HI all
What happened to Midnite's wind turbines , I see they started to becomes available a couple years ago but now seem to have disappeared at least I am struggling to find any for sale . Have Midnite had a change of heart and stopped development in this direction ?
I only ask as I am in the market for a Micro Turbine and am loving the Classic so much thought their turbines would be great too .
They quit selling the wind generators . For awhile they were selling off their stock of them at discount but they might be all gone by now.
Larry
Yes, competition from China. Some things are just best left to China. They won.
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Quote from: boB on September 17, 2020, 03:44:06 PM
Yes, competition from China. Some things are just best left to China. They won.
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Yeah as thought , shame as China ones are garbage . there are some real good UK manufactured ones from Marlec and Leading Edge Turbines , particularly interested in LE-300 from Leading Edge more expensive than Chinese but they work properly and have a chance of lasting more than 5 mins and are properly tested and rated . Thanks for confirming
Also what about Wind Kid and kid Clipper ? is that gone as well ? see it is out of stock everywhere , was hoping to use this with new turbine as another classic is a bit over kill for the size of Turbine I am looking at
Cheers
Can confirm, The china ones are indeed garbage and they lie about wattage output.
I figured with a Midnite solar and the ability to adjust the curve I'd be able to wring some additional wattage out of them. Nope, not even close.
I did purchase a couple Midnite turbines there at the end. The masts are being build as I write. I hope to have them flying by the end of the year. I will then post my results. I can't wait. With any luck, Rosie and Barcelona will be close and I will be able to add then to the mix. Fingers crossed.
Quote from: coniferous on November 16, 2020, 02:51:06 PM
Can confirm, The china ones are indeed garbage and they lie about wattage output.
I figured with a Midnite solar and the ability to adjust the curve I'd be able to wring some additional wattage out of them. Nope, not even close.
Would be nice if we had a real wind tunnel we could borrow at less than something like $20,0000 per hour !
Then we'd be able to get a good curve. We (MidNite) worked on a wind tunnel ourselves but it just didn't have enough power except for small amounts of power.
I have 5x 24v marine and 15x 12v regular and 15 12v marine turbines for sale that are midnite wind turbines
Bob nailed it about China. The China turbines are not the same as ours, but we were 4 times the price. I would like to get back to our Army Wind turbine at some point. It was about 500 watts. If we can get the power up to 1000 watts, it would be a viable product. Give us another year to get back to that one though.
The Wind Kid and Clipper had a problem. Th Clipper we designed had a fatal flaw. I cannot remember what it was, but there were conditions where it wouldn't work. Too much time had been given to that product. too bad. The Wind Kid works fine, but you really need a clipper to prevent overvoltage. Once again give us time and maybe we can revisit. We are up to eyeballs in inverter and high voltage charge controller development at the moment.