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what will I need to wind power my sail boat?
I have a 33 feet sailboat. I will like to power it with a wind generator for all our needs, including a little fridge and an ac... its possible? How powerful should it be? Where can I learn more about it?
Money!
It is very possible to do... It just requires very deep pockets.
It is actually very easy to produce a ton of electricity on your sailboat. The problem however, is that it comes with a ton of expense. The initial cost is one hefty price tag. So... if you are not using this vessel on an almost daily long-term basis, the cost of "going independently electric" will most likely not be worth the expense.
The main problem is not the generation of electricity, but "storing" the energy for when you need it. So, the first thing you will discover is that even when you can generate a ton of electricity, it won't matter if your batteries (and you will need 4 or 6 or more of them) can't accept the electricity you are generating.
Two AEroGen 6 wind generators ($2,400 each) can produce 400 amp-hours of current every twenty four hours. That is enough for a small refrigeration unit, lights, computers, water-maker, and autopilot. But it won't be enough to run your air conditioner - it will take two more to do that.
You can add solar panels (this way, your sailboat won't look like a four engine prop seaplane) but the solar panels are not any cheaper on an amp-hour generation basis. The most important advantage with solar panels is that the "acceptance rate" means that all of the current goes into the batteries. In addition, they require no maintenance, have no moving parts, and don't make a sound.
Personally, I hate wind generators, and between my son and I, I think we have tested the very best, but still, when there is plenty of power generating wind, there is an almost equal amount of noise, and I just don't like that high pitch whine created by the spinning blades. While the AEroGen is much quieter then any I've heard, I can hear that whine from anywhere on my boat.
Wind generators are reliable, efficient, and relatively maintenance free. I really don't know of anyone that has problems with them, except for those few that bought the cheap ones.
In my opinion, "redundancy" is the key to success with any boat's electrical generation system. A couple of solar panels, a wind generator, and a small diesel generator for a quick battery boost makes a lot of sense to me.
What you will need to do, it look on your ac unit and determine the amount of electricity (AMPS) it requires... then determine how many hours you will need it. With this, you can determine your electrical requirements and choose your power generating source accordingly.
It is a good idea... I love my boat, I live on it full-time, it is my home, and I have all the comforts of home as well as air conditioning... but, the initial cost is certainly not cheap. So to justify the cost, you have to be using your boat an awful lot.
Happy & Safe Boating,
John
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