Love seeing the two of you working together! My wife and I are the same way. I appreciate you posting your progress on this unit. I am thinking of putting one in for our off grid property. 48 volt system.
Thank you @rongray4118, given our experience of a number of these small wind turbines, I'd honestly recommend not running them above 24v as they will make very little power or avoid them altogether and spend the money on a petrol/diesel genny or more solar panels. This turbine makes 1kw for a second every now and again where as €1300 quids worth of solar panels will make 1.2kw every second all day as long as the sun shines. Food for thought I hope.
Thank you for sharing! I live in Delaware USA and our whole eastern shore region has an abundance of steady and strong winds. You have inspired me to accelerate my curiosity into action. Thank you!.
Good to see you got it up and running. Even with all the blades the same weight it's still worth you balancing next time you have the hub off. Also make sure the tip to tip measurement between each blade is the same. Have fun and enjoy the free power.👍
hi iv got the same turbine. i built my mast out of a 20ft scaffold pole and used two 6 ft scaffold poles to make the rivet so i drilled a hole all the way through all three poles 1 ft from the ground then did the same 6 inch from the top of the 6 ft poles to make a locking system with a length of threaded bar and the same on the bottom i then concreted the 2 six ft poles down then fitted the tension wires. it work good and very very cheap to do. Only mistake i mad was i got the 3 blades instead of 5 so if you want to sell your old blades i would buy them
Hi Stephen, great stuff. Love a good diy job! How is the scaffold pole holding up in strong winds? Had considered them as an option but was concerned that a single pole might flex a bit in rough conditions, id be interested to hear some first hand experience of them. Dont know what were doing yet with the 4 blades that are left from the original set. One thing you would have to do is weigh one of your blades to see are they the same weight as ours as the 2 sets we got were different weights. We might considering selling them if you wanted to make an offer after youve weighed your blades. You can contact us by email to discuss further. Thanks for checking out the vid.
Why 5 blades, not 3? Isnt there enough wind in your location? Also what about the noise? The turbine is pretty close to your windows, do you hear it from the house or is the turbine pretty quiet? Thank you
Hello, 5 blades gives better performance at lower windspeed. We have no shortage of wind here, the choice of 5 instead of 3 means that the turbine is generating more often rather than only working when the wind is strong. Below 20mph winds the noise from the turbine sounds like gentle waves on a beach. Above 30mph and it sounds like an industrial cooling fan. Its not loud but definately audible. Thanks for watching.
Hello, I just bought the same Wind turbine. Since I am also located in a very rainy part of Ireland (Leitrim) I have looked a bit on internet and found this video. ruclips.net/video/9IRvgwkFAps/видео.html Issue on electrical connector (few video reporting this issue) and issue on humidity. Both issues can easilly be fixed What do you think? Have you done any modification on your side? JPaul.
Congratulations Jean Paul. Have seen the vids with overheating block connector between the generator and the rotating coupling. Haven't done any modification on our turbine, the plan is to remove the ceramic junction, solder the wires and replace the main bearings after 9 months or first failure whichever comes first. Operating under an "if it ain't broke don't fix it" policy based on the ability to raise and lower the mast for maintenance.
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 Related to the mast, I have done a fixed mast and in the middle a rotative mast. The weight is spreed evenly from the centre of rotation. So moving up or down the mast is easy and do not necessitate major force. I have not yet received the turbine so not tried it in real life. But promising ...
@@jean-paulcastellano9589 very cool, was that inspired by the marine industry by any chance? If the turbine is the same as ours it will weigh 25kgs fully assembled if that's any help with your calculations.
Love seeing the two of you working together! My wife and I are the same way. I appreciate you posting your progress on this unit. I am thinking of putting one in for our off grid property. 48 volt system.
Thank you @rongray4118, given our experience of a number of these small wind turbines, I'd honestly recommend not running them above 24v as they will make very little power or avoid them altogether and spend the money on a petrol/diesel genny or more solar panels. This turbine makes 1kw for a second every now and again where as €1300 quids worth of solar panels will make 1.2kw every second all day as long as the sun shines. Food for thought I hope.
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 never begrudge an honest answer from someone with firsthand experience! Thank you for being direct and to the point!
