Furlmatic Windcharger FM910-4
Marlec
Solution Overview & Benefits
The FM910-4 Furlmatic is a micro wind turbine for battery charging at off grid locations. Proven reliability in the toughest weather conditions.
The Furlmatic FM910-4 is Marlec’s purpose-designed land-based windcharger.
Wherever there is a site that is unattended, remote and exposed the FM910-4 can be relied on to deliver power quietly and efficiently.
Professional applications such as monitoring, telemetry, communications, isolated agricultural sites, navigation aids, military field applications, rural street lighting and remote homes or year round mobile home installations are all established uses for the FM910-4 Windcharger.
The Furlmatic design includes a protective “furling” device in its tail system. This yaws the turbine at an angle to the prevailing wind at windspeeds above 35mph (15m/s) thus reducing the speed of the turbine and protecting it from the forces of excessive winds and reducing stresses on the turbine and tower. This is a very simple but effective design perfected by us many years ago and subsequently emulated by others.
The Furlmatic FM910-4 Windcharger is a quiet, discreet windcharger that can replace the need to install grid power and even enable the use of appliances at remote locations previously considered unfeasible owing to high grid installation costs.
It is an affordable energy solution that is easy to install and requires only the very minimum of annual inspection/maintenance. Of course there are also no on-going electricity bills!
History & Development
Marlec was formed in 1978 in Rutland – the smallest county in the UK – by John Fawkes who subsequently received a Wind Energy Pioneer award from the British Wind Energy Association. As an early-retired successful engineer and businessman he was asked to investigate methods of keeping batteries topped up on farms to operate electric fence units located away from the grid. The solution was the Rutland Windcharger a simple, reliable, quiet and efficient wind driven battery charging generator.
Availability
- Publicly available: yes
- Countries where available: UK, contact manufacturer for additional countries
- Price: + £800
- Available online: yes
- Countries where spare parts can be purchased: Contact manufacturer
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