Yes. I also having trouble picturing a wind generator that is "3 meters across" sitting on top of a narrow (6' 10") canal boat. :-)
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> I think that trying to use wind on a canal boat would be a disappointing
> exercise. Wouldn¹t the wind be blocked much of the time?
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> Chris
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> On 2/3/10 9:37 AM, "Mike" <biankablog@
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> > Chris:
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> > On board my 30 foot sailboat I go with a three legged stool approach to
> > charging my 48 volt battery bank. I have solar panels, wind generator and a
> > Honda 2000 eu gas generator. Actually it's a four legged stool because I can
> > also plug in to dockside power too. My wind generator is a 48 volt Marine Air
> > X 400 watt unit. It is about $800 and works well to keep things charged up in
> > combination with the solar panels. I don't think you need a big 2000 watt wind
> > generator for your application. But, you should check out the winds in your
> > cruising grounds. You might be better off with just solar panels and a
> > generator for your charging needs. I may be wrong but, I don't think canals
> > will have enough wind energy to make a wind generator a viable charging
> > option.
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> > Capt. Mike
> > http://biankablog.
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> > --- On Tue, 2/2/10, toddbates99 <toddbates99@
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> >> From: toddbates99 <toddbates99@
> >> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: solar canal rambling
> >> To: electricboats@
> >> Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 7:57 PM
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> >> Just a thought but would a wind generator be appropriate? 24 hour a day
> >> charging. The heaver the wind the better the charging. MIght have to have
> >> some sort of mount so it could be raised and lowered for bridges etc. And I
> >> have no idea what the winds would be like. A 2kw 48 volt system is about
> >> $2,000 US and 3 m in diameter. About the size of a dinghy sail so not much
> >> healing moment (depending on the mast height).
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> >> On the other hand wind generators can be noisy ( good design can prevent this
> >> ), mechanically complex and there are air draught issues.
> >>
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> >> <http://us.mc840.
> >> > , "hardy71uk" <p0054107@ .> wrote:
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> >>> > Many thanks for all your replies .
> >>> > The LiFePO batteries certainly do seem to make it feasible if they live up
> >>> to their reputation. Charging at marinas seem to be too expensive in the UK
> >>> as they are geared more for long term mooring rather than overnight stops.
> >>> >
> >>> > regards
> >>> > Chris S
> >>> >
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> >>> m> , "hardy71uk" <p0054107@> wrote:
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> >>>> > > theres an extensive canal network here in UK. I've often thought it
> >>>> would be great to do a leuisurely trip . stopping for a while to explore an
> >>>> area whilst charging batteries from solar panels and then moving on. The
> >>>> problem would seem to be that if charging over say a week or two that the
> >>>> batteries would most of the time be only partly charged . Is this a fast
> >>>> way to kill lead acid batteries or would a slow charge resist sulphation?
> >>>> > > I'm guessing that a better regime would be to just do a few miles per
> >>>> day using a small depth of charge. Any comments?
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