- Some designs actually integrate a wind turbine element into the outdoor light fixture. This type of design can be seen as a streetlight at the Panasonic Center in Tokyo. If you make a vertical axis wind turbine, and connect a battery bank to it's base, you can plug the light to its inverter. During the day, it will create and store the power to use for the high-efficiency bulb during the evening.
- For most standard propeller style wind turbines, you can connect the 120 volt inverter to the deep-cycle battery and a multimeter to monitor the wind turbine output voltage and the battery voltage. The inverter has the importance of converting the energy from direct current to alternating current enabling compatibility with electronics. You can plug the electronic light fixture or small appliance to the inverter as you normally would into a wall outlet.
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