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Old 04-12-2021, 03:15 PM   #1
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RV solar/wind turbine setup

Hello Forum,

New here but I’m on the Ford Diesel forum also. Just bought a Cougar 302RLS with a home style refrigerator and it is solar ready. Do a lot of Dry camping or Boondocking and been thinking. I want to do the solar setup but started to think, at night why not have a Wind Turbine attached to the back ladder that could be locked down during the day and then at night raised up into the breeze to keep the batteries charging?

Anybody out there have this type of setup? Doesn’t have to be a big wind turbine just something that keeps up with say TV, Refrig and maybe water pump and furnace if it gets cold. Kind of like keeping everything balanced out so after a week your not dead in the water. I have a generator but really don’t want to lug that around.

Thanks for input.
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Old 04-12-2021, 03:23 PM   #2
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Hello Forum,

New here but I’m on the Ford Diesel forum also. Just bought a Cougar 302RLS with a home style refrigerator and it is solar ready. Do a lot of Dry camping or Boondocking and been thinking. I want to do the solar setup but started to think, at night why not have a Wind Turbine attached to the back ladder that could be locked down during the day and then at night raised up into the breeze to keep the batteries charging?

Anybody out there have this type of setup? Doesn’t have to be a big wind turbine just something that keeps up with say TV, Refrig and maybe water pump and furnace if it gets cold. Kind of like keeping everything balanced out so after a week your not dead in the water. I have a generator but really don’t want to lug that around.

Thanks for input.
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Old 04-12-2021, 03:26 PM   #3
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Don’t know if I would get one these.. might not last but gives you an idea
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Old 04-12-2021, 03:30 PM   #4
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I think the biggest challenge with a wind turbine would be storage. In order to get a turbine large enough the blades could be several feet long requireing a pole sufficiantly long enough to get the blades above the roof. Then you would have to mount that with sufficiant strength to withstand the wimnd and torque forces imposed by the turbine.
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Old 04-12-2021, 03:59 PM   #5
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Flybouy,

They make some pretty small blade/wing span wind turbines. Like I stated doesn’t have to be that powerful, just enough to help keep the batteries a little charge going or limit the amount of battery drain. Some I’ve seen are like 42” across which isn’t that big.
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We've got a wind turbine on a pole about 40' in the air. It sits about 100' to 125' behind the house and "down the hill toward the lake". When the wind "really blows" the turbine howls. When the wind barely blows, you can't hear the "rustle of the leaves" because of the whistle of the turbine.... We've got used to it and just close the windows so we don't have to contend with the howls and whistles.... If we were in the trailer, I wouldn't want to have that "vibration, howls and whistles" 20' from where I was trying to sleep.....

If you do get "serious about considering a wind turbine" find a similar model and listen to the noise as it's "generating power".... Ours "generates more nuisance than it does electricity".....
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Old 04-13-2021, 03:08 PM   #7
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I think the biggest challenge with a wind turbine would be storage. In order to get a turbine large enough the blades could be several feet long requireing a pole sufficiantly long enough to get the blades above the roof. Then you would have to mount that with sufficiant strength to withstand the wimnd and torque forces imposed by the turbine.
I think it matters which the direction the blades are oriented so you will have to figure wind direction and either be able to turn the mast or the whole camper. Sounds like more trouble than its worth.
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Old 04-13-2021, 03:25 PM   #8
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Sounds like much less work & $$$$ to get a rv with a rv fridge & a generator to keep the batteries charged.
I had a vision of a rv with the wind turbine, reminds me of the boat propeller guys add to their receiver hitches.
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