Sparky-(Admin) 21,318 #1 Posted May 13, 2022 Been looking for something to set out with my yard art tractor and today I found it ( actually my wife found it) No… it doesn’t generate electricity 8 5 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,533 #2 Posted May 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sparky said: No… it doesn’t generate electricity Yet. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,641 #3 Posted May 13, 2022 It’s beautiful. Quiet, too! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,168 #4 Posted May 13, 2022 Just curious Mike. Did your wife find that while out joy riding in your car. Inside joke 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,121 #5 Posted May 13, 2022 Some guys have fake chickens, some have windmills! Hook some "Spark"lers on it for the 4th! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,641 #6 Posted May 14, 2022 55 minutes ago, squonk said: Hook some "Spark"lers on it for the 4th! Thanks a pretty good idea, or some rockets to make it spin wicked fast. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,260 #7 Posted May 14, 2022 If you installed a small solar electric panel to each blade of the windmill and wrote up a convincing thesis on the combination of wind and solar energy I would imagine you could get a research grant to further pursue the concept. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,821 #8 Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) I love it Sparky right up my alley! Looks a little tilted tho... Plunge says throw a torpedo level on it! Edited May 16, 2022 by WHX?? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,318 #9 Posted May 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, WHX?? said: I love it Sparky right up my alley! Looks a little tilted tho... Plunge says throw a torpedo level on it! Tough crowd!! I actually just jammed it into the ground with no thought of “levelness” to see how it would look and perform. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,533 #10 Posted May 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, Sparky said: Tough crowd!! I actually just jammed it into the ground with no thought of “levelness” to see how it would look and perform. I should think it wouldn't really matter if it's tilted considering most of the folks in This crowd are..... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,577 #11 Posted May 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: I should think it wouldn't really matter if it's tilted considering most of the folks in This crowd are..... Hey hey hey now… I represent that. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
