The Green Energy Machine
Friday, January 9th, 2009Welcome to The Green Energy Machine
The Green Energy Machine is an amazing and unusual tool for teachers to use and we’re sure you ‘ve got a load of questions to ask.
We’ve tried to anticipate them all, but we realize that’s an impossible task. As you go through the web site, remember the unanswered questions you have because we want you to Contact Us on 0844 3579711.
What is The Green Energy Machine?
The Green Energy Machine is a dynamic, easy-to-use portable tool that makes the teaching of alternate energy sources vital and exciting. For the cost of about two or three school laptop computers, the science department and others can have hands-on experiences with both solar and wind power.
The Green Energy Machine is sized so conveniently it is easy to move from classroom to classroom. An entire department or even a consortium of schools/colleges can use just one machine.
What’s Included in the Package?
The Green Energy Machine includes a 35 watt solar cell, a 400 watt wind turbine, a sealed rechargeable battery, an AC inverter, a voltmeter and separate amp meters. It produces 5 amps at 110 volts AC when fully charged.
Photovoltaic Cell
Self-regulating, 25 year warranty
Dimensions 25.7” X 18.5”
Cell is mounted with predrilled holes for angles 30, 35 & 40.
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Wind Generator |
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Air 403 wind generator
Rotor diameter 46”, weight 13 lbs
Startup speed 7 mph, voltage 12 volts
Rated output 400watts at 28 mph
Self regulating
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Inverter |
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500 watt inverter/ battery charger
Peak power output 500 watts
Output power surge 700 watts
Output power continuous - more than 400 watts
Output wave form - modified sine wave
Efficiency 90%
Number of AC outlets - 2
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Battery |
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Can be stored in horizontal or vertical position
12 volts, 55amp hour
Sealed lead acid rechargeable battery
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Meters |
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1 volt meter for system voltage
Separate amp meters for PV cell and wind turbine
Assembled Components
Miscellaneous
Ground is supplied either by: plugging in the inverter/charger and using the grid or by an exterior ground bolt located on the left side of the Green Energy Machine (grounding cable not included).
What Benefits do my students receive and what benefits do I receive?
Your students will have another exciting, hands-on science demonstration when you teach what can sometimes be a dry area in science. Describing a wind-turbine is not always easy and pictures seldom do them justice. And let’s face it, a picture of a solar panel will put a class to sleep! But when students see a wind turbine and a solar panel, when they see how they work, when they can influence what these tools do, the students learn.
The teacher’s principal benefit is the addition of another arrow in the quiver of teaching tools, an arrow that looks to the future as alternate energy sources become more and more important. You will provide your students with a leg-up on understanding tomorrow’s energy sources.
Specification may change. Images not representative.
For enquiries on how to purchase and operate a
Green Energy Machine, please contact us on
0844 3579711
or send an email to edtec@edtec.info
35 watt, 2.33 amp, 15 volt aluminum framed cell
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