I had to drop you a note and tell you that
the 2nd set of blades we received from you performed even
better then the first set.
Also thank you for making us an even bigger set for our
other turbine model.
Your 3 and 4 blade sets work better then any other
blade we have found for our 12 and 24 Volt PM Turbine with
start-up speeds around 4 MPH and the larger blades were
perfect for the larger Model which had wooden blades before
with a start-up speed of 5.5 MPH and your blades have
lowered that speed to 3.5 - 4 MPH !
I must say that the weight of the blade has also helped with
the balance of turbines which will add to the life of the
bearings. One other aspect of
your blades we noticed is what I would call for lack of a
better term is there " Whirl Effect " in other
words they seem to speed themselves up as the air moves
behind the blade it seems to turn and add to the push the
blade is getting on the front side. It's crazy but they just
start spinning faster at the same wind speed. I can't wait
to see how the smoke moves through them in the tunnel.
Thank You again for such a fine product.
Best Regards
Tim Stempf
Tundra Electric Supply |
I
am surprised as well as impressed. To be honest with you when
I first got the blades bolted up I was wondering if I had made
the right choice in buying them.
I could not see how something so light was going to
make my generator turn.
I finally got my arbor shaft in and put it all
together.
I picked the generator up and started walking towards
my garage door and they started turning.
I had to wait for a calm day to climb the tower but
still ended up having to tie the blades down.
That was a bit tough
with the shaft extension.
When I tightened the last bolt and removed the rope
they took off.
I climbed down and stood there for quite awhile in
amazement.
I would guess the wind up there was about 5 mile per
hour. I can hardly wait until I get a 15 to 20 they're
going to go faster than a cat on a hot tin roof.
Mike |
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I bought the 3 blade
aluminum prop just to see what it would do on my Southwest AIR
403. It works way
better than the original blades and its even quieter. I have
charge lights showing on my charge controller in a lot less
wind than it use to take.
I could not put my nose cone back on but it still looks
gorgeous up there with those chrome looking blades.
D. |
Terry I got your blades they are super on the Ametek 99 motor, I have
lots of power with this setup. Most rate there genny at a 28 + mph
wind that most people never get. Here is what I got at 18 mph with your blades.
Last night we had 18, gust to 23 mph wind, peak 20-22 ish amps and steady 15-17 amps, so that’s 240-264 watts peak,
or 180 ish watts steady in that wind.
With your blades and a
Ametek 99 motor and a few spare parts that’s not bad, and its HONEST
numbers in real wind. This setup will work for anybody
and not just when it storms. Just think of what you would have if you put up 4 to 5
of these units. hmmm
Dave
A little update, this morning 1/28/04 we had 12mph wind, 30
open volts at 650 rpm. Getting 7-10 amps. AWSOME !!! Show me
any unit that will do that!
Take a look at his generator. |
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You
were right your 3 blade rotor turned my AIR 403 into a
powerhouse in less wind. |
You
have some fine products!
The blades are beautiful to look at and fast as hell!
Rather than typing a book on how impressed I am let me sum up
your blades in one word, INCREDIBLE! |
The
first thing I have to do is thank Terry for all of his help.
When it comes to wind power he is a wealth of knowledge.
I can easily see Terry and his products becoming the future of
homegrown wind energy. He also stands behind all of his
products and that really makes me feel great any time I make a
purchase from him.
See his generator and read more of
his comments. |
Your
Quadraflex AL is a work of art. I went from a 6 blade
system to your 4 blade and found that more blades does not
mean more power.
Ken |
I just
wanted to say how pleased I am with the 3-bladed wind prop I
bought from you on Ebay. It's mounted on my sailboat's wind
generator and now kicks out loads of power for me. It starts
turning at even lower wind velocities than you had advertised.
It's a lot quieter and better balanced than my old wooden
prop, and spins at even higher rpms. Kudos to you for making
an excellent product!
