Windlily, A Portable Wind Turbine Accessory For Waterily
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
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WaterLily sent me this WindLily accessory for my WaterLily hydro turbine for review. It's a fantastic piece of equipment for niche applications requiring access to strong wind. It starts generating at 7 miles per hour of windspeed, 15 Watts at 16 miles per hour, and all the way up to 23 Watts at 22 miles per hour. It's best suited for charging of communications, small-ish batteries, and LED lighting of small areas.
All views are my own, they only asked that I remove 2 clips of unreleased prototype products they are working on.
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Consider this for the following situations:
Expeditions
Camping along a coast, hilltop, or wide open spaces
Arctic use
Sailing
Kayaking/Canoeing
SHTF / Prepping
Backup Communications
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~11 watts - not bad! You could charge a cell phone and power a few LED lights. For a tiny, portable turbine, that ain’t too shabby.
Can't wait for earthlily a firelily
When your powers combine!!!
Being that heat will move air, and they have stove fans. Entirely possible to use a stove fan.
Charging power banks seems like a good fit for this little turbine. Lets you use the phone while the power bank collects electricity to recharge it later.
I didn't subscribed to this channel for nothing, I really like what are you doing and this wind/hydro turbine is awesome
this! the steiner content grew on me too, really like how much hydraulics they crammed into that little powerhouse
@@mx96288 I have more Steiner content in my backlog to edit!
How much money brother
Thanks' for showing the three blade version Joe 😁 I had a hard time imagining it😉😉😉😉 and your little town looks fabulous
this could be awesome for people living in vans or doing long offroad trips to charge their electronics or use it directly for light in the evening/night
If the engine is running, it is better to just use the ports in the vehicle. Much more power. Typical accessory port is 12V at 5A. Might work well when stopped to avoid draining the vehicle battery.
This is why I want one haha👌🏻
Thank you. This is the best video I have seen in WaterLily wind turbine with purchase links. Really appreciate it.
Very thorough and detailed review. Thanks for checking all those facts with the engineer.
Hey Joe loved the coverage of that turbine.
It's a neat little unit that likes wind and water.
Just that has got to be a winner for all user's of a small turbine.
Removal blades.
There a options there for camper's, hikers ,prepers or anyone in a pertentionly in trouble in the bush . Very cool idea 🖕🖕
Great review! Well presented.
Great view, thanks!
Very cool homemade wind generator, it seems to work very effectively, thank you for sharing
Just subscribed after this very well explained video. Thank you!
Nicely made vid man, thnx
I see this installed in a round picnic table with cell phones charging on the table top; high enough to be safe, but close enough to eliminate losses.
Nice review really informative.
✔ GREAT VIDEO, THANKS. REMINDS ME OF A SUNFLOWER
Thanks for the laugh at 1:00!😂
BRAVO ! GOO JOB !!!!!! :)
thanks for the video review review. i just got mine. im mobile. will be used both ways, depending on my location. JMHO
Would have been nice to have been able to get this kit... Oh well...
Hi Joe, do you still own the Waterlily show in the video? Are you interested to sell it? I really would buy one, unfortunatly they don't sell it anymore 😔 Let me know, thanks 🙏
That's obviously an ad, but I like your approach. And it's actually good for an Ad filming tryout! Keep going!
They supplied a unit in exchange for a video. All of the views are my own.
i think for this the best type of storage battery would be lithium, not lead acid, as lead acid has a faster natural discharge rate then lithium, its quite a good design really, would as you say keep a phone alive in camping situations and probably on a windy night power a small led or 2
You forgot to mention that with Lead acid batteries they have much greater life than lithium.
How much wind is needed to get it up to 14.5 volts?
What's with all the links for this product being 404 error or likely fraudulent?
Would this be the best option for low wind generator there is?
Imagine using the wind-lily in water!
RPM would be too low and drag forces extreme. I doubt the bearings could handle it.
Maybe you can go to hardware and find tiny speed nuts for them screws to make them captive.
I would be all in if I could add a kit to my 2-year-old Waterlily but I'm not doing $200+.
