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Run a Heat Pump Dryer, 1.90kWh Rated 800W with wind
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard-the-Ninth" data-source="post: 560097" data-attributes="member: 23472"><p>The first thing you <strong>must</strong> do is check the wind speed in your proposed location, you may think it's windy, but for a wind turbine to be of any use you need a constant wind speed buy an anemometer for less than £10 <a href="https://amzn.to/3OYG1ke" target="_blank">Click HERE</a> (What is £10 if you are going to spend £500?)</p><p></p><p>I found a 400w wind turbine (Just for example) it requires a wind speed of 13m/s <a href="https://amzn.to/41zKul1" target="_blank">Click HERE</a></p><p></p><p>Now the maths. (All parts are chosen at random)</p><p>Wind turbine £200</p><p>Inverter £100</p><p>Battery £100</p><p>Miscellaneous £100 (Pole, brackets, cable etc)</p><p>Total £500</p><p></p><p>Your dryer uses 800w Lets say 1000w for ease of calculation.</p><p></p><p>1000w to dry a load in 1 hour is 1kwh</p><p></p><p>The "average" cost of electricity is 30p/kwh</p><p>Your spend is £500.00</p><p></p><p>50,000 (Pence) / 30(Pence) = 1666 Hours</p><p>1666 /24 = 69 days</p><p></p><p>Which means to break even you are going to have to run your dryer continuously for 69 days</p><p></p><p>It will be cheaper to NOT spend the money, and to run your dryer via the mains.</p><p></p><p>You will also have to mount the turbine on a pole, they can become noisy, you will also have to find space to mount the equipment required. Yes, it will be an interesting project, but will it be worth it?</p><p></p><p>As Geoff1946 says, if you were isolated then maybe, not to mention wind turbines are noisy. I once got a wind turbine for here, just to "test/see what it could do" The answer was it wastes money, I never got an anemometer (I wish I had) the turbine never even moved unless it was a "gale" not doing that again. (And I only got it so I could run a light at night for decoration)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard-the-Ninth, post: 560097, member: 23472"] The first thing you [B]must[/B] do is check the wind speed in your proposed location, you may think it's windy, but for a wind turbine to be of any use you need a constant wind speed buy an anemometer for less than £10 [URL='https://amzn.to/3OYG1ke']Click HERE[/URL] (What is £10 if you are going to spend £500?) I found a 400w wind turbine (Just for example) it requires a wind speed of 13m/s [URL='https://amzn.to/41zKul1']Click HERE[/URL] Now the maths. (All parts are chosen at random) Wind turbine £200 Inverter £100 Battery £100 Miscellaneous £100 (Pole, brackets, cable etc) Total £500 Your dryer uses 800w Lets say 1000w for ease of calculation. 1000w to dry a load in 1 hour is 1kwh The "average" cost of electricity is 30p/kwh Your spend is £500.00 50,000 (Pence) / 30(Pence) = 1666 Hours 1666 /24 = 69 days Which means to break even you are going to have to run your dryer continuously for 69 days It will be cheaper to NOT spend the money, and to run your dryer via the mains. You will also have to mount the turbine on a pole, they can become noisy, you will also have to find space to mount the equipment required. Yes, it will be an interesting project, but will it be worth it? As Geoff1946 says, if you were isolated then maybe, not to mention wind turbines are noisy. I once got a wind turbine for here, just to "test/see what it could do" The answer was it wastes money, I never got an anemometer (I wish I had) the turbine never even moved unless it was a "gale" not doing that again. (And I only got it so I could run a light at night for decoration) [/QUOTE]
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