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  • ALBERTAFARMER4
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2010
    • 246
    #11
    Originally posted by AlbertaFarmer5 View Post
    Perhaps we should be looking further forward, to a time when we can't afford to run big HP fans from grid power, thanks to CO2 taxes, and the cost of the renewable energy fraud.
    We may end up like Mallee and be forced to generate our own, at any cost.
    With that in mind, maybe fans should be DC, save the cost and inefficiency of inverters.
    Possibly incorporate VFD so they could safely run at any level of power output.

    https://youtu.be/osAZeLs6zmY https://youtu.be/osAZeLs6zmY

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      • chuckChuck
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2006
        • 12786
        #12
        A4, Very interesting video on Turntide smart motors that are improving efficiency in a very significant way. They are targeting ag buildings and driving down costs for farmers. It would be interesting to know whether they have an application for aeration fans.

        When we don't have to do much drying we often just run our fans when the sun is shining so that we use more solar electricity. Of course we can't run our many aeration fans all at once, but every little bit helps reduce fossil fuel electricity usage.

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          • furrowtickler
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2004
            • 21880
            #13


            Add this to the system to increase capacity?
            Just a suggestion is all

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              • helmsdale
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2014
                • 2127
                #14
                Originally posted by furrowtickler View Post


                Add this to the system to increase capacity?
                Just a suggestion is all
                If my squirrel cage fans are 10 horsepower, what's the appropriate squirrel:horse ratio?

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                  • WiltonRanch
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2012
                    • 4512
                    #15
                    Originally posted by helmsdale View Post
                    If my squirrel cage fans are 10 horsepower, what's the appropriate squirrel:horse ratio?
                    How many acorns per kilowatt hour?

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