Wind and Solar power together
I picked up a used 24v forklift battery and will be using it to store power for my off grid system.
I found out the power company will only let you grid connect if your system shuts down when theirs does. This leaves me in the dark like before. After spending all this money and time on my own system I want to have power in a black out. So I’ve decided to go with an off grid system.
I plan to install one scorpion wind turbine and one home built vertical axis wind turbine. they will both feed the charge controller to charge the battery. I will then be putting a 24 volt water heating element in the top hole in my electric water heater. This will be my dump load. It will take all the power the turbines generate when the battery is full.
Here is a picture of the wings for the home built turbine. It’s all have doe so far. Not a big expense so far, all the parts are left over from something else. I mounted the wings on a bike rim and it works pretty good. It spins when the wind is barely enough to move the leaves.
I found a source for some used solar panels and will be adding them to the system as well. Then I’ll be able to charge when it is windy and when it is sunny.
