[Peripherals] windmills

[Mike Dawson]

Hi,


Interesting - I wonder if we can make some kind of comparison table / 
tool for countries to try to preserve the knowledge....  like design 
type - cost to build ($USD) - cost to maintain / year ($USD) output @ 
different wind speeds as known?


Then put that on the wiki?  What do you think?


Even here in the capital Kabul - paperwork completed.  line installed.  
Power comes one night every 2 days (if we're lucky).


Thanks/Regards,


-Mike




Yamandu Ploskonka wrote:

> our windmill in Arequita, Uruguay was on a 20 ft pipe, from the 
> ground, tied to the side of the house.
>
> The charger probably was once a car dynamo.  The propeler was hand 
> carved out of wood.  This one eventually broke down and I replaced it 
> with little success.  I wanted eventually to make a smaller diameter 
> propeller with more arms so as to have higher speed at same wind 
> force, but didn't relly put effort into it.
>
> A neighbor had a similar setup, he would charge batteries for a fee.
>
> the electricity came to a relay, and then to the battery.
>
> It took us 4 years of paperwork to get electricity from the power line 
> that was eventually installed by our farm.
>
> Yama


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