Wind Reviews Futurenergy Windup 1000W

[Forhorse]

Hello everybody

I am very seriously considering buying a wind turbine of this type
http://www.futurenergy.co.uk/turbine.html
It is found in France for about 1200 €, which is not nothing.
So before embarking on such a purchase, I would like to have some feedback from users.

Obviously it's not made in china but made in scotland, which justifies the price, but I hope the quality is at the rendezvous.

If someone with this wind turbine model could give us his opinion ... quality, service life, production, noise, vibration, etc ...

Thank you in advance

[bernardd]

They look very much like these models made for weak winds, and are cheaper, and existing with more fad:
http://www.missouriwindandsolar.com/800 ... bines.html

Someone from the site had given the link and bought a test, but I forgot the post :-(

[Obelix]

Hello,

You have to look at the technical instructions to realize that the announced power is ......
I prefer the Air-X which is the same class and which only costs 600 Euros home.
I have one over high point that runs for three years without problems despite two direct thunderbolts! (Alt 600m pres toulon).

Obelix

[bernardd]

For a version with pale 9, theoretically much more effective in weak wind, I had like prices:

Rebel 9 raptor blades + PMA Patriot 800W 60V AC #MW60PD9 - $ 569.95
Locking Collar Fits 1-1 / 2 Water Pipe LC11516 - $ 12.98
PMA COATING-CLEAR CPMA2 29,00 $
AC OUTPUT RECTIFIER KIT ACKIT - $ 34,00
Europe shipping - $ 110.00
total: $ 755.93

today 552 €.

This is for a version where the naturally alternating current at 60V is rectified only before the batteries, on the ground, which reduces the losses in the cable, as well as the price of the cable, and also makes it possible to easily measure the speed of the cable. wind turbine from the ground, measuring the frequency of the signal.

[Christophe]

Obviously it's not made in china but made in scotland, which justifies the price, but I hope the quality is at the rendezvous.

a) You dream, at this price, it is indeed made in china for the basic components (the generator looks like 2 drops of water to the one that I bought used ...), after some adaptations can be done in Scotland.

b) 1200 € it's really cheap for 1000W especially with the mat.

c) The problem is going to be to check the medium and long term reliability because it would have to produce at least 10 000kWh so that it is profitable ... to say 1 / 4 of average load factor (optimistic) it does everything similarly ... 8760 * 1 / 4 = 2190 kWh per year is roughly 5 6 years to make it profitable if you pay your kWh 0.12 €.

I am also about to test a similar model (1KW to 1800 €) but still have to convince Madam ... and it's not won ...

[bernardd]

One of the arguments of the US enthusiast of wind turbines is the improvement of AirX with its pale :-)

UPGRADE YOUR AIR X / AIR BREEZE / BLADES
http://www.missouriwindandsolar.com/Home_Page.html

I will test as soon as I could, but not yet pu :-(

[Forhorse]

According to the instructions the advertised power is realistic
https://www.econologie.info/share/partag ... hVnNye.pdf
1000W to 12.5m / s (45Km / h)
with a peak power of 1100W

I have often read that the Air-x has a tendency to vibrate and make noise, which is never very good sign in the case of a mechanic turning to a sustained diet.
Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, the Air-x is given for a power of 400W
If we do the power / price is not sure that the Air-x is more adventurous, and anyway its power too limited is not suitable for my application (I planned to heat water with the surplus energy)

[Forhorse]

c) The problem is going to be to check the medium and long term reliability because it would have to produce at least 10 000kWh so that it is profitable ... to say 1 / 4 of average load factor (optimistic) it does everything similarly ... 8760 * 1 / 4 = 2190 kWh per year is roughly 5 6 years to make it profitable if you pay your kWh 0.12 €.

Reliability is really what worries me ... it is often the black spot of wind turbines.
Now profitability is not really a problem in my case, as long as reliability is there. It is to electrify an isolated site (my stable ... see the corresponding subject)
So if I do not install a wind turbine it means no power during the winter months, precisely the period during which I need it most.
Finally, to summarize: I do not seek to make savings, I simply seek to have electricity easily and reliably 24h / 24h - 365 days a year.

Anyway, whether I choose this model or not, you will have a return on my purchase.

[Christophe]

In terms of wind power: the more power you have on the surface propeller-laden, the better ...

[Christophe]

According to the instructions the advertised power is realistic
https://www.econologie.info/share/partag ... hVnNye.pdf
1000W to 12.5m / s (45Km / h)
with a peak power of 1100W

Hey ForHorse, the pdf is exactly the copied / pasted document of the generator that bought second hand via the forum: https://www.econologie.com/forums/vends-gene ... t8569.html



I have the generator but I miss everything else ...