Jeremy Bernal
See his generator on his boat. COOL! |
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Terry,
I just wanted to let you know the blades are up and running
and I am very happy with the blades and the support that you
back them up with! |
I
bought a set of your blades that you are now calling the tri-nado
just because they looked better than the pointed black ones I
had. I finally got a chance to mount them up and they
not only look better they get with it. Thanks to your
blades I am now getting twice the amount of charge in less
than half the wind that my old blades needed. You have
some great blades. I wish I had your new laser cut hub.
Pat |
I got my generator up today, saw it spin up to
22 volts with the Ametek 30.
I am Still going to fine tune with some bushing and washers on
the mast. LOVE IT, great product.
Kip in Ohio
Click the link below for more comments and pictures from Kip.
See his generator and what I
think is a very impressive waterproofing solution. |
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Polyvinyl blades.
Terry. Thank you so much
for working with me on the replacement blades.
I learned there is a reason for instruction.
I was expecting to pay full price for them since it was
my fault for not putting them together right.
Cost plus shipping was an unexpected surprise.
By the way I got the new set up and spinning, they are
amazing I can not get over how fast they run.
You can add this email to your web site but I would rather you
not put my name. Please save
me the worldwide embarrassment for not reading the
instructions.
You
and your blades are the greatest! |
Polyvinyl blades.
Your
blades work great! They start up in just a few knots of wind
and we've had up to 55mph winds since I put it up.
Phil
See his generator |
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"I got Terry's 4 blade set
and his yaw mount.
I didn't have high hopes when I got it cause I live in zone 1,
the lowest wind region of all. I just wanted something
to tinker with and figured it would help top off the battery
occasionally when we had storms and high winds.
But I've been getting charge every day since I got it !
Near as I can figure by nearby airport data, that it starts
getting 1-2 amp charges somewhere around 9-11 miles a
hour with my Ametek 30, and I haven't even got it up yet on my
higher 20 foot pole.
These homebrewed windgens are fun to build and play with cause
there very simple and straight forward every single piece you
can get to see what's there and all. Building mine was
absolutely never a headache like some projects can turn into,
it was relaxing all the way.
And Windgens are so much funner to watch than solar panels.
If you don't love the wind already, then you sure will after
you put up your first Windgen especially if you build it
yourself.
Terry answered endless questions for me on the phone as well
and Terry's Website has the most info I've found in any one
place on Ametek oriented windgens, and you should read every
single thing on this site if you want to learn more about
them.
I'm looking even more forward to building my next one than I
was for this 1st one."
Thanks again
Burrabit
See his
generator running the Quadraflex AL |
I just
want to say thank you for the support you gave me throughout
my project. I had done several months of research and I
still didn't know much about wind generators until I found
you. Thanks to your personal support and superb blades I
am the proud owner of one beautiful generator. I can not
say enough about you and the support the you back your
products up with.
To anyone that wants to build a wind generator your best bet
at success is with Terry. He is friendly and takes the
time to make sure that you get your generator up and running.
Thank you so much, Gregg |
Mini
Might Series
It took me about five minutes to assemble the rotor and mount
it up to the generator head.
I noticed a sturdy straightforward design with inherent
washout in the tapered blade curve. Few people realize
washout is absolutely necessary to prevent overstressing the
blades under high-speed loads. I like simplicity, it
means dependability. The turbine should easily outlast
the generator.
You could say I'm impressed.
Thanks,
R.J.Crowley |
Thank
you for your awesome website. Between your site and the
direct support you gave me my project was a breeze and
speaking of breeze your Quadraflex mini might blade set spins
very fast in just a little breeze. I will be building your secret weapon generator you talk about as soon
as I get some more cash. I can not wait to see what that
one will do.
You are the man with the plan. |
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You
say your quadraflex mm is VIRTUALLY SILENT. Dude it is
quiet as in totally silent! It surprised me how much
better it works than the fiber blades that came with my air
403. |
With
the quality of your blades and the support from you and your
website how could anyone go wrong.
Thank you so much for everything |
I
bought your quad AL blades several months ago, they have seen
winds well over 90 mph here in Florida although they were
making a woom sound in the high winds they still survived and
my generator too. I got the power disc mm up last month
and they too have seen winds of close to 100 along with rain
in there first month. You need to change your wording on
the site. I agree with the other person they are not
virtually silent they are in fact (silent). I have never
heard even a slight sound out of them.
