datagecko
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Re: Alternative Energy for the Japanese Coutry Home
Hey, we are heading roughly your way in October. Now I'm not sure what space I'll have in the suitcase, but.... :-) We are planning to travel light and stock up with clothes to bring back, so you never know. What have you got your sights on exactly?
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6/12/2009, 9:25 pm
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Johnny LaRue
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Re: Alternative Energy for the Japanese Coutry Home
Thanks again for the offer Gecko, but I bought a WindBlue 540 PMA!!!!
http://www.windbluepower.com/Permanent_Magnet_Alternator_Wind_Blue_Low_Wind_p/dc-540.htm
Shipped it from USA to here, just waiting for it to come. It is wild 3 phase so can run AC lights direct, or convert to DC to charge battery bank.
Now I have to clean up my fields and get some pipline material. Want to make a "Bucket Hydro " type setup.
http://blog.makezine.com/upload/2008/06/picoHydro062708_1.jpg
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Johnny LaRue
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http://www.izumicorp.co.jp/ecopelton/ecopelton.htm
Here's the same NZ unit, but the price has miraculously tripled!
Anyway I went with the WindBlue 540 because hopefully, it won't need any bearing replacements in the future. The NZ unit seems to have a lifespan of 3 years and then a rebuild is required.
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