Renewable Energy Christmas

My wind turbine is currently enduring it’s first winter in Aroostook county. The light that was installed on the tower originally required a ballast to ignite the bulb, little did I realize that my inverter didn’t like this very much. Modified sign wave inverters should never be hooked up to purely inductive loads (eg. a transformer or ballast), a couple of burnt out inverters later I realized this. Apparently the electrician was too busy to install an incandescent alternative before winter so it looks like we’re stuck with no light for a while. In the meantime, the landowners decided to use the energy to power their christmas lights (which they strung up the tower). A great use of the power if you ask me.

I requested a picture immediately, apologies for the low resolution but they say it looks great at night!

Wind powered Christmas lights