SunForce 400W Wind Generator

[Gen Disarray]

Originally Posted by sfixx

My hesitation with solar is that I like to park in the shade to avoid using A/C and I would hate to have to choose the sunny spot just to charge my batteries.

I hear ya Steve. I think this is why many of us, if not most, in the end opt for a generator. I have a generator now which I love, but I would also like to add solar at some point, but not this year.

[BamCamper]

I have a Honda genny also but am interested in something more green that doesn't use gas.

[Fyrzowt]

Sky river is about a mile from my house - I was over there and asked about wind generators. The two staff looked at each other and laughed, saying lots of people have been asking about wind generation this week.
They couldn't answer my questions about noise or when they expect the demo in.
Here are photos of the generator and it's specs, and one of the mounting pole and additional info.
Price for both is $1019.99

Dave

[lewster]

Originally Posted by sfixx

.

My hesitation with solar is that I like to park in the shade to avoid using A/C and I would hate to have to choose the sunny spot just to charge my batteries. If we're rolling my batteries are getting recharged anyway.

Best wishes,

Steve

My solution is a simple one: I'm putting 2 X 100 watt solar panels on the roof of my van, along with 2 Lifeline GPL-6CT 300 amp/hour batteries and a Magnum 2000 watt sine wave inverter.

This way, I can park the CCD in the shade and the van in the sun and run a power cable (6 guage) from the inverter in the van to the Marinco connection on the CCD to get all the power I need. (except for the A/C of course!!! )

[B25guy]

Got an AirX 400W wind turbine last week...going to start experimenting with the various possibilities.

For starters, I'm going to run the juice into the twin batteries on the A/S to keep them charged while parked in the driveway. In this hot TX sun, I usually leave it parked with both Fantastic Vents going to keep it from overheating inside. It has a built-in regulator, so I'll see how this does over the traditional Battery Minder I'm currently using. I expect to use the 600W inverter inside the coach to provide an occasional charge to various portable devices within.

If this works out, I may add others and create a battery bank in the garage to tap into for desktop computer, refrigerators, etc.

I think for camping or even boondocking, this might not be a practical alternative just yet but the MechEng in me says this is just something I have to start playing with...I think that in 20 years, every house will have either solar or wind or both.

Marc

[ArtStream]

Hey Marc,

Thanks for the heads-up.
We are all interested in your follow-up.

Like Lewster, I have 3, 130w panels on the roof if my TV and generating all the power I can use.

Have gone as long as 45 days without shore power.

M

[craftsman]

That is the Air-X by Southwest Wind Power. It's rated at 400W and is now touted to be much quiter than earlier models. They have a new wind generator called the Air Breeze that looks the same but is rated at 200w but starts producing power at lower turbine speeds. The Air-X starts producing power at wind speed of 12mph.There's a land, marine and industrial version.


quote=BamCamper;556964]Does anyone have any experience with the

400W Wind generator from SunForce products?

I was discussing it today with my Airstream Dealer and they seemed
pretty impressed with it. They are going to order one as a demo and test it out.

I liked the portability of it (it weighs only 17 lbs.) and of course not having to carry around gas cans.
There is also a free standing telescoping RV stand available for it (weighs 66 lbs.).

It's not cheap (list $844.49).
But then again, wind is free![/quote]

[lewster]

Just upgraded the solar to 4 X 100 watt panels and 4 X Lifeline GPL-6CT batteries. That makes 400 watts of solar charging and 600 amp/hours of reserve battery power.