Chinese Lantern VAWT Update

An update on how the Chinese Lantern VAWT has performed over the last few weeks. In a nutshell, it has produced something on the order of 1 Wh over three or so weeks. It struggles to go fast enough to produce a high enough voltage for charging. And the boost converter in the charge controller does not appear to be effective. It takes a lot of wind to get any sort of power out of this turbine, and it is quite useless in this application with its modest winds.

[@tsbrownie]

I was thinking about buying one of those chinese lantern wind turbines, but suspected they would not produce the advertised power. Thanks for posting this and saving me the time and money.

[@xiaoxiaochen6560]

Hello blogger, I am very interested in your video, I have been studying VAWT, I am from CHINA, recently China's VAWT market is very chaotic, your video is very representative, may I forward your work to my social media, I will mark your source and the link to the original video!😄

[@itsandbits1]

I've seen these POS tested and even 30mph winds just start to produce usable energy but only 2-3 watts. I'd put some N52s in it bigger than whats in there because with the torque it has cogging wouldn't be a problem. They still want $350 Canadian pesos for those craptastic units up here. Plus I'd drill new mount holes and take 2 of the scoops off

[@MickEMaus3000]

I got it because I was curious why they performed so poorly and wondered if I could somehow improve it. Now I think they are a complete loss; there is nothing redeemable about them. What is really frustrating is that they are giving VAWTs a bad reputation. By the way, we had a strong gust of wind while I had the cabinet door open and I saw it produce 0.12 Amps for about 15 seconds.

[@justtinkering6713]

I think we need a hat adapter to mount the cell phone camera on, just to keep our hands free. 😊

[@MickEMaus3000]

I'm filming with a Sony Handycam. 🙂