Turbines...couple miles away.

nasty things...theres hope yet

one appeared a couple of years ago near me, strange how they work......when its a calm day, not a breeze in the sky the turbine is spinning round, yet when its windy it doesn't move.........

wheres the logic in that, and how does it spin when theres no wind ...?

Lordy! Never heard of them structurally failings before

wind blown them down...???

Glad nobody was hurt must have been quite frightening to see it starting to fall

David wrote:

one appeared a couple of years ago near me, strange how they work......when its a calm day, not a breeze in the sky the turbine is spinning round, yet when its windy it doesn't move.........

wheres the logic in that, and how does it spin when theres no wind ...?

Uses it own input power .The spinning bit is to do with revolutions etc. 100 times a minute OK. 1000 times a minute & every thing finishes up as a heap of metal, on the ground so to speak .
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Plenty scrap...cant be all fibreglass .

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

one appeared a couple of years ago near me, strange how they work......when its a calm day, not a breeze in the sky the turbine is spinning round, yet when its windy it doesn't move.........

wheres the logic in that, and how does it spin when theres no wind ...?

Uses it own input power .The spinning bit is to do with revolutions etc. 100 times a minute OK. 1000 times a minute & every thing finishes up as a heap of metal, on the ground so to speak .
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so they use electricity to spin the blades, which in turn generates electricity ...??


sounds about right for these save the ozone mob/ planet do gooders

David wrote:

Knackered wrote:

David wrote:

one appeared a couple of years ago near me, strange how they work......when its a calm day, not a breeze in the sky the turbine is spinning round, yet when its windy it doesn't move.........

wheres the logic in that, and how does it spin when theres no wind ...?

Uses it own input power .The spinning bit is to do with revolutions etc. 100 times a minute OK. 1000 times a minute & every thing finishes up as a heap of metal, on the ground so to speak .
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so they use electricity to spin the blades, which in turn generates electricity ...??  


sounds about right for these save the ozone mob/ planet do gooders

You putting sh*te on the greenie mob, David . Listened this morning here to their leader down here & his waffle about our Australia day issues etc. Complete wanker type from my perspective, but also dangerous with his ways/thoughts much of the time, unfortunately.
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Folks. Wind turbines here. No wind they do not move. If there is a breeze above ground level they move. Too strong a wind they get shut off. Excellent for wind direction when racing! All the turbines here in Ontario produce enough electricity to supply a few hundered mile radius. However. They produce too much on windy days. So the excess was being sold to the US. They are now producing so much extra that we are now paying the US to take the extra. As our own elecrticity bills climb. We are not solely on wind power of course. Prices for electricity never comes down. Not a big fan of turbines!

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Folks. Wind turbines here. No wind they do not move. If there is a breeze above ground level they move. Too strong a wind they get shut off. Excellent for wind direction when racing! All the turbines here in Ontario produce enough electricity to supply a few hundered mile radius. However. They produce too much on windy days. So the excess was being sold to the US. They are now producing so much extra that we are now paying the US to take the extra. As our own elecrticity bills climb. We are not solely on wind power of course. Prices for electricity never comes down. Not a big fan of turbines!

Electricity, Same same here Hal     absolute rort by the suppliers etc. The bean counters     20 odd years ago privatized the whole lot off to their mates at the Big end of town as such & promised us all, our bills were going too go down, down down in a BIG BIG way. Unfortunately a strange thing happened some how we have now some of the dearest electricity on the planet here. But if your smart & you believe in the tooth fairy as such some of the suppliers here now will give you up to 43% of your bill if you pay on time & swap over to them. But their faith full long term customers there thou. Get absolutely nothing in the discount stakes. Crazy world   .  

I don't see how they move, if its too strong a wind they never move, on still, windless days they move...........

you try physically moving the blades and it would be impossible..........

David wrote:

I don't see how they move, if its too strong a wind they never move, on still, windless days they move...........

you try physically moving the blades and it would be impossible..........

You think too much David . Experts have it all under control so I suggest,  need not worry etc .
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Maybe need electricity to start them...i know they lock them if its to windy...
One caught on fire here...pity it didnt spread to the rest....