Home power inverters (house, convert, good, install)
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I can't recommend an inverter as the ones I have aren't big enough to handle that amount of power.
Out of curiosity, why an inverter as opposed to a generator?
I have a generator, but someone gave me a wind turbine new in the box
I haven't opened it yet, but I'll need something to convert the dc back to ac once I install it
The generator burns about 5 gallons every 12 hours. That gets expensive after a few days.
I have a generator, but someone gave me a wind turbine new in the box
I haven't opened it yet, but I'll need something to convert the dc back to ac once I install it
The generator burns about 5 gallons every 12 hours. That gets expensive after a few days.
Why don't you look at a battery pack?
Use your generator every few days to charge the batteries and just run off of the pack. Have 2 packs and be using one while you charge the other.
Same system as is required for a wind generator system, without the turbine. It would save you fuel and yet you would have a dependable source of power no matter if the wind blows or not.
It's basically the same system that is already designed for solar and wind as you have to have a generator backup anyways for long periods of clouds or calm, just cut out the expensive part of the system.
As you already have the turbine, you could set up the rest of the system and be operating, and then tie in the wind turbine as you can afford it or when you want to.
Use your generator every few days to charge the batteries and just run off of the pack. Have 2 packs and be using one while you charge the other.
Same system as is required for a wind generator system, without the turbine. It would save you fuel and yet you would have a dependable source of power no matter if the wind blows or not.
It's basically the same system that is already designed for solar and wind as you have to have a generator backup anyways for long periods of clouds or calm, just cut out the expensive part of the system.
As you already have the turbine, you could set up the rest of the system and be operating, and then tie in the wind turbine as you can afford it or when you want to.
Just a suggestion.
A free wind turbine charging that battery bank will negate the use of the generator to charge the bank except in long stretches of calm weather, and he can still use the genny in a pinch to charge up if needed. A battery bank is a definite need, though. I doubt the turbine itself will generate enough power to be useful in a non-storage capacity. Most of them are not an efficient way of producing power except in the most windy areas of the country. Most of the folks I know who are generating their own power tell me that the wind turbine is the least productive part of their system. Most are running a solar/generator setup, with the wind turbine as a minor producer.
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