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Forum Index : Windmills : firetrace system necessary?
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| lichong712 Newbie  Joined: 04/01/2010 Location: GermanyPosts: 8 |
Many commercial-made wind trubines have firetrace system to prevent fire, so is it necessary for homemade ones? If you are intent to reduce your power bills,why not pay wind power cost? |
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KarlJ Guru  Joined: 19/05/2008 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1178 |
A firetrace (if its what I'm thinking of being a special wire routed around components where you would want to know if there was a fire as in Aircraft engine compartments), is not to prevent fire but rather indicate one. Then triggering some kind of extinguisher / shutdown sequence, either automatically or manually. I havent seen any home made windmill with provision for fire extinguishing,. Really a mechanical/electrical system if designed well and works properly should not get hot at all, let alone ignition temps. Luck favours the well prepared |
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