of the Ec0-Worthy 400 watt wind turbine
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- A quick look at the build process of the Eco-Worthy 400 watt wind turbine.
the wind turbine, controller and 100 watt panel that was ordered
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Thanks to you and Bob! I have been wondering why there are not more folks taping into wind power. I feel like I will get clear about this from watching you experiment.
I'm thrilled you are reviewing a wind turbine! I live in North Dakota where we feel we have a lot of wind and I'm curious how much power might be produced by one of these smaller turbines. Can't wait to follow your process. I've watched you in many of Bob's videos and you make solar seem simple. I still have all my pieces (solar panels, battery, charge controller, etc) in boxes and feel inadequate to put them together, but I know I just need to start and go from there. I hope to eventually bring my shuttle bus camper down towards where all of you boondock so I can get some tips in person. Again, thank you!!!
Thanks for sharing this with us.....I've always been interested in wind power. Your instructions are very clear...you are an excellent teacher.
Thankyou for keeping it real ad keeping it simple for those of us who are just learning. cheers!
Thanks for the video Jim.....When we lived for some time on the Homer Spit up in Alaska in our schoolie ..we installed an Air-403 wind generator on our bus ..worked great because it's the rarest thing in the world up there on the spit not to have the winds blowing furiously ..when we moved back to the lower 48 I installed another Air-403 wind generator on the utility trailer we towed behind our class c ...never used it much because that kind of wind generator needs a good and very steady wind speed to even start producing power ... if we were to do this again I'd go for a savonius styled vertical blade generator ..those produce a good bit of usable power in a tiny breeze ....
Thanks Jim for the info....To add my two cents" 'we live in a small well defined patch of hilly terrain known for having a corridor of wind that is supposed to be sufficient enough for wind power generation when the sun is not shining or it is stormy enough outside to hamper optimal solar utilization. What we found out was this. 1. The capital costs of adding wind power was just to much money for the power generated. 2. The maintenance required was much more than bargained or planed for with wind. Large Power company wind turbines have a nice (Return On Investment) over time, we expected this as well but found the exact opposite to be true when going small scale wind power. Luckily we were able to sell our Turbine - Tower and Electronics to just add more Solar for much - less capital costs - more power - almost no maintenance compared to the Wind turbine...BOTTOM LINE IS; it will probably make more sense in most situations to Add More Solar than install wind to make up for possible power loss and ease of maintenance differences - just my opinion, your situation may differ.
Thanks Jim.
Well done Jim, great video and as always thanks for educating me, I really appreciate it!
Good investment for Bob, he's got the right person on the job giving a thorough test.
Great video - you made it look so simple, yet explained it in such a way a novice like me completely understood :) Looking forward to watching a lot more from you.
What a brilliant idea! Thanks so much Jim! Looking forward to having you help me with some electrical on my van. Cheers!
Always wondered about wind turbines & how applicable they would be
to the RV situation - thanks for the vid!
What a beautiful day for viewing the chemtrails. I love the wind generator idea!
Came over from Bob's channel, new sub.😁 Love how informative and how well steps are explained in your videos! I'm a newbie will be hitting the road soon and absorbing as much info as possible. Thank you for hard work you do making these videos.😁
Thanks for doing all the work it takes to put this gadget together. Just having all the tools and tables needed to assemble it can be a challenge. I am looking forward to hearing more about how it works and if it is a worth-while investment for nomads who need solar. I'll be watching Jim.
Thank you for your videos
I just subscribed , Watching from Puerto Rico . Great channel .
I've watched you on Bob's channel, and when I saw that you had your own channel, I subscribed sight unseen! 😀 Thanks!
Thank you for sharing!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great informative video Jim! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
New to your channel. Mind is open for learning about all you have to teach. Thank You.
Thanks for the valuable information you provide. I'm interested to see the results so we can decide if it's worth it or not. Just a point of information so people don't get confused when they buy the pipe. Pipe can be threaded conduit cannot be threaded as the wall thickness of conduit is insufficient to thread. Electrical pipe comes in two forms aluminum or galvanized. Galvanized is stronger and cheaper but heavier. Plumbing pipe is heavy like galvanized but cheaper but it will rust. Aluminum pipe is the way to go if you can afford it because it is strong enough and much lighter.
