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on 05-08-2013 04:47 AM
oodles of them around Bellingen Dorrigo and Buccrabendinni. Had some to bits to replace bearings... The popular one is mounted on a trailer.... You can buy smaller ones for nix to operate pumps etc in remote areas where fossil fueled pumps are normally the only option.
A popular do it yourself one starts life as a fisher and paykel washing machine with a 44 gallon drum split into two bits welded onto the shaft
, The unique nature of where the F and P electric motor is situated lends itself to be modified for use as a wind driven power generator.
They sort of look like the discontinued 50 watt model on the link
http://ecopia.com.au/Small_Wind_Turbines
search on ebay
Wind Turbine 1000 W 24V (without mast)
Honestly when the Noreaster blows off the coast and into the bush in Summertime you are lucky to hear a helicopter hovering above your house
....let alone a wind turbine...
Comet windmills a local company (Macksville) are working on a prototype that integrates a water pump and the generation of power from one single system using both wind and solar collection.
I know Lyall and I have worked for his brother who owned a large engineering business situated next to the windmill business........ He has a vision and has exported these all over Asia
http://www.cometwindmills.com.au/company/index.html