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02-24-2008, 04:31 PM
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 idiot savant with a ban stick Poster Rank:24 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 54,345
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Re: A Danish windmill goes out of control
 I bet someone had a voltage spike
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02-25-2008, 05:14 PM
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 My Rank: LANCE CORPORAL Poster Rank:1866 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 274 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 5 Post(s)
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Re: A Danish windmill goes out of control
They're only rated for a certain speed wind. The way I understand these work is if the wind gets too strong, the blades have to be disengaged from the generator because the friction and inertia battle it out and produce massive amounts of torque.
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