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This puppy cranks out some amps:
This is the 6 foot blade shown.
We have new and used blades, finished and unfinished.
Used blades may have slight nicks from seagulls, etc.: doesn't slow it down a bit and it's still balanced fine.
Unfinished blades are MUCH less expensive; You sand and paint to your color scheme.
The 6 foot blades are made for 8 to 60 knots of wind and we've seen it in 65 knots and it works fine...but it starts to get noisy (buzzzz) after about 55-60 knots but so does the rigging on the sailboat, eh!!!
You can have the 4 foot blade instead if you want: that blade is brand new: that blade is made for 15 to 70 knots of wind, but it won't provide much power below 15 knots.
You can have the 3 foot blade instead if you want: that blade is brand new and is made for 35 knots to 90 knots of wind, but it won't provide much power in the lower range (below 20 knots).
The blade you choose is up to you! If you want to buy a second blade from me they are $100.00 for the 6 footer, $80.00 for the 4 footer and $70.00 for the 3 footer.
You get any one you choose FREE by paying for them (retail) or winning an auction.
The generators are used for a year and still work fine.
NEW UNITS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
These photos were taken the day it was listed.
With all used motors, we include a set of new brushes.
The circuits are tested by a Union Electrician and KCK warrants all generator work fine unless you are purchasing parts/scrap.
We only install this design: we have tried others and none of them put out as much power and all of them are noisier: these are pretty quiet.
Many of the other ones BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ at about 25-35 knots (and higher). Click here for a sample of what many wind generators sound like. OUCH!
WindGenZens are all very quiet. The NASA physicist has been carving these for 25 years for his own sailboat; they have to be!
These blades do not growl until winds get over 50 or 60 knots.
These blades were hand carved from douglas fir. If you want a metal or plastic blade, this isn't it.
Our OLD four foot blade (same design) after 5 years still worked fine in a 70 knot winter storm: they last a very long time. Keep them painted.
These are not toys: you must mount them away from people (at least 12 feet high on center).
The MOUNT (stainless) is not included. You get the generator and ONE blade of your choice and 6 inches of wire and a one page manual on how to connect them to your battery.
We include a drawing and explanation on building either of two mounts with photos so you can make your own for less than $50.00 (steel) or less than $200.00 (stainless).
KCK custom tailors each blade to your color, surface and tip specifications. You can learn more at our
Outlets and Ordering page.
We install them for friends boats and have tons of new and used parts/blades/motors etc., even motors that need brush and bearing work for a bit less if you want to take them apart and work on them.
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We are now a multi-billion dollar company with projects around the world!
"Alot of people will tell you 'this or that' wind generator
is better than some other one. Find out how many of them have lived
at anchor for more than a few months. We've done it for over 3 years
and rely on them for 90% of our sailboat power.
The only time we have to use a gas generator is during late July through
mid-September when winds are very light. The rest of the time, these generators, this design
provides enough power for me to:
Run a vacuum once a week.
Run the blower for the diesel stove.
Run our lights.
Run the VHF for weather checks, GPS and radar.
Run a deck washdown pump.
Run a skillsaw, sawzall, drill and grinders when we do some boat work (frequent).
Run a microwave (infrequent).
Run a laptop and high-speed wireless antenna just about every day, sometimes for 10-15 hours.
In fact, from November to February (winter storms), we hosted 30 websites on a server from the boat using
wind power.
You can't run all that stuff all the time. When you live on wind power you have to set
priorities: skill saws eat up a lot of juice. Spot lights/search lights are also
power hogs. We don't use SOLAR POWER on the boat and for your information, those panels don't
put out very much power. You need watts.
When these wind generators are going (like today), they are putting out 200-500 watts. When an 8 amp (big and expensive) solar panel
is working in super bright sunshine, pointed right at the sun, they are lucky if they hit 100 watts.
Actually, most of the time solar panels put out about half of what they are rated for: or 50 watts for $800.00 bucks. That doesn't seem practical for me: we're spoiled on wind power.
Other wind generators cost $500.00 to $1000.00 or more?!? These are much less expensive and aren't frilly: just a motor and a blade. You have to provide the mount. It took a welder
about 2 hours to make a stainless mount for me: a little over $100.00 for the stainless tubing and $100.00 for his time.
Hooking them up is a snap. You can either use a big fat diode (about $10.00) or a wind switch. We made a wind switch out of
stryofoam, a 12 inch piece of 1/2 inch PVC pipe and an old blige pump float switch and that has also worked perfectly for
three years, even through hurricane winds. WE LIKE IT!
You do need some batteries to store all that power. We use 8 golf carts (6 volts)
wired to form 4-12 volt banks and that has worked out well. We also have two invertors;
one 600 watt for small stuff (like the laptop) and a 2500 watt for power hogs like
vacuums, skillsaws and microwaves etc.
I haven't paid an electric bill in 3 years and from what we hear several of our friends and teachers
with families often spend more per month on electricity than these things cost brand new!?!? Go figure!
