Here are some suggestions of the best rv wind turbines in the market along with a list of their pros and cons.
Rv wind turbine tower.
This complete tower kit is designed to mount the coleman 400 watt wind generator sold separately item 48400 and other small wind turbines.
Total cost for the windwalker 250 is only 395 far less than the kits being offered for marine use by other companies.
The way wind turbines work is quite simple.
His is a 400 watt model made by air x one of the leaders in small wind gens for homes and rvs.
These turbines are miniature versions of those you see on huge wind farms across the country.
The rated 400 watts would show up all right in a steady 28 mph wind not exactly ideal camping conditions.
He needs quite a bit of electrical power so he has four 100 watt solar panels.
Off i went with my fancy new wind turbine looking for good wind conditions.
Designed to withstand forces on the wind generator and tower from high heavy winds this all weather tower kit is easy to assemble and an excellent choice for almost any small wind generator.
The folks at free spirit energy now offer the windwalker 250 a wind turbine made specifically for rv s.
Power output is actually cubed as you double the speed of the wind.
The wind pushes through the blades of the turbine which in turn makes the shaft spin.
Bolt on wind turbine flange fits 1 1 4 pipe adapter steel mount bracket bolts.
How does an rv wind turbine work.
That s where the trouble started.
The electricity is then stored into an external battery bank composed of deep cycle batteries.
For instance southwest windpower one of many turbine manufacturers has been generating small wind generators for over 15 years including smaller versions 45 to 80 feet in height for home and farm use.
Wind turbines are perfect when teamed up with solar panels but some wind generators don t support solar panels.
They gave me a full.
If your wind generator tower is mounted on your rv it could cause real problems if not securely mounted.
As wind speed doubles power output increases eight times.
So must the turbine.
For example if a wind machine produces 50 watts at 14 miles per hour it will produce 400 watts in a 28 mile per hour wind.
It then spins the generator to produce electricity.
So before buying an rv wind turbine always make sure you are able to set it up along with a good solar panels panel setup.
In other words a turbine producing 5 watts of power at 2 mph winds will produce 15 watts of power with 4 mph winds and so on.
But i was really intrigued by his wind generator.
One of the issues with wind is the size of the turbine span.
Wind speed is critical to turbine output.
He generously allowed me to take these pictures and told me all about his wind gen.