Good job man. The 3 green wires from the generator are 3 phase AC which are converted to DC by the controller. It would be even more efficient if you extended these 3 wires for the long run and put the controller as near as possible to where it hooks into your DC system inside, rather than having the controller on the masthead with the long run of 2 wires. You would get less cable losses this way :)
Exactly, turbine to controller connection is 120 v (240 ?) and controller to the battery bank connection is 12 or 24 volts. If your set has 200 feet from the turbine to the battery bank and the controller is e.g. 2 feet from the turbine it means you run 12/24 volts on distance of 198 feet. You will need a THICK WIRE. But if you place your controller 2 feet from the battery bank, you can run pretty thin wire to handle 120v over 198 feet and 2 feet of not too thick wire to connect the controller to batteries.
Had a Rutland on my RV roof for 12 years not a problem.my RV is steel framed.would not recommend fitting on wooden framed.But this 400 is the one I intend to upgrade to .
Extend the 3 green wires all the way inside the RV right next to the charge controller for best results. The red and black or positive and negative wires should remain short next to the charge controller. Otherwise, you'll have a loss of power. Remember, three long three-phase wires to the rectifier. Two short positive and negative wires from the rectifier to charge control.
Just bought an 1800 watt wind turbine for $244.00 Waiting for it to get here. Wanted to buy one before the Chinese are charged a higher tariffs on imported products next month!
Got my Chinese made 400 watt wind turbine with charge controller for $98.00 and free shipping on Ebay! I hope that helps some one who is looking to save some $$!
In my experience with wind vane self-steering sailboat units, I learned that a wedge shaped (v-shaped) tail fin is much more stable than a flat tail fin. The wedge prevents hunting while pointing directly into the wind because there is pressure on both sides of the wedge which keeps the wedge from wandering. Place a tab on one side of the wedge fin to if you want torque speed control. This reduced hunting will reduce gyroscopic precession stress on the bearings and on the blades. It should also increase the average power produced because of reduced hunting. What say you to that?
The post holding the turbine needs to be level for it to track the wind properly. Could be the view angle that made it look ot of level but you will get better output if it can track the wind properly.
The shaft that you put your steel pipe down. What is it's original job, since it is by your fridge? Is it the gas vent for your fridge? In putting a pipe down it, are you compromising the longevity of your fridge?
Good video but please reposition your Camera you cut the top off of the pipe and your controller . Just better to see all the parts as explained installation . Thanks for the information again
Because of vibrations, I'm thinking that calk will not be able to keep it from leaking for long if you travel to a place where there is rain. Could you go up the side with the pole and make a small hole for the wires with a wire grommet instead? 😃
Yes you should have made your long wire run with the 3 wire AC. Less Losses. A 12 AWG extension Cord works great. Did you obstruct your refrigeration's Ex host ? It looks like it. Bad Ju Ju. Be Expecting Issues in the future.
Did I hear you right ? In the video you said you were going to use mc4 connecters for your turbine ? If yes could you please tell me the adapter you used ?
So the big question i have is i just bought the exact unit, how do the wires not get all twisted up inside when the wind generator rotates to face the wind?
Look up John Daniel on RU-vid. He does proper reviews on turbines and rates them so you can see what they actually do, plus gives you links for where to buy.
Dude really?! You say that you're going to show how you set it up inside behind the fridge?! I don't know what is wrong with people on RU-vid I guess it's just a vanity thing that you want someone to look and listen to you when you don't really help at all
Can you please post a link to the turbine that you got, and are you happy with it after having it up for the summer? Are you getting a decent output from it? Great video, thanks
The real question is how much power does it actually generate? Seems like most of these small turbines produce disappointing numbers. Also, how much noise/vibration is transmitted inside the rig? Thanks for sharing your installation.
hi, the turbine inside this video made in our workshop, this is horizontal wind turbine 400w 12v, with good efficiency, better than vertical wind turbine
thanks for the video , I'm planning to do something similar. if you want to improve , I suggest you modify that wind turbine and make it a 5 blade. You can buy 2 more extra blades and the black blades head on ebay for about 11-20$ each. It will improve dramatically in low wind conditions. Is any way you can put the flange you got (the part that connects the turbine to to pipe in the description) I'm trying to find that part somewhere to buy. Thank you !
@@danieltimisan6820 5 Blades may "cut-in" earlier, but it will spin slower. So, if you don't know what you are doing, it can produce LESS total energy per day ...
the controller closer to batteries because three wires ac further distance may lechen the mach not far different wires can get hot and the thick wires nodich ac not and the controller works far even how
@@Green-placesOrg Thanks, much... ...I can't have noise. People in RV parks complain about the smallest things. And if I'm boondocking, I don't need background noise... Plus, these things are bird-killers...and I like birds...
The noise is annoying. I'd compare the noise to that of a propane generator. It really doesn't compare to the silence of solar panels, but I cannot imagine how this can kill birds. It's pretty small. We never had a single incident of birds flying into it.
@@Green-placesOrg Thanks, again... The noise is definitely a non-starter...can go with that...I like my quiet... I put out bird feeders so generally, there are mucho birds around. They tend to squabble a lot. Just for the fun of it, I guess. They get inattentive and fly into stuff all the time. Bonk! Thud! Maybe a vertical windmill is safer and quieter...I hear they don't put out much energy...
Kelly Cromie the panel and the turbine are leading to the same charge controller but the wind turbine has its own mini charge controller its hooked up to, I think I got 8 gauge for the wind turbine cables.
Mr. C thanks for the “trolly” negative comment but we have caulked the entire pipe entry and we keep it nice and capped closed when there is no wind. The pipe does not touch the fridge either.. its actually secured against a dividing wall between the fridge and the bathroom using pipe fastening ring.
This device is pretty large and actually fairly heavy. It would be very hard to believe that they sell this for $20 on Ebay. Perhaps they have a smaller one?