Thanks for doing this! I like your willingness to work with it and see how it performs. I'm interesyed in seeing your metrics. This is great!
The problem with wind turbines is the altitude. You need to get them high. High, as in taller than any nearby trees. The wind quality, power and dependability goes up the higher you go; this is why the monstrous latest generation of turbines made for commercial power production have single blades the length of a football field, and the tallest in the world will be 800+ feet. For the vast, vast majority of people, getting another solar panel or two will be a better investment; in an RV, you just can't in any practical way carry a 100+ foot tower.
Nice video on an interesting topic. Keep them coming, and have a safe journey!
Hello from Washington State!
New Subscriber Jim, although I've been watching your solar videos with Bob for some time.
I can't wait to see how this does.
Really appreciate you checking this out! Always looking for more power & options👍
Lauri
hugely looking forward to the numbers. thank you, Jim for your usual injection of some practical science.. - Charlie
Great video Jim... thanks for sharing with everyone. It's going to be interesting to see how well this performs. I'll be watching for your next video. I do like the way you have the windmill mounted. The mast looks strong enough to withstand some high winds. Good job as always.
Thanks. The mast is as large as the turbine will take and pretty beefy. I will give it nexy season to determine if wind power is a answer for me and is this the turbine to do it with.
@@solarboondocker4597 Your welcome Jim... Yep I could tell that the mast was beefy. Hope the weight of the mast and the turbine wasnt to hard to push up into place? I'm concerned because of you having an issue with the back. I also have a few problems with mine. So I know careful we have to be. Anyway I'll be looking forward to hearing how it went. As it is you already have a awesome power plant on the RV & Truck. I really do like your system...
Thank you for sharing your expertise, Jim. :)
I think stormy days is where it will shine, (pun intended).
Maybe northern climates in the winter where the sun angle does little with solar.
Personally, I think a small generator like a 1,000 watt running a battery charger for an hour a day would be more practical.
There will be overcast days where there is no wind. Just when you need the power the most, it will not be there. Lugging that thing around for the few times it would work seems more bother than anything. Of course there are places that are always windy, but I don't want to be there.
I live in Corpus Christi Texas where we have pretty Dependable wind. And National Seashore welcome down anytime. We have a large Marina here that I noticed about a month ago has a whole lot of these things showing up on the boats. Great wind location on the water and a horrible place for solar panels. The deck. I'm looking forward to what you find out. Overcast and nighttime charging gives opportunity four more use during the day
That is what I am hoping for
Thanks for the review, very interesting🤔 possibly another addition towards having power yr. round!
Thanks for doing this Jim. I'm looking forward to seeing how effective this generator is and if it's worth having one.
Jim ... Thank you for another great video!!! Chuck Knight. 🤠
Looking forward to hear how it works for you. We got one and it worked for less than a month before it stopped working :( now it's an interesting looking sculpture very high in the sky at our off grid property :D
Go to Missouri wind and solar channel it has a lot of details on wind turbines. With 9 blade head blade turn in 6 mph winds
they can but you end up with a wind wall effect in stronger winds, for real power in low winds a turbine designed to work at low rpms in low winds , you see them on the net , for example 500w turbines with 2.5m blade spade and making good power in" low winds" more power than those incorrectly rated turbines with 7,9,11,13 blades yet with only 3 blades and hitting rated wattage at 20mph not 40mph, i own the dual pmas and others it was a waste of money.
I look forward to hearing your review on the wind turbine!
I have a 400 Watt Chinese Vertical Wind Turbine VAWT that I paid $ 95.00 with free shipping that works in 5mph wind. It runs 24hr a day and works great.
How many watts does it produce at 5 MPH?
I've been doing this a very long time and have rewired my STATOR using 18 guage copper wire and have increased my wattage not amps :
5mph wind 2.2 m/s meters per sec
10mph wind 4.5 m/s
15mph wind 6.7 m/s
20mph wind 8.9 m/s
30mph wind 13.4 m/s
40mph wind 17.9 m/s
I'm hoping to see an update soon.
Thanks
Nice set up, good luck! Cool camp site as well👍
I’d like to get a wind generator eventually but weighing the cost to performance is definitely a concern of mine.
Just found out about your channel through Bob’s channel and I am looking forward to all of your videos. Thank you so much for doing this!
