I'll be interested to see what you end up doing and the output you get. I've always been intrigued by VAWTs, but as I've researched them it seems...
Of course now the $64,000 question is whether I altered the offset/tail size/weight so much that I've thrown off the furling, which was of course...
UPDATE: some decent output yesterday with pretty modest winds. Note that this 2 kWh is for BOTH turbines running, not just the new "hybrid."...
UPDATE: In an effort to overcome the “left-leaning” problem of the “hybrid” build, I removed & remounted the HYE PMA closer to “centered”...
Sorry Tom...are others having the same problem? This forum frustrates me as far as photos. Whenever I try to upload them directly, I always get...
I posted this issue over in Frame Construction due to the topic, but I know this forum gets much more traffic. Basically I have a turbine build...
So here are two photos of the furling mount with the HY Energy PMA mounted: [IMG] [IMG] In addition to the problem of the rotor tracking...
I've put together a "hybrid" build of WN's furling mount + HY Energy's HY-1000 1kw generator/PMA and HY Energy's matching 5-blade set/hub. While...
Well based on some good advice from others, this would seem to be the next dump load configuration to try for my "new" HY-1000 1kw that has been...
Has anyone ever pulled one of these apart to confirm this? Once when my "old" HY-1000 felt like it was turning slow I loosened those 5 bolts to...
Well I heard back from Joy at Mike's Windmill Shop. She says that if the generator of the HY-1000 was one piece underneath the casing, then it...
Hey thanks Tom for the great suggestions. I have an e-mail into Mike's to see about adding/developing some kind of furling system. I would...
Yeah Larry you may be right about needing to use batteries. I just can't believe we can't come up with an ordinary dump load coil configuration...
And maybe rather than more gambling with dump loads it's worth looking at furling options...I just don't see how the "unibody" HY units could be...
That's good advice on the tightening; I'll definitely be more careful if I use these types of blades again. So when talk about your 3 ohm "quartz...
I don't have a torque wrench so I'm not sure on the over-torquing. But again my "old" HY-1000 with it's "older" (smaller) blades have been just...
Well unfortunately I've had another blade failure with the replacement set of "new and improved" blades I installed after having the 1st set fail...
'Just wanted to post links to some YouTube videos I've uploaded recently reflecting some recent results/testing I've been doing with my HY-Energy...
I received a lengthy response back from HYE, part of which I'm sharing below (italicized). I must say I'm really impressed with their customer...
Also...here as some photos of the new (37.5") blades shipping with the new turbine compared to the "old" (33") ones of earlier HY-1000s: [IMG]...
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