Thank you for sharing! I live in Delaware USA and our whole eastern shore region has an abundance of steady and strong winds. You have inspired me to accelerate my curiosity into action. Thank you!.
You're most welcome, sounds like a beautiful part of the world. Big hello from Ireland and best wishes.
Nice, i noticed you changes the angle significantly to pull the turbine up, thanks for sharing your practical experience
Good to see you got it up and running. Even with all the blades the same weight it's still worth you balancing next time you have the hub off. Also make sure the tip to tip measurement between each blade is the same.
Have fun and enjoy the free power.👍
Well done guys! You're an inspiration to me 🙂
Thanks a mil Barry, it was a bit sketchy on the lift but we got there in the end. 😊
Congratulation!!! I would also be interested to know how Istabreeze wind turbine performs on the Irish weather.
Thank you very much. So far it's reaching 25 volts in 15-20kmh winds. Won't be able to give a wattage report until the gauges arrive.
Twas epic, well done.
Thanks Sean, much appreciated 👍
"Jesus Clodagh....small movements" 😂😂😂
Not super surprised on the different weight, usually good companies balance each individual set they send and obviously they changed design a bit
Great job
Thank you.
hi
iv got the same turbine. i built my mast out of a 20ft scaffold pole and used two 6 ft scaffold poles to make the rivet so i drilled a hole all the way through all three poles 1 ft from the ground then did the same 6 inch from the top of the 6 ft poles to make a locking system with a length of threaded bar and the same on the bottom i then concreted the 2 six ft poles down then fitted the tension wires. it work good and very very cheap to do.
Only mistake i mad was i got the 3 blades instead of 5
so if you want to sell your old blades i would buy them
Hi Stephen, great stuff. Love a good diy job! How is the scaffold pole holding up in strong winds? Had considered them as an option but was concerned that a single pole might flex a bit in rough conditions, id be interested to hear some first hand experience of them.
Dont know what were doing yet with the 4 blades that are left from the original set. One thing you would have to do is weigh one of your blades to see are they the same weight as ours as the 2 sets we got were different weights. We might considering selling them if you wanted to make an offer after youve weighed your blades. You can contact us by email to discuss further. Thanks for checking out the vid.
Does the 5 blade help it start up better in lighter winds?
Yes definately.
Why 5 blades, not 3? Isnt there enough wind in your location? Also what about the noise? The turbine is pretty close to your windows, do you hear it from the house or is the turbine pretty quiet? Thank you
Hello, 5 blades gives better performance at lower windspeed. We have no shortage of wind here, the choice of 5 instead of 3 means that the turbine is generating more often rather than only working when the wind is strong.
Below 20mph winds the noise from the turbine sounds like gentle waves on a beach. Above 30mph and it sounds like an industrial cooling fan. Its not loud but definately audible.
Thanks for watching.
Hello,
I just bought the same Wind turbine. Since I am also located in a very rainy part of Ireland (Leitrim) I have looked a bit on internet and found this video. ruclips.net/video/9IRvgwkFAps/видео.html
Issue on electrical connector (few video reporting this issue) and issue on humidity. Both issues can easilly be fixed
What do you think? Have you done any modification on your side?
JPaul.
Congratulations Jean Paul. Have seen the vids with overheating block connector between the generator and the rotating coupling. Haven't done any modification on our turbine, the plan is to remove the ceramic junction, solder the wires and replace the main bearings after 9 months or first failure whichever comes first. Operating under an "if it ain't broke don't fix it" policy based on the ability to raise and lower the mast for maintenance.
@@ourkilkennyhomestead2006 Related to the mast, I have done a fixed mast and in the middle a rotative mast. The weight is spreed evenly from the centre of rotation. So moving up or down the mast is easy and do not necessitate major force. I have not yet received the turbine so not tried it in real life. But promising ...
@@jean-paulcastellano9589 very cool, was that inspired by the marine industry by any chance? If the turbine is the same as ours it will weigh 25kgs fully assembled if that's any help with your calculations.
Question? Where would you buy the electrical cable in Ireland? I think they recommend 6 mm 2 but not sure Thanks
@@jean-paulcastellano9589 screwfix is one option, we have also bought from our local builders providers in slievrue Waterford.