[Peripherals] windmills

[Arjun Sarwal]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Mike Dawson <mike at paiwastoon.com.af>
wrote:

> Hi,
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>
> 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?
>

Sounds very useful.
Josh had posted a very interesting and useful comparison of costs  a few
days back and we can extend upon that.

regards
Arjun


>
>
> 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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Arjun Sarwal
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