My Vertical Axis Wind Turbine VAWT sitting on a conduit 4 ft pole stuck in the ground in the yard with 5 vertical blades running a permanent magnet and no resistance with anemometer attached starts turning at :
5mph or 2.2 meters a second m/s = 18 watts
2.8 m/s = 43 watts
3.1 m/s = 65 watts
4.5 m/s = 130 watts
5.3 m/s = 218 watts
8.7 m/s = 400 watts
I had a Horizonal Axis Wind Turbine HAWT like you have which required a very high pole with quide wires that would not start turning until 18mph wind and I got rid of it
In your video you saw your Anemometer turning but your 3 blade horizonal axis wind turbine HAWT is not turning , ask yourself why is that , and your anemometer is lower but spinning : VAWT is the answer not HAWT , I decided to mount 4 (400watt) Vawt which is 1600 watts on an open utility trailer with 2ft conduit and 3 battle born lithium batteries and run what I need to 24hr a day
and I don't need any (SUN)
Thanks Jim, looks good! may have to take it to northern Colorado or southern Wyoming. Certainly not some of the high wind areas of the front range. (like where you and I live.)
Saved me from wasting a few hundred bucks that i could have put into something else, thank you.
Thanks solar boondocker, practical if you sit in a stormy area, for a week waiting for the 5 week social security befuddle.
Great idea!
If a wind generator was mounted properly could it generate electricity while driving?
The drag it would put on your vehicle and the extra gas you would be burning due to that drag would make it not beneficial nor practical. (See 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics) Also, Bob mentioned that there was a narrow wind speed band where it generates decent power starting at I think he said 26 mph? So, at 70 mph on the highway it may not make any power at all as it might have already cut off by then to protect the circuitry. Depending on what speed they have it set to cut off, you might only be able to drive at under something like 45-50 mph to generate anything decent.
Thanks Jim I'll be watching
Why cant the wind be harvested while you drive down the road and the e stored in batteries?
Thanks Jim.
For future reference states with good renewable energy programs have on line annual average wind speed maps for people to use on line to give you an idea of where wind generators will work better.
I have checked the Minnesota one to see how well the investment would work for me at the house.
I think the best use of these would be at a home where you could install multiple units.
Then you would be selling the excess power back to the grid.
Great info
Safety goggles please. You do not wanna lose an eye.
Here's a topic I don't see on rv living....trash... How and where do you dispose of it legally and what about recycling? I'm an avid recycler. Many towns require residents to buy prepaid colored bags to put trash in . Other places use designated garbage/recycling bins for residents. As a former small business owner , I wasn't happy about people filling up my dumpster with trash that I had to pay to have hauled away. And depositing poop bags at gas stations/ fast food places seems gross to me. I know some people just go to an rv park once a week or so and dump trash there , but I'm not interested in going to those parks. PS. I live on the east coast so less national parks . What are your suggestions? ...and thanks for a great channel.
I have one similar that I'm going to be using, could you not have stowed the pipes under your trailer that way you could have had more pipes to get it higher, I plan to put mine on a boat with a 64 feet mast!
If 23 mph is required to reach max output of 400w what wind speed is required to achieve 200w or 100w?
Hi, I like your videos
How do you store the wind turbine when traveling? And how long does it take to set it up?
Looking forward to the stats on this. Thanks
good job
Obrigado
Great video Jim, I learned alot!
you need to convert that 12 volt to 3 phase A/C. See Modern Off Grid's channel. He did it. Very simple. FYI
This should be interesting. Thanks for the information.
Hey Jim hope everything is good with you, how's the wind turbine generator working out? Hopefully, you can get a decent amount of energy from them. I'm definitely going to be going with a similar Solar Panel system as what you have for sure, once I settle on what type of rig/trailer I want. Hope all is well, take care.
Would you show where and how you would installEd your battery bank inside the travel trailer.
Thank you...looking forward to future videos :D
Subscribed...EZ I really like you.
Wow can't wait for the outcome. Later on I would wonder if there would be other wind turbines shaped differently that would work better for you.
I subscribed 10,906. Will go check out some of your other videos. Found you from Bob Well's channel Cheap RV Living.
