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Affordable wind power turbines for the home and cabin

Please note that all of these turbines require a mounting system. The higher the turbine is positioned the better it will perform. However, please check with your local county or city government regarding any maximum height restrictions for these towers before purchasing.

Towers are sold seperately.

A word about towers

We generally advise that a good, year-round wind turbine site isn’t a place that you’d want to live. It takes average wind speeds of 8 to 9 mph and up, to make a really good site. That’s honestly more wind than most folks are comfortable living with.

But this is where the beauty of hybrid systems comes in. Many, very happily livable sites do produce 8 mph and over during certain times of the year, or when storms are passing through. Tower height and location also make a big difference. Wind speeds average 50% to 60% higher at 100 feet compared to ground level (see chart in the wind section). Wind systems these days are almost always designed as wind/solar hybrids for year-round reliability. The only common exceptions are systems designed for utility intertie; they feed excess power back into the utility, and turn the meter backwards.

Air-X Wind Turbine
Standard 12 V

The third generation of North America's most popular turbine
Southwest Windpower has introduced their third generation of the Air turbine series, and things just keep getting better for this simple attractive wind generator. Proven features from previous models include a sleek non-corrosive cast aluminum alloy body, three flexible carbon-reinforced blades, a neodymium permanent magnet alternator, and built-in regulation. What's improved is noise control and charge control. The sophisticated new microprocessor-based speed and charge control delivers better battery charging by optimizing the alternator output at all points of the power curve, it won't overcharge smaller battery packs as the previous generation tended to, and it eliminates the blade "flutter" that was a noise problem at high wind speeds by actually controlling and limiting the blade speed. USA

Air X Turbine Specifications
	Standard	Marine
Watts output	400	400
Available DC voltages	12-24V	12-24V
Rated wattage output	28 mph	28 mph
Max. wind speed	110 mph	110 mph
Cut-in wind speed	7 mph	7 mph
Number of blades	3	3
Rotor diameter	46"	46"
Tower top weight	13 lbs.	13 lbs.
Tower type	1.5" pipe*	1.5" pipe*
*Pipe size shown is for nominal steel pipe

Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery

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This turbine can be attached to a pipe or vane or this tower option.

Air-X Wind Turbine Marine
24 Volt Power

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Air X Turbine Specifications
	Standard	Marine
Watts output	400	400
Available DC voltages	12-24V	12-24V
Rated wattage output	28 mph	28 mph
Max. wind speed	110 mph	110 mph
Cut-in wind speed	7 mph	7 mph
Number of blades	3	3
Rotor diameter	46"	46"
Tower top weight	13 lbs.	13 lbs.
Tower type	1.5" pipe*	1.5" pipe*
*Pipe size shown is for nominal steel pipe

Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery

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This turbine can be attached to a pipe or vane or this
tower option.

Whisper 200 Turbine (formerly the H80)
24 or 48 Volts with wiring center

Whisper currently offers three turbine models that are designated by the square footage of blade sweep. Nothing measures outpot potential better than blade size. Big generators can't deliver when connected to a small blade. Whisper is trying to start an honest industry trend here.

All Whisper turbines are delivered with the capable and good-looking E-Z wiring center, which includes a completge monitoring package with easy-to-read LED display, circuit breaker input for wind, a brake switch for the wind plant, and a bult-in diversion controller with sufficient wattage to handle the turbine output.

Please specify 24 or 48 Volts.

Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery

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