Banggood Wind Generator - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Technomaniac
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2020, 05:38:01 am
content: Hi. I've just received a vertical axis wind generator that I bought last week, 24 volt 1000W they reckon. I plan to instal it somewhere in my backyard, but a couple of weeks back I went through my back stairs as a tread with eroded ends gave way. So I'm not doing any heavy lifting for a while, but I'm looking at the thing and seeing what I might need when I'm up to the job. The unit has the feed cable up a hole in the bottom, and the mast will go up the same hole, the cable join will be inside the mast, less than half a metre from the top. The hole in the generator is about a mm and a bit bigger than 50mm. And it doesn't look like I have much + or - , theres a piece of the base cut away and it rescrews to the body with four allen-keyed setscrews, grabbing the mast in between. My question is, what size of masting/tubing/pipe will I find that has that diameter?I've been looking at pipe and masting online and haven't found anything suitable. The paperwork that comes with the generator shows it to have a flange at the bottom, different from mine, so there's nothing about pipe size in the single sheet of paper that comes with it. Has anyone been there already, and installed one of these? I have lathes etc, if I need to make an adaptor, but surely that shouldn't be necessary..... Incidentally if anyone is thinking of buying a wind generator, they look to be pretty well made and finished and they come in 12 or 24 volt DC. I ordered 24v. It goes straight to battery, regulator inbuilt.

author: ahbushnell
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2020, 02:46:35 pm
content: Hope you get better soon. Good luck with your generator. Post photos.

author: Technomaniac
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2020, 11:37:32 pm
content: Thanks...Three Photos of the Banggood windgenerator - One blade not yet fitted and screws fingertight as it's awkward to stand it up without the pole, it has to stand on the blades and I don't want to bend them. I wondered if I should paint the blades black to improve their durability in the UV...

author: ahbushnell
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2020, 11:42:42 pm
content: I assume that's green plastic? I think paint could be a good idea.do you have the spec sheet or the company web site? (or both).I wouldn't put it next to your bedroom window. It may make some noise.

author: Technomaniac
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2020, 10:30:50 pm
content: Hi. Claims to be nylon. I have in mind two possible locations. There is often a draught between my building and house next door. On the other side there is a building which goes further towards the back of the block than mine, by maybe 40 feet. This causes any wind from the NE through to SE to be scooped into one place, then escaping upward. So I have to pick one of these. The house next door is more likely to have a problem with noise, though I get on well with him and he is energy-saving-minded. The business on the northern side repairs small petrol motors (mowers etc) and makes quite a noise itself, but the owner is a real GRUMP.So I guess a temporary installation is called for to assess the results. I don't want to go too high as I won't have any help around if it needs to be dropped in a hurry in a cyclone, and it doesn't appear to have a brake. Step by step.......