Roof Wind Turbine Installation

In the intro to sustainable energy class that i teach we do an exercise to calculate the payback period of various small wind turbines.

Roof wind turbine installation. If you are going to install multiple vents you need to divide the lengths that you have measured by the number of turbines that you are going to install. If you site your wind turbine on the top of or on the windy side of a hill for example you will have more access to prevailing winds than in a gully or on the leeward sheltered side of a hill on the same property. Attic must have 5 sq. Use care when handling this unit to prevent damage to the precision balanced rotor head.

If you are going to install two vents they should ideally be equidistant from the edges of the roof. Decide where to place turbines then from inside the attic drill a hole 18 to 30 down from the roof peak and midway between the rafters put a stick up through the hole to locate it from outside go back on. These can be ridge vents wind turbines or the flat vents your roofer wants to install. Weathered wood galvanized internally braced dual bearing wind turbine model gic12ww view the master flow mechanical vents 35 45.

A roofer will from the attic mark a spot near the ridge of the roof he may first use nails from the attic to mark preferred spots between two rafters. Good attic ventilation is important for preventing ice dams in the winter. A better suggestion is to avoid putting wind turbines on the roof. From the roof the roofer will cut away shingles and underlayment and use a saber saw to cut a hole the same size as the diameter of the vent.

Installation services specials offers local ad. A third vent should be between the two. I won t mention brands but we chose a 400 watt horizontal axis wind turbine hawt and a 1 kw hawt. An asphalt or tile roof with wooden rafters held together by a combination of metal nails and gravity is meant to do only one thing keep the rain and snow off your head and your possessions.

Ft of vent space half dedicated for air intake in the soffits and the other half for exhaust on the roof. Picture above shows both roof vents a rotary turbine vent on the left and an aura gravity ventilator on the right with curb mount flanges a roof turbine can be made of galvanized steel that rusts as shown above. Wear canvas gloves during installation and handling. Wind turbine attic vent turbine roof vent built in thermostat roof turbines black roof turbines roof toppers roof t tops.

Wind resource considerations if you live in complex terrain take care in selecting the installation site. To begin you will need to measure the length and width of the sides of the roof where you are going to install the turbine. Master flow 12 in.