Amazon 500W Wind Turbine Update end Oct 21 | Wind power at home | Was it worth it???
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2021
- Sorry this is a late update everyone.
Caz filmed it and then we forgot about it!!!
Anyway, this is the reality of the turbine we purchased......what do you think?
Let us know inthe comments, have you bought one, is yours better than ours?
We're dissapointed to tell the truth, but at least we bought it before the prices went up.
This is of course only our opinion and experience of the product.
Thanks for tuning in,
All the best
Nige, Caz and all the critters
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This is how our Amazon turbine purchase has panned out. Let us know in the comments if you have the same wind turbine please....is it working well for you?
All the best Nige Caz and all the critters
You must get above battery voltage. More wind maybe 3 blades 24 volt turbine.
Mine is the same got 80watts max so far and 5 amps
@@dustinfrost5214thats a lot more than you need for a bulb
beats watching sky news
You may have set that stuff up wrongly...
Load shouldn't connect directly to the turbine. Energy from turbine should be stored in batteries for effective use; the loads get the stored power from the battery(ies) for constant flow of power.
Thanks for that I'll check it out
You need to get the turbine much higher. There is too much turbulance from the trees for it to be really effective at that hieight. This is the stark reality of these devices. they need clean wind.
Good to know James thank you for that info
You need to hook the wind generator to a MPPT Charge controller then to a good battery then a pure sine wave power inverter to harness it's energy.
It feels like there should be a storm to bring the light on. I do appriciate the video. Looks like you need to give it a 20 years to get your money back.
I think you could be right about the 20 years!! Thanks for tuning in all the best Nige
Hi Both
Great video.
All I can say is god help us if we are going to rely on wind power to run the world 😂😂😂😂😂
Take care and be safe
👍👍👍👍👍
Very true Rob, esp if this thing is anything to go by. Have a great Christmas, bet you're looking forward to the new season I know we are.....all the best mate and thanks for the support Nige
It sld charge your battery but it is a small turbine sld generate around 100 to 200 watts . I hv been experimenting all chinese turbines i got the 8 blades first same size like yours weight package around 9kg the 16kg 3 blades gives around 350watts on 50km wind speed
Bought the 32kg package turbine but didn't install it still might sell it first and rebuy more
Good to know thanks. I'll take another look at it I think but I may have a dud one :(
All the best Nige
It would be interesting to spin the generator up with something like a power drill to see what revs deliver power wise. Also what the performance is under a load.
Obviously that was a miserable output under high wind conditions.
Great idea I'll have a look into that Thank you for the suggestion
Maybe you may concider to find the 3 blade hub for this. Less blades may have a harder start but more rotation.
I'll have a look into that thank you
I have the 500-wat 5 blade and it did nothing. I geared my 1.4 to 1 and it does make some power above 3.6m/s(8 mph) With longer and wider 3 blades. I think it would do ok in good wind now.
Thanks for the info I appreciate it
I’ve had a 800W wind turbine for about 3 years and the best I’ve seen is about 350W in very strong winds (80kph). It’s on a 6m pole on the side of a hill and is clear of all obstructions.
That's interesting thanks Kevin. I think I'm on a nogo with mine but it's a nice ornament for the garden....all the best Nige
By the looks of it you need to raise the turbine up about 20ft to 30ft up to get cleaner air, also a bigger tail would stop it from turning so much.
Good to know thanks Jon
Maybe slightly larger and stronger magnets would produce more wattage, it looks as though it isn't saturating the coils at slower speeds. I have one made by Honda, old and rare. The magnets are 3 inches long in it, it puts out 39.3 volts with the windings in series, and 13.1 in parallel, in a breeze, with a 3 foot aluminum propeller attached from an industrial high speed fan. Even with magnets that have faded some from age, they were made in 1975. Your alternator should put out about the same voltage. I know mine will put out 200 watts, after I get it on a pole. I'm going to make mine 18.5 feet high so that I can reach it with a 16 foot ladder. One more thing. Mine will be charging 20 marine batteries on a solar system that I have built. I'm adding on with the wind. The batteries run the load in between wind gusts. You obviously will need a storage battery or two. But first you need some watts coming out of that thing. I would guess that if you put bigger magnets in it, you might get half of the rating. It looks to be improperly designed, and will need a major modification to make it put out more. It looks like 15 watts is about the rating, and only occasionally. I was confused at first, I thought it had put out too much and burned out the bulb. Perhaps you can return it and buy a solar panel instead.