You outdid yourself Terry.
Tim |
Thank
you for all the work you have put into your website. It is
easy to get around in it from one point to another. It
is like you know what our next question in going to be on some
pages and you put a link to take us where we need to go next.
It is obvious to anyone that goes to your site or calls you on
the phone that you are not just in this for yourself but you
actually care about us (your customers) who are out here
trying to get started.
I will send pictures when I get it all put together.
You are the best Terry. |
I just purchased the Prairie Star AL
I paid for it using PayPal on Thursday I about fell over in shock when it arrived on Saturday. This is amazing service.
I must admit when I opened the package it didn't look like much my first thought was I should have went with a bigger model, but the wind was low so I got it all together and put it up early in the morning.
( It's about the only time you can be sure the wind won't blow it over getting it up )
The wind started kicking in shortly afterwards about 8mph and I was producing any where between 2 to 5 amps 12V consistently.
This is and excellent product and I will look you up when I build my next generator.
By the way in case you care this is a home made axial brake rotor 3 phase design I built myself, it has 16 magnets on each rotor with 12 coils 120 windings per coil of 14ga magnet wire. When it starts charging it really drags hard I think but this is the only alternator for wind I've ever seen up close so what do I know......
Thanks for your product Terry and I hope you keep expanding your product line.
Very Happy Customer
Matt Swearingen
See his home built system. |
I have
now installed your machine and send a couple of pictures taken
at my country home in Northumberland (North East England). I
have added a plastic cowling to prevent moisture getting
inside the machine and also dripping down the pole.
It was a weekend of strong west winds so I cannot tell what is the
lowest speed at which the machine starts to turn or to charge.
However, at 7 meters / sec it was spinning merrily and
charging well.
During the night there was a very high wind with gusts
probably over 60 mph. The tail held the machine rock steady
with no vibration whatsoever, there was no electrical hum and
the propeller emitted only a faint whisper.
I suspect that the blades are, to some extent, self governing
because, over a certain speed, increased wind speed did not
seem to make much difference to the output which steadied at
20 volts and just over 5 amps.
Hope you sell a whole lot and make some money. I bet if you
tot up all the time that you have spent developing the machine
you will find that your valuable time mounts up to quite a
sum.
Best wishes
John S
Newcastle upon Tyne
England
See his system. |
I had
a hard time holding the blades still enough to mount, these
things wanted to fly and fly bad.
Terry you have a great product, awesome power in these blades.
Alan
See Alan's generators and read
more of his comments |
Hi ; Terry
This is my third time looking at your web site I would like to say great job, you don't beat around the bush , facts and straight forward on your products not afraid to show what you have, and the way they are made, pictures and helpful site information for someone to get started in
wind power energy was just excellent. I will contact your Canadian dealer in the near future. Once again Hats off to you SIR ! Great Job! |
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I'm
glad I tried your blades I now know what it takes to make some
decent power with wind.
See
Brian's Hornet converted to the Boast Buster rotor. |
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Anybody
with a Hornet needs to upgrade to the Boast Buster now.
You told me I should see at least a 40% increase on my Hornet
I got more like 300%. |
We
have found your blades to perform with more torque and better
speed than anything else that we have tested.
Mike Miller Oklahoma Wind
Power
Read
more. |
Even
though I've only had the Boast Buster blades for a short time I
have already seen them start up in a light breeze and perform
well.
See Jim's Hornet running the Boast
Buster. |
Got
the blade today, and she's flying. The Mallard 800 and Boast
Buster (4.5) are a PERFECT MATCH.......IT WON'T STOP SPINNING
.......MY SON PAINTED THE BLADES AND WANTED TO SEND YOU THE PICS,
BUT IT STILL HASN'T
STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will send you my story and pics soon.. THANKS for everything.
Brian |
You
named it right, MINI MIGHT ! The test I made was 3 foot off my
roof. The worst spot I could find . On the tree side I get 10
vdc. On the open side I get 30-50 vdc most of the last 2 days.
