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Re: Re: speed regulation on old fasioned windmills
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Posted by MPK on May 27, 2003 at 20:35:47 from (66.60.223.46):
In Reply to: Re: speed regulation on old fasioned windmills posted by RayP(MI) on May 27, 2003 at 18:26:04:
I remember when I was growing up on the farm when it was too windy we would just slow it down by shutting it down about half way. Maybe on a free flowing pump it would work a differnt way if it had a governor in it. This I don't know. The underground water line on our pump was too restricted by rust so we had to slow it down sometimes, otherwise it would lift the pump and well cover off the well. We also had a couple big rocks on the well cover. By shutting it down about half it would turn the wheel about half way out off the wind.
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