It also depends on how you connected the bulb. If you have a charge controller connected, what would be the battery voltage that affects the DC output charge that lights the bulb. Also, did you just connect a 3 phase rectifier and the DC out to the bulb?, What voltage is the bulb. Kinda pointless defining speed and height and all the rest is a unknown blank slate?
The bulb is stated as being 12v but the wattage is unknown. Without a controller, that bulb if it is a headlight bulb (50-60W), will be acting as a brake and preventing the turbine from spinning up properly. Interesting point about the rectifier. Is the generator a two wire DC type or a 3 wire AC type in which case it would need a 3 phase rectifier.
I ordered a 600 watts wind generator yesterday called a B&C. I got the 24 volts model. Just wondered how yours has been doing.
Interesting David let me know how it works out. Mine not so good, but I need to take another look at it. Fabulous suggestions and advice received in comments so will follow up on those and report back at some point. All the best Nige
B&c are real wind turbines
Havent seen one yet that werks as advertised i turned our with a drill at 1250 rpm equal 70 mph wind got a whopping almost 150 watts never could get enough power to charge more than a trickel charge
Good idea on pushing it to the max. Sorry you've had a similar experience to ours....
Hi Guys, lets try and see through the FOG. The Design intention of this people is to design a cheap product , to make it possible the packaging must be small and light. So the product cannot be efficient. It is about the looks and the weight and the volume.
Wind turbine to rectifier. Rectifier to battery. Battery to light bulb. Success.
Thanks John
Did that work for you. Hope it helped. John
500W is the maximum rated power the thing will produce at a certain standard wind speed. I think the industry standard wind speed is 25m/s. That's 90 kmh or about 60mph. From what I've read, the real power factor on these things is about 12% over an extended period (weeks or months). That means a 500W wind chime will produce 60W. On average. It will vary from 0 to 500W in the short term (minutes or hours).
As far a I can work out the best use for windmills is as a trickle charger for batteries. If you did that you'd get about 1440 Wh per day, again on average(60W x 24 hours). A typical house uses between 14 and 30 thousand Wh per day. So you are likely to be producing between 5 and 10% of the electricity you need.
Thank you for taking the time to share that with me. I'll have a look into using it for trickle charging when I have some time to dedicate to it again. All the best Nige
maybe wired up wrong or the controller keeps applying the dump
Buy a 200ah lithium battery mppt charge controller and a 2.5kw inverter. Then you will have 240v power.
Connect it to a battery bank use it as a charger
It is time trading standards came down hard on wind turbine companies who give false power ratings, looking at the size of it I would say more like 50 Watts, I do think it is worthwhile still but solar panels and batteries would also be needed, has regards heating a greenhouse, you need a rocket mass heater.
I agree. This def not as advertised. Rocket mass heater? sounds sci fi I'll have a look into that Thank you
They rarely state the diameter and THAT, along with windspeed, is whats important.
Still, dont expect much.
Need close to 25' to make 1hp at 10mph. 4hp at 20mph. Modern blades, good generator you might double that. (100+yr old data from pumps... and figures tie in nicely with every test ive seen so far!)
@@paradiselost9946 Thanks for the info much appreciated.
500 watt you get only at fullspeed ... hurricane ! but WHAT BULB ? 50 WATT BULB ? 100 WATT BULB ? you must charge a battery !!! if this is a 100 WATT BULB the turbine RUNS GREAT ! but you need battery ;) because if the bulb 100 watt you see you get 100 watt .. with 100 watt you must charge a battery and then put the bulb on the battery ;)
They lied to you about the wattage which is the norm with chinese products like this, 3 blades is best, you need a bigger one
The thing is, physics tell you that it's too small and not high enough. Anything under 10 meters will not produce anything. 20 meters it where it's a energy source, but still not a big one. Just a side one in case there is no sun for solar ;)
Agreed thanks for the info
THREE BLADE ,60 -80 FT. HIGH ! NO HOMES, OR TREES CLOSE BY! CHECK YOUR AREA FOR WIND SPEED YEARLY. GO SOLAR PANEL!
Thanks for the info I'll follow up on that
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Because it is a REALLY shitty idea to have private capitalists in charge of public spaces.
and again
what are doeing ? some thing wrong !!!!
It's all hooked up correctly so honestly I don't know. I'm dissapointed in the unit :(
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I wish I'd known before I bought it