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Re-evaluate your battery charging
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Think about it. When you get into your car, switch on the
engine and drive off, you have no worries about your batteries going flat
as you travel (using lights, radio, heater etc.) because you know the car's
alternator is charging your batteries as you drive.
Wouldn't it be great if you could charge your yacht's batteries in the same
effortless way, not by running the engine of course, but by utilising the
natural energy that moves the yacht along?
DuoGen allows you to do just that. It's an entirely new concept in renewable
energy generation that lets you take control, and generate power as you
use it. As you leave the harbour, before or after you put up your sails,
you can take a moment to exchange the wind turbine for the water impeller
unit (no tools needed), then undo the tower clamp and lower DuoGen back
into the water. The unit is towed behind the yacht as you sail, taking just
a little of the power gathered by the sails to continuously produce enough
electricity to run your radio, lights, auto-pilot, radar, 'fridge…
We think the car analogy is very apt. Think about it. |
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News about the DuoGen web site:
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a) If you have Real Media video player, you can view our product
video, which includes commentary. You can get to it from the video
page.
b) Most of our customer enquiries are about mounting DuoGen, whether
the unit can be installed when other equipment is already mounted
on the stern of the vessel etc. During May, we'll be posting diagrams
of installation options, in wind and water mode, on our site. |
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Customer Queries
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We are often asked about whether DuoGen has an integral charge control
regulator, and if not, then surely one is required.
The simple answer is 'no' and 'not necessarily'.
Most wind generators are intended to be 'fit and forget'. You install
the machine on your yacht and there it stays. You can tie up the blades
to prevent rotation, but if you intend to leave the generator running
while you are away from the yacht, you need a regulator to avoid 'frying'
your batteries.
Regulators are set to 'dump' power once they sense a predetermined
voltage at the battery terminals. This does not always accurately
reflect the state of charge of the batteries, however, and can result
in useful power being wasted.
With DuoGen, you can actively manage your battery charging. You run
several pieces of electrical equipment while sailing, so you tow DuoGen
in water mode to replace the power you are using, and have a healthy
battery when you reach your destination. You run DuoGen in wind mode
while you are tied up or at anchor and can monitor your energy needs.
If you did leave DuoGen running unattended for an extended period
of time, an external regulator would be required, and can be supplied
by Eclectic Energy Limited |
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Purpose Designed
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You may be interested to know that Eclectic Energy Limited has three
patents pending covering the DuoGen product.
One is for the unique and practical way the air turbine fits together
and is secured with the hub and clamping plate to produce a really
strong unit. And yet it breaks down into separate components (without
the use of tools) so that it can be easily stored or transported.
After all, the essence of using DuoGen effectively is to change mode
when you sail and when you tie up, and it would not be very convenient
to have a 1.1metre turbine getting in your way in the already limited
space on a yacht.
At Eclectic, we have tried to think of everything to make DuoGen a
truly practical solution to the problem of keeping your batteries
charged, a system you will
be happy to use all the time. |
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| Visit our web site at www.duogen.co.uk to get details of DuoGen's
performance on the 'speed trials', as well as product specifications and
description, list of benefits, pictures and video images and lots of background
information.
You can also order your DuoGen, ready for Spring/Summer 2002.
Our launch price of £1250 complete for the short DuoGen, and £1350
complete for the long tower version, holds for all machines ordered before
June 2002.
Contact us today!
e-mail: sales@duogen.co.uk
phone: Sales on 01623 827829
write: Eclectic Energy Limited, Edwinstowe House, High Street, Edwinstowe,
Nottinghamshire NG21 9PR, United Kingdom
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PS. Do you ever have problems finding information about marinas? Have a look
at www.marina-info.com.
You'll find listings of over 400 UK marinas and thousands worldwide.
PPS. Have you noticed how often the subject of 'sustainable energy' comes up
in the Press these days? We were reading about the World Summit on Sustainable
Development which takes place in Johannesburg in August. Tony Blair was, apparently,
the first world leader to promise to be there, and he is expected to be a key
figure.
Signs of global warming increase, climate change is affecting us all, and yet,
it seems, not enough is happening and with the necessary sense of urgency.
You can be a bit proud of yourself because you own at least one machine powered
by sustainable energy - your yacht. Perhaps you could think again about having
another!