My grandson said your Quadraflex MM, ROCKS !
Many Thanks, Larry in Augusta, KS |
Thanks
for the honest information about my possibilities of wind power
here. Although I didn't want to hear that wind was unfeasible
for me in my low wind area, I certainly appreciate your honest
scoop, and your great alternatives for saving some cash and
still building my self sufficiency.
It was a real pleasure talking with you and if you ever need my
help don't hesitate to call.
Thanks again
John Franklin |
My
name is Joe Armstrong and I recently opened a business
installing wind generators in central New York. I have a
particular generator with a shaft that is extremely difficult to
turn the by hand. Terry assured me that his Power Star
Elite would turn that "monster" of mine. Not only
did it turn it, but also got my generator to churn out a
whopping 52 amps @ 14.4 volts into a 12 volt battery bank in a
30 mph wind.
I looked around quite sometime for airfoils that would perform
as advertised. I purchased blades from other vendors only to be
disappointed with their performance and craftsmanship.
I have to admit that Terry's blades are the best. From my
experience working in stamping facilities and with precision
metal working, Terry's air foils are of the highest quality.
Plus you can call him and speak with him
about any issues or concerns.
Try that with some of these
other vendors that only use email for communication! |
Hi Terry. We received our
(two) TLG-500's and WOW!
There is no doubt about the quality and durability in your
product. You have put together the total package here.
From the generator to the yaw bracket/mount to the blades. It
all has quality and pride written all over it.
If anyone wants to ask
us about our TLG-500, don't hesitate to give them our
number.
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Terry:
Very pleased with the TLG-500 unit yesterday, just wish I’d
had a little more wind, or a more open area for this test
run. Next time I’ll take it out to the EX’s house a few
miles west of Fort Worth. She’s on a slight hilltop and it
can be fairly windy there at times….more open area with no
bldgs around to chop up the wind either. Anything more than
the 4’ tall pole I used yesterday will help as well.
When I spun it by hand it would show 7 – 8 volts….but at one
point the wind did spin it up to 13 volts and it wasn’t
turning that fast…it was not very windy around the garage,
with some short bursts of slight wind…and
I realize you have
to have this thing mounted up on a pole about 20 – 30’ above
ground level to get clean, pure and steady wind. It takes
14.1 volts to fully charge a 12 volt battery bank and this
unit will have no problem with that in a decent wind
environment.
See some pictures of his testing that day.
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TLG-500 unit.
I have been keeping track of the output amps for about a month
now. Long term averages should be close to this. I have a
stationary and handheld anemometer. there is also a 24 hour
internet accessible real time wind speed indicator located 2
miles from here which is always on my desktop screen.
So far the average output
readings for each generator in unobstructed wind are as
follows;
1 amp at 5 mph, 2 amps at 7 mph, 3 amps at 9 mph, 4 amps at 11 mph, 5 amps at 12 mph, 6 amps at 13 mph, 7.5 amps at 15 mph, 8 amps at 16 mph,
Most of the winds in our area are in the 2 to 16 mph range. One
evening we had sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph for about 4 hours
and the generators were putting out 18 to 25 amps each.
With six units that's 108 to 150 amps of power into a 12 volt
battery bank.
View Ken's Wind farm in
Wisconsin |
TLG-500 unit.
Dear TLG Windpower,
I am the owner and operator of Electricalair llc. Recently we
purchased a Wind-generator (your model TLG-500) for testing.
We installed the unit on a large 120 acre pig farm. On a day of
decent wind we went back out to observe the unit. I hooked up an
in-line amp meter, then told my assistant to go get the other
meter. I was sure the meter had gone bad, to my surprise the other
amp meter also showed 13 to 15 amps going into the 24-volt battery
bank.
Over the years Electricalair llc has installed various brands of
wind generators and solar systems around the greater Salt Lake area
and to date we have never seen a small units produce as much power
as the TLG-500 in such low winds.
I will defiantly be using your wind-generators to meet my customers
needs.
Thank you,
Don Albrand Electricalair llc Salt Lake Utah
http://www.electricalair.com
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