So I purchased a WaterLily in December last year with the Windlily kit, I ordered it in December 2020.. I sent over 13 e-mails asking about when it was going to arrive, and every time I was told it would be a few weeks. It never did. I eventually gave up on ever expecting it to arrive, and sure enough it showed up on my door step, 11 months later and several hundred dollars spent last year. No Tracking information, nothing. I did not receive all the fancy connectors he shows here in this video nor are they available on the site. Just keep in mind - if you order one of these, expect a delay... a very long one.
The fancy connectors are/were an accessory kit they offer seperately. I don't have any comment about the delay, I'm not a part of that company.
So you can do serie and parellel?
A way to mount it onto a fence T post could be interesting. Would want a way to lift it 1-2 feet above the post but they are so common in open areas due to field fences.
Lash your tripod to the fence post?
@@JoeMalovich Skip the tripod and lock the fitting onto the post to use that as the support the windmill sits above. Just need something to lift the blades high enough above any fence/wire strands as the post is already driven into the ground it will not have much movement
would love to get this down here in Australia. have tried to buy it, but was told they cant ship to Sydney....and on top of that, the whole thing is on pre-order only... i cant find one anywhere..sub'd like your stuff. tis why i realy want one for bush, as i teach kids survival stuff, when we are not in Cov 19 isolations....damn Corona V....
Im also in Australia, and just ordered one. Shipping was $170 :/ but its available.
@@MrDingaling007 Hi Hobes,
Unfortunately the carrier that we used to ship to Australia has stopped accepting packages (they used extra space on commercial flights, but those flights aren't currently flying). So, we cannot ship to Australia right now--hopefully this will change by the fall when people start travelling again.
-Geoff
when did you order it, and from where, the above comment came straight from waterlily themselves..
@@hobiekanobie4982 I received this yesterday and already placed a preorder:
Hi CD,
I wanted to let you know that I spoke to the people making the shipping decisions and had Australia added back to the destinations, but with the higher shipping cost.
-Geoff
WaterLily Support
@@MrDingaling007 thanks Bud, ill be placing my order tomoz....
Great indepth review , didn't know it generated in AC before rectified to DC. Don't understand how watt meter showing over one amp while raw reading about half that figure.
So I later figured out the meter consumes about .3A which explains most of the discrepancy I think. I admit it's not well done and I now realize that.
What's your feeling about using one of these to charge a 300w jackery?
If you have an excellent windy site then it is doable
how to measure wind speed at my location? any measuring device?
what power generator are you using?
First I tried a pocket anemometer, I wasn't happy with it so I bought a BT100 anemometer, this one amzn.to/3qYcZFP that I have been happy with.
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Nice toy.
Is this motor a low torque motor?
Good idea but you need to think big, however not bad as a small led lighting congratulations.
Hmm, Is it suitable for salty conditions? Like if your sailing at sea in your 21 ft:r can you use the waterlily as a towed generator when your on the move and when your at anchor move it to the mas in the windlily configuration?
Yes and Yes, it's all plastic and stainless. It works fantastic as a tow behind as the water speeds are closer to the sweet spot. Your 21ft boat sails at about 5 knots in good wind right? that should be around full power output. My dad has a 22ft sailboat that was a staple of my childhood (freshwater).
Note that not all stainless lasts forever in salty conditions so I can't say it will last forever. I can't speak for the servicability of the turbine however if those few stainless components ever do need replaced.
Yeah, the grade of stainless matters a lot. Where I'm from they sell two different grades of stainless fasteners. One IIRC is 316, after a few years of year round exposure to the sea, it wil have a few spots of surface rust. The other kind rusts pretty much the same as plain carbon steel in the same conditions. Works great in the garden though.
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@@2testtest2 rinse it off with fresh water when you take it out and that's it! years of service.
It's all 18-8 and brass. You can replace the hardware with 316. You can replace the bearings with ceramic bearings (size r4). Supposedly no corrosion complains so far though.
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I have read previous that for wind turbines, you should always have an odd number of blades
Is a wind lily better than solar in a briefcase?
It is better only in very specific circumstances. You need a bunch of wind and not much sun.
3 blades catch more wind and are much more efficient than more blades. So I would remove 3 of them
How much more effecient is the USB version vs the 12V versions using a usb car adaptor i wonder?
I think most car adapters just limit the voltage, the amps stay the same. USB version does 3A, the 12V version would do maybe 1.2A to 1.5A
@@JoeMalovich that's a good point. Bugger as I just ordered the 12v version :/ Id have to find essentially an MPPT for bumping the amps up and drop the volts down to 5v.
