Comment on 400w of solar installed!
Thorry@feddit.org 1 week ago
Have you checked wind loading in your area? These things can become a sail very easily and need to be securely mounted as to not go flying. Also the metal frames need to be grounded, I don’t see a grounding wire?
Not to be down on your project, it’s a cool project, but I wouldn’t want your work to go to waste within a year.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Alternately, maybe a combo solar/wind power tower it could be…
Thorry@feddit.org 1 week ago
I feel you brother, but small scale wind is pathetic. It makes so much noise and produces fuck all for energy. If you look into the amount of engineering that goes into large scale wind mills, it’s crazy. They are really pushing the limits of what humans can do and end up with pretty good stuff. I’m all for windmills and would love to have one. But I’ve looked into it and it sucks ass for small scale.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
counterpoint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbw-veYYd5M