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MINI Wind Turbine

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Page 1: ...MINI Wind Turbine Instruction Manual...

Page 2: ...d new power infrastructure they are choosing to build wind farms at an increasing rate Of our current electrical generation mix about 2 of our energy is produced by wind turbines That is double what w...

Page 3: ...Turbine comes with a sound light panel that you can connect to your turbine to demonstrate power output Be sure to connect red wires to red and black wires to black The MINI Wind Turbine can power a v...

Page 4: ...d to do some work Set the meter to 200 or 20 mA which is a typical range for our devices The current that your turbine produces depends on the load placed in the circuit and the torque your blades are...

Page 5: ...ction The blades on modern turbines capture the wind and use it to rotate the drive shaft of a generator How well you design and orient your blades can greatly impact how fast the blades spin and how...

Page 6: ...rallel connect each positive wind turbine wire red individually to the red lead from the multimeter or load device Connect each negative wind turbine wire black individually to the black lead from the...

Page 7: ...placed 3 5 rotor diameters apart perpendicular to the prevailing wind and 5 10 rotor diameters apart parallel to the prevailing wind Energy loss due to the wind park effect may be 2 5 What effect do...

Page 8: ...the pitch Try making the blades flatter toward the fan 0 5 Pitch dramatically affects power output so play with it a bit and see what happens You can use a protractor to measure the pitch Use fewer bl...

Page 9: ...those gas molecules pushing you around Humans have been taking advantage of the energy in the wind for ages Sailboats ancient windmills and their newer cousins the electrical wind turbines have all c...

Page 10: ...do not use the correct units your calculations will come out wrong The equation for electrical power is shown below P V I P Power in watts V Voltage in volts I Current in amps Example Your MINI Wind T...

Page 11: ...V R and derive the equation below P V I P V V R P V V R P V2 R If we know the voltage that our turbine is producing and the resistance in the circuit we can determine our power output Examples V 3 vo...

Page 12: ...fixed pitch more similar to a residential scale turbine With the crimping hub you can manually change pitch As the rotor turns it spins a drive shaft which is connected to a generator The spinning gen...

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Page 14: ...800 Transfer Road Suite 30B St Paul MN 55114 www kidwind org Phone 877 917 0079 Fax 208 485 9419 Copyright 2013 All rights reserved...

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