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This RV Wind Turbine Runs More Quietly Than You’d Think

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Many RVers have decided to experiment with solar power. With recent advancements in portable solar power generation, motorhomes and trailers sporting shiny (and sometimes dusty…) solar panels have become a fairly common sight.

Harnessing power directly from the sun isn’t the only way to obtain more sustainably sourced energy. What about wind power?

Russ DeMaris uses a Southwest Wind Power 400 watt turbine on the back of his RV. He did a quick test to show that these wind turbines aren’t always the noisy beasts some think they are.

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Source: YouTube/ Russ DeMaris

Does a wind turbine on an RV make too much noise? Not really!

It’s just a bit more than a whisper. I thought it’d sound more like a freight train rumbling over the tracks.



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