Domestic wind turbines

[davidroberts30]

Now theres no FITs do small scale turbines stack up now?

Got a 4kw solar on the house which works well bar this time of year when it hasn't done 1.5kwh today but the wind has been blowing well and got me thinking a 5kw turbine would do well!
Isn't very often we dont have sun or wind?

Would there be such a thing as a second hand turbine out there?

 

[Still Farming]

Most domestic house's use about 20-30 kwhrs a day ,so make that and your going well.

 

[rollestonpark]

We have a wind turbine on our electric gate, wish I hadn't bothered. 1.5kw
It'll do about 2/3 years, then it needs to come down for repair.
Have to send it back, then try and get back up there to refit it.

Now I've added extra solar panels and bigger batteries, it makes it through the winter fine.

 

[Still Farming]

You need 6 kw min for a house to do something.

 

[renewablejohn]

You would be far better off if you had a stream on your land for a small hydro by stealth.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Probably cheaper making sure everything in the house uses minimal electricity.

 

[rollestonpark]

You need 6 kw min for a house to do something.

Agreed, but anything above about 1kw needs its own tower, can't be safely mounted to house.
At least I don't think so anyway

 

[davidroberts30]

You would be far better off if you had a stream on your land for a small hydro by stealth.

Slight problem there

 

[MojoEA]

building mounted can cause problems, i don't know if you remember quite a few years ago B & Q sold them but they were causing all sorts of cracks. You could look at permitted development, the SD 6kW falls under that on the 9m tower but there are all sorts of rules you need to comply with, distance to neighbors, historical buildings etc. What is the structure your thinking of bolting one too? if its a brick house i would say its too risky, if its a steel framed shed or similar then you could go for a micro turbine, 1kW Airforce 1 or something like that, you should get a couple hundred watts from that.

 

[davidroberts30]

Was thinking to put 1 up just over the back field
Hidden and most distance best I can get from neighbours about 150m from the house

 

[Still Farming]

You would be far better off if you had a stream on your land for a small hydro by stealth.

With voltage drop would 300m away Stream/ brook, be useless?

 

[Still Farming]

Was thinking to put 1 up just over the back field
Hidden and most distance best I can get from neighbours about 150m from the house

Higher up the best, even if small turbine

 

[davidroberts30]

With voltage drop would 300m away Stream/ brook, be useless?

Still a problem there....no water



Well not in a stream anyroads

 

[Longneck]

Ive got a 10kw Tozzi turbine that i would happily sell...

 

[Still Farming]

Ive got a 10kw Tozzi turbine that i would happily sell...

End of life, surplus or dealer?

 

[MojoEA]

Was thinking to put 1 up just over the back field
Hidden and most distance best I can get from neighbours about 150m from the house

For permitted development it would need to be 100m away from any neighbors boundary, I'm happy to do a quick desktop look for you if you want to drop me an email. With some details.
[email protected]

 

[MojoEA]

Ive got a 10kw Tozzi turbine that i would happily sell...

Do you have a Fit contract on it? Even if it doesn't work there is still value on the site.

 

[Exfarmer]

With voltage drop would 300m away Stream/ brook, be useless?

voltage drop is caused by insufficient cable size. the higher voltage you are transmitting the smaller the cable you need

 

[Still Farming]

voltage drop is caused by insufficient cable size. the higher voltage you are transmitting the smaller the cable you need

So if you have say 1-3kw output would 12 mm be ok for 300 m possibly?
Sorry to ask questions on someone's thread!

 

[MojoEA]

So if you have say 1-3kw output would 12 mm be ok for 300 m possibly?
Sorry to ask questions on someone's thread!

16mm2 SWA would keep the volt drop under 5%