Please do a video on open ground signal from a generator. And why my 5th wheel saftey feature will not except power from it. Thank you.
except? what?
Did the windmill work out for your system?
Nice video. Thank you.
Hello .I'm interested in doing this with my 5th wheel.. I'm kinda concerned that the pole I use might be a lightning concern .I won't have it any higher than yours . What do you think?
Jim - couldn’t you use a telescoping pole for more height?
Curious how you run the wires.
Hi Jim, almost time for a winter update video?
This is so cool!
What's happening with the wind generator?
Thank you,!
Thanks for sharing.
Any updates?
Guess not, been 2 loooooong years!
Your videos are very helpful! I'd like to know theprice comparison between the wind turbine vs the Energizer generator he had Carolyn test.
How feasible is it to build one and leave it up while traveling? Say, in the front of a cargo van framed and screened?
The fan blades would not be able to handle normal driving speeds and the drag they created would impact your MPG
I have been wondering about wind power for the last year or so. Glad you're doing some info on it thank you. Now I have a really important question to ask that nobody seems to discuss. So right now I'm in the middle of a thunderstorm very hot and humid I have two small USB fans going and my Maxx air fan going. Here's the question with running the Maxx air fan having to vent to open and running my USB fans can I get electrocuted? Things like thunderstorms getting electrocuted running equipment through solar or things people do not seem to think about. Be great if you could do a show on it. Thank you very much
I am no expert but I do know that I have been in some wicked thunderstorms over the years and have never had it been a issue. I have lowered the Antenna mast before. Maybe running a grounding wire from the mast to a steak in the ground would be a good idea since I can not easily lower the turbine.
Where did Jim go?
Interested in the results!
Hey Jim. Question here. When your turbine is spinning is the light (for the wind turbine) on the controller really bright or dim? Mine is very dim barely noticeable and I'm wondering if my controler is busy or what. Thanks in advance.
Sound cut off during hole drilling. Just FYI. Thanks for info
Good Info! Thank You!
Registration on your camper looks expired or the video is older, probably just forgot to put the sticker on.. looking good on this project!
Hey Jim, good video, tc
Is the windmill a generator?....if it is dose the faster it gose it wound make the generator loud?...it the windmill hooked up just to a solo panel ? Thank you...I enjoy video.
It is a 400 watt wind generator. The faster it goes, the louder it gets. I have not heard this one at full speed but others I have been able to hear them from a distance. This one hooks up to a hi bred charge controller that also takes the 100 watt solar panel sold in the kit.
Hmmm, turns out that I'm already subscribed but you don't come up in my feed. I will have to make a point of looking for you because your videos are well worth supporting & viewing.
👍
updates?
So I am guessing u take it apart and take it with you wherever you go and then reassemble and put it back up??
True and that's the reason that it will be in storage until I return to Quartzsite in the fall. There it can be windier and I will be in a LTVA long enough to make it worth setting up.
Wind turbines can be a great supplement to solar, but you've really got to do your research because there's a lot of factors involved that must be considered in order for it to be practical. I appreciate your exploration into this realm, however I have my doubts about the particular turbine selected. One of the factors that must be considered in order for a turbine to be effective is the rotor diameter, and unfortunately this particular turbine has a very small rotor in proportion to its stated output. But, who knows maybe it'll work. If not though, that will likely be the reason. Another factor that's very important is the quality of the Wind. Not being up very high and ground clutter like trees can really affect its effeciency. And there's several other factors at play, any one of which can greatly impact the turbine's efficacy. - Making it work requires you to be quite diligent, but I believe it can be worth it if one does the research.
I have to agree with you in that this turbine may not be the solution. I have studied the wind for a year taking note of how often the turbine would produce power, how much and if it was when I needed it. What I found is while I will complete the testing on this one, that a larger turbine with more blades is more likely to produce usable power in the winds that I get.
Thanks for all you do Jim. - Increasing the number of blades will lower the cut-in speed allowing the turbine start producing power earlier, but it will also create more drag on the rotor reducing the top-end production. So, if you're mostly in lower wind areas then more blades are better, and if you're in higher wind areas then fewer blades are better.
In both cases a larger rotor diameter is important though.
Jim, my batteries are 6 years old and I want to replace them with two agm deep cycle batteries, what would you recommend.
Are you ok, Jim?