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Needs a Hurricane
Nice generator BUT as it says, you need 28mph sustained wind (should say 40mph) at the generator to get the advertised power. I have had mine for 4 years and have never had it get up to charging, and I live in a very breezy area and sometimes very windy. Buy a windmeter for $30 and measure your area because there are not too many places in the world that get this continuous sustained high wind enough to make one of these useful. The windmill only begins producing even just a trickle of low-voltage power once above 20mph which is still a lot of wind. You also need a long heavy industrial electrical cable as well as a tower and can either build your own or buy theirs. Either way, you'll spend another several hundred dollars and lots of time. I have solar also and would recommend one of those instead, unless you live in an extremely continuously windy area.
August 2009 · Patio Lawn and Garden