Ampair 100 Marine Wind Turbine - 100 Watts / 12Volt

The Ampair 100 wind turbine has an unrivalled pedigree as the microwind turbine of choice for absolute reliability for charging battery systems in harsh conditions. Although it only generates up to 100 watts of electrical power in practice it often outperforms so-called 400 watt machines because of its very good low windspeed performance.

Generates up to 100 watts for 12 volt or 24 volt battery systems. Designed to survive the severe marine environment. ·  Heavy duty, all-weather generator, sealed to keep corrosion out. Permanent installation as a fit & forget unit. Found in many other applications such as weekend chalets, radio repeaters, navigation equipment or anywhere that requires 12v/24v battery charging. Save the cost of fuel and the need to run noisy engines. Reduce engine running under light loads · Supplement solar charger output with energy that is potentially available day and night; winter and summer. Improve battery condition and extend battery lifetime. Increase battery charging out of summer season when electrical demand increases but sunlight reduces. The Ampair 100 frequently produces in a day what an equivalent costing solar array would take a week to accumulate. The only penalty is the need to have a safe and secure mounting in as exposed a location as possible .... but just think of all that ENERGY

Models and colours The Ampair 100 is available in white, or black & silver. For the last five years the white version has been called the Ampair Pacific 100 and the black & silver version has been the Ampair Hawk 100. They are available in either 24 volt or 12 volt configurations. All versions have the same no-compromise design for use throughout the world in hot or cold climates; lowland or high plateau; marine or desert. Performance Up to 100 watts of power is developed by the permanent magnet alternator. The design allows the charging of totally flat batteries and prevents reverse current flow due to internal rectifiers. The machine has no commutator brushes to wear out and cannot overheat. It requires no thermal cut-outs, chokes or other forms of control to safeguard generator & protect windings from burn-out. Slip rings and brush gear allow the wind turbine generator to seek the wind and feed two wires connecting directly to the battery.

Power output

With the Ampair 100 the output is continuously available. The maximum current automatically flattens out at a safe value, due to self-inductance of the heavy duty windings. Similar sized machines, with low inductance and light duty windings, have to be protected against burnout by the use of temperature activated cut-out switches which interrupt charging. CHECK performance figures of alternative machines which only give best case figures while concealing reduced average output when machine is in cut-out mode. Ampair current (Amps) values are continuous.

• Halve amp values for 24v generator.
• Charging values decrease only slightly with rising battery voltage.
• For Amp Hours per day, multiply charging current at average location wind speed by 24.
• For Amp Hours per week multiply by 168.
• For Watt Hours multiply Amps by 12.5V by hours.
• Windspeed: 1 Knot = O.5m/sec
• A Pacific generator can charge a battery simultaneously with other sources such as solar panels and an engine driven alternator.