Wind Turbines

Nominal Power Output - 1000W (600W / 12v Version)
Start-Up Wind Speed - 2.5m/s
Cut-In Wind Speed - 3.2m/s
Rated Wind Speed - 12.5m/s
Survival Wind Speed - 50m/s
Rotor Diameter - 1.8m
Number of Blades - 5
Generator Type - 3-Phase Perm Magnet (this is rectified to DC inside the turbine, giving a 2-wire DC output)
Weight - 22Kg
Suitable Tower Diameter - 50mm
Noise: LAeq 35dB @ 5m/s @ 5m behind rotor
Noise: LAeq 54dB @ 7m/s @ 5m behind rotor

Buy Now - Ł695 inc VAT (Ł591.49 Ex VAT)

P&P on this item within UK - Ł28.50 inc VAT

Available in 12V, 24V, 36V & 48V DC versions, they are suitable for battery charging, water/air heating and Grid-Tie installations.

The ‘rugged’ Upwind Turbine range is based on 2 years of real-life testing and development.

• Mechanically furling tail fin for high wind protection
• Unique high-spec Permanent Magnet Generator
• 5 top-grade glass filled nylon turbine blades
• Sealed bearings in mast-mounting shaft
• 60 Amp rated slip-ring prevents cable-twisting
• Aerodynamic profile design
• Patented anti-vibration locking washers
• Rugged and simple, with a minimum of parts and simplicity of design
• Zinc-plated and Stainless Steel with powder-coated and anodised aluminium for optimal corrosion and weather resistance
• Manufactured in the UK

NOTE : We don’t recommend ‘building-mounted’ installations other than for steel-framed and other substantial buildings. These turbines are tower-top ready, and will fit on to a standard 50mm galvanised scaffold tower.

Using a unique Permanent Magnet Generators, combined with Hi-Spec Wind Turbine Blade Sets, these furling turbines create very useful power in low wind conditions, and over 1000W in winds of 12.5m/s.

As a general rule, the larger the battery bank, the more power you will be able to store from your turbine, and you should select the correct capacity and type of batteries to be used with your setup, after consultation. With small turbines, it is sometimes not required that you incorporate any form of charge control device to take care of your batteries. An example of this would be if you had a very high capacity battery bank, where the chances of overcharging them is much smaller than if the bank capacity was much lower. In general, however, it is always advisable to incorporate some form of charge control device into your setup

Should you opt to store the turbine output in a battery bank, then you should consider using Deep Cycle batteries, or better still, Deep Cycle Gel batteries, which can be recharged over 1000 times (up to 1500 times). Under no circumstances should you consider using Car Batteries as storage devices, they are simply not designed for this kind of application.

The following diagrams show some of the different ways to connect your batteries together to form banks of batteries for voltages ranging from 12V to 48V.

This 12V setup uses just one 12V Battery to provide power storage from your turbine. It incorporates one of the simplest charge control devices, called a diversion load (or dump load) regulator (the Xantrex C60). The regulator will keep your battery at a voltage between 12 and 15V, and any attempt to overcharge it will result in the extra power being diverted to the dump load for consumption. In practice, the dump load could be an air heater, a water heater, or simply a bank of 12V lights.

This setup uses two 12V batteries to form a 24V system, and again uses a dump load regulator to control the battery voltage (Xantrex C60). Use 2 dump loads for a 12V system (connected in parallel), 1 for a 24V system and 2 (connected in series) for a 48V system. Dump loads are available as below.

A revision of the standard 24V system just described is shown below.. This uses four 12V batteries connected as two banks of 24V as shown. Each bank of 24V is connected in parallel with the other, to double the capacity of power storage. In all cases, use identical batteries for each bank, and do not mix types or capacity ratings, as damage and personal injury could occur. Again use the C60 charge controller for this application.

If you have an immersion heater for example, then you can change the heater coil for a low voltage one, usually 48V, which will allow you to connect your turbine output directly to a battery bank, and then via a load controller to the element. Since immersion heaters are fitted with thermostats, there is no need to control the power going to them, since they will switch in and out of circuit as and when required. The only problem that this can introduce is that there may be times where your turbine is running ‘off load’ which can cause it to over-speed and become very noisy in severe wind conditions. To avoid this, you should consider connecting the output of your turbine to an automatic power switch such that if the immersion heater no longer requires power, the power is diverted to another load. This will keep your turbine under continuous load, and will prevent it from being able to run at excessive speeds.

An alternative use for your free power could be to heat an outbuilding or part of your house. This can be achieved by purchasing a resistive ‘dump load’. The dump load is simply a resistor housed in a suitable housing to allow its heat to be dispersed into the surrounding atmosphere. These loads can be connected via a battery bank and load controller, in a similar way to that of the immersion heater mentioned earlier. It’s usual for your house to loose heat more in higher winds, so this solution can compensate somewhat to those extra losses.

SHIPPING
Your turbine will be supplied in 2 shipping containers, weighing a total of 30Kg, and you will be required to attach the tailfin and blades to the main turbine housing. All instructions will be supplied to guide you through the simple assembly, and you should be ready to mount and use your turbine in only a few hours.

In order to use either of these controllers with your Upwind Turbine and Battery Bank, you will require a suitable dump load for connection to the C40 or C60. These dump loads are shown below, and can be bought separately if required.

For use with either of the Xantrex charge controllers above, these dump loads are effectively very high power air heating elements. The C40 and C60 charge controllers are used in 'Load Diversion' mode, and as such, they dissipate any unwanted power into these dump loads when your battery bank becomes fully charged. It is vital to use a charge controller to prevent damage to your batteries, especially if you leave your system unattended for long periods of time, and without loading your batteries with an inverter, or other suitable device.

These dump loads should be mounted as close as possible to your C40 or C60 charge controller. They should be mounted in free circulating air, and not in an enclosed space. The power connection blocks are made of solid brass, and all cabling used should be securely connected using the bolts provided. Please ensure that you choose the correct number of dump loads for the battery bank voltage you are charging. See above for details.

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