I was thinking about buying one of those chinese lantern wind turbines, but suspected they would not produce the advertised power. Thanks for posting this and saving me the time and money.
throw it away and get a horizontal axis M3 or SM3 for your purposes. as of the panel - it's tiny... it won't generate a lot ) if you want some serious power - go get a normal 400watts panel, that will be even cheaper.
I've seen these POS tested and even 30mph winds just start to produce usable energy but only 2-3 watts. I'd put some N52s in it bigger than whats in there because with the torque it has cogging wouldn't be a problem. They still want $350 Canadian pesos for those craptastic units up here. Plus I'd drill new mount holes and take 2 of the scoops off
I got it because I was curious why they performed so poorly and wondered if I could somehow improve it. Now I think they are a complete loss; there is nothing redeemable about them. What is really frustrating is that they are giving VAWTs a bad reputation. By the way, we had a strong gust of wind while I had the cabinet door open and I saw it produce 0.12 Amps for about 15 seconds.
Hello blogger, I am very interested in your video, I have been studying VAWT, I am from CHINA, recently China's VAWT market is very chaotic, your video is very representative, may I forward your work to my social media, I will mark your source and the link to the original video!😄
I was thinking about buying one of those chinese lantern wind turbines, but suspected they would not produce the advertised power. Thanks for posting this and saving me the time and money.
throw it away and get a horizontal axis M3 or SM3 for your purposes. as of the panel - it's tiny... it won't generate a lot ) if you want some serious power - go get a normal 400watts panel, that will be even cheaper.
This turbine serves better as a garden ornament.
100% Junk
Was wondering if you have tried a hybrid mppt wind controller with boost control it maybe able to help
That is what the VAWT came with. It did not seem to work very well. Unless the boost part of it was not functioning.
I've seen these POS tested and even 30mph winds just start to produce usable energy but only 2-3 watts. I'd put some N52s in it bigger than whats in there because with the torque it has cogging wouldn't be a problem. They still want $350 Canadian pesos for those craptastic units up here. Plus I'd drill new mount holes and take 2 of the scoops off
I got it because I was curious why they performed so poorly and wondered if I could somehow improve it. Now I think they are a complete loss; there is nothing redeemable about them. What is really frustrating is that they are giving VAWTs a bad reputation. By the way, we had a strong gust of wind while I had the cabinet door open and I saw it produce 0.12 Amps for about 15 seconds.
Hello blogger, I am very interested in your video, I have been studying VAWT, I am from CHINA, recently China's VAWT market is very chaotic, your video is very representative, may I forward your work to my social media, I will mark your source and the link to the original video!😄
I think we need a hat adapter to mount the cell phone camera on, just to keep our hands free. 😊
I'm filming with a Sony Handycam. 🙂