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@@JoeMalovich That might be an option then ill look into that, although as its for hiking to rivers with gold for up to 2 weeks at a time, weight/space could be an issue. Will see if i can exchange for the USB version many thanks.
@@MrDingaling007 or a 12v lead acid with a cheap low voltage disconnect can be used to power any number of 12v devices and USB chargers.
Another cheap option is to use a lithium battery that has a built in BMS which has low voltage cutout built in, something like this amzn.to/3rIBfux which can then be used to power your 12V devices and USB chargers.
I would be careful with any chargers as they draw some power even when not charging so disconnect all loads of you aren't actively using them. Just something I advise with low power generators like the windlily products.
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the fan reminds me of the walmart symbol, I cannot unsee it.
Do you know Bunyip pumps? A water pump that use water power to work. I was recommened that by YT yesterday and thought about you immediately.
Yes I know about them. I appreciate the thought.
I paid for my water lily back in June of 2021, still nothing in my hands, let email was April so 11 months late
I'm sorry to hear that. Have you tried contacting them?
With the sun and the wind I will travel forever. . . since I consume electricity to travel, why not recover some of it using a mini or micro wind generator, with vertical axis, placed externally somewhere in the car and a system of solar panels? These systems will deliver energy. . forever. (I mean: a moving object, like a car, will create a vortex in the air, the wind. When it hits the wind turbine, it will generate electricity that will recharge the batteries).
Same as blowing air with another fan to another fan.
How Can I hook this up to my solar generator?... or can I make my own to hook up to my solar generator
Yes you can
@@JoeMalovich do I just use the cigarette lighter male on solar generator into female of this wind turbine?
@@PaulC112 yes. But do note that some solar generators can't charge up fully on only 14.4V. That would be something worth experimenting with first.
@@JoeMalovich I know nothing about electricity. I'm looking for an easy solution for a wind generator to hook up to my bluetti eb70s
@@PaulC112 if this is a mobile project then the windlily is a good but expensive option for the output. For a fixed installation you would be best served by a larger turbine built for that use.
Have you tried solar? It's often a better solution except in specific situations..
fillable weight bucket, outside ring blade
solar film on the blades
try vawt wind tower, generator is down on the ground through vawt axle, vawt should work nicely under water too, even ocean currents
wavt can also be folded in as a tube scroll, with support beams when open/operational
stick a pole in the ground, deep, thats the horizontal support, like a tent spoke
peltier stove heat generator for wood/biomass
I'm very disappointed in that they don't make a WindLily for the customers of the first WaterLily... I'm not going to buy it twice.
Pretty easy to get a water transfer camo print. You can buy the paper for it and print at home
Mod it to get longer blades. Larger diameter more energy...win
Longer blades add drag so you get more low end torque but it won't get up to high enough RPMs
@@JoeMalovich and that won’t increase power? When we look at big wind turbines they were small just 27m in diameter with 850 kW max and today a 162 m diameter rotor can output 6 MW with the same wind speed and yes the rpms are lower, but transmission is different.
@@Mike-kr5dn but you can’t easily change the transmission on this setup
Plastic parts. Arctic winter weather. Wind. Not a good combination. Seeing the Arctic frequently gets to -40, you'll end up with a lot of plastic bits flying off in the distance and no turbine left.
we've tested it all winter in NL, Canada, take it down for storms, that's it!
company never sent wind blades, turbine, or cables that were paid for, a total scam
General Kenobi...
This is the way
anyone that does wind energy will tell you that an odd number of blades works better...for some reason.....maybe pass that info onto the person that makes that
probably use that same premise to water energy
Interstening, though I operate decently sized hydro plants, couple hundred kW and ranging from Kaplan from 21st century to older Francis from 1920s and all have even number of blades.
as the video says you can run it with 3 if you prefer... but you will lose out in low speed conditions.
@@Mike-kr5dn where at? Want to host a tour?
@@JoeMalovich oh, it’s kinda far, Czechia.
@@Mike-kr5dn that is a bit too far...
Spray paint....
The smaller the wind turbine the less the power. I mean way less then a bigger ones.
damn physics.
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Instead of playing with toys, perhaps you should climb a ladder and repair that faulty "security" light?
I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if you volunteered.