Since blogger seems to be more inclined today to allow me to post videos I thought I'd aprovechar the moment and try posting some Sounds of Nicaragua.
Christmas festival. A man letting anything go during his performance at the month long christmas party held in La Plaza Del Revolución. Pretty hilarious but at the same time you have to respect someone out there obviously doing what they love, damn what anyone thinks.
La Griteria. Literally "The Screaming." A festival where people build small shrines to the virgen mary and then proceed to scream at her at the top of their lungs how thankful they are for her son. Although at this party in front of the old cathedral their was more waiting in line for the free government gift packages than there was actually screaming.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Windy Wonder - ASOFENIX DC-119
A quick note to totally redeem myself. After totally humiliating myself a few weeks ago, scaring a bunch of campesinos half to death and causing undue pain and suffering to some innocent, non-assuming PVC blades I have in fact installed achieved victory.....for now.
Last week saw the successful test run of, what Jaime has officially christened "DC-119," Asofenix's first wind turbine model (The "D" is for Dave, the "C" for Calvin (the principle designers and fabricators), the first "1" for being the first wind turbine, the second "1" for being made in January and the "9" for the year.....it's also ingenious because it also produces DC power....get it....DC-119). The turbine produces between 0 and 100 watts depending, of course, on the wind. Hopefully it won't be zero too much. The voltages hover between 15-28 volts with amps between 1.5 - 3.5. So now the next step is to finish the installation next week by building a battery charging station and installing the controller, battery and a few lights.
I'm going to try to publish a video I took of the turbine working but since blogger hasn't allowed me to upload a video in the last 5 months I'm not holding out much hope.
Saludos from Nicaragua....Dave
Last week saw the successful test run of, what Jaime has officially christened "DC-119," Asofenix's first wind turbine model (The "D" is for Dave, the "C" for Calvin (the principle designers and fabricators), the first "1" for being the first wind turbine, the second "1" for being made in January and the "9" for the year.....it's also ingenious because it also produces DC power....get it....DC-119). The turbine produces between 0 and 100 watts depending, of course, on the wind. Hopefully it won't be zero too much. The voltages hover between 15-28 volts with amps between 1.5 - 3.5. So now the next step is to finish the installation next week by building a battery charging station and installing the controller, battery and a few lights.
I'm going to try to publish a video I took of the turbine working but since blogger hasn't allowed me to upload a video in the last 5 months I'm not holding out much hope.
Saludos from Nicaragua....Dave
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