Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

It's been a long time since I ventured to this group, and I have missed the mostly unaware friendship. Wayne, yes at 47 mph it would produce 4 megawatt and was designed to shut down in a 60 mph wind. It was a tremendous thrill for me. On the initial start-up, there was a issue where a hydraulic pump ...

Hi Wild, I have installed two DC Jacobs of my own and never seen such clips, but I know after installing the tower, some of the flat cross braces will likely need to be bowed a little to take the slack out of them (in fact it seems like some of the horizontal angle braces have some drilled holes to ...

I have a Quirks Dunlite 32 volt with solid state control , turntable, aluminum blades. and tail, located on the KS / NE state line near Burr Oak, Ks. It has been inside 35 years since I have owned it. I'd have to check on it's wattage. Email for information: windpower4jp@ruraltel.net John Parsons
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I have tried to reply several times to reply to wayne, but when i use the shift key, i lose what has been typed. yes, 46 or 47 mph at that time wayne. designed to shut down at 60 mph. all for tonight.

Back in the early 90s I had the oportunity to a private tour of the World's largest wind turbine, the WTS-4 near Medicine Bow, Wy. It was a gov't project (along with a Boeing Mod2 or something,that had been demolished before we went there). The 2 blades total length was 257', Hollow fibreglass ...

I also have some DC Jacobs stuff I would part with: Really, it would be best to email with me at ********** (OR, message me here)- I might not answer quickly as I'm in transition mode.
Also quite a lot of 32 volt Wincharger stuff, 32v motors, welders, and some household things (fans, hairclipper ...

Well, back again--or I guess "new to the this "new" forum" (Thanks,Paul) I'm still TipTop, the name of the Elgin windmill I was near when I was born 75 years ago+. I've collected "wind generators" since the early 80's (Wincharger, WindPower, Jacobs and some of the resurgent stuff of the 80's ...