Rutland Furlmatic FM910-3 Windcharger

A windcharger to deliver power at remote locations that's so reliable it's been used in the extremes of Antartica and Himalayas!

• Are you wasting valuable resources getting batteries changed over regularly?
• Do you offer an excellent product but find the cost of grid connection holds back your sales?
• Are you still using oil lamps and torches at your holiday home?
• Are you pumping water by hand?

The FM910-3 Furlmatic Windcharger is a powerful and extremely robust wind generator with a proven track record of reliability since the mid 1980's when the first model was launched.  Of course, we've updated and improved the FM910-3 over the years to deliver better performance and value to you.  This means that you can be confident that once installed…..

• You will have the peace of mind that leaving your batteries unattended for long periods will no longer be detrimental to them
• You will eliminate costs for changing batteries over and charging them
• You will arrive at your holiday or mobile home and immediately be able to switch on lights. You'll find fully charged batteries!
• Your products can find success in new markets with a renewable energy power source specified by Marlec!

Tens of thousands of the original 910 series Rutland have been sold world wide, we have even licensed its manufacture in overseas developing countries because it is such a versatile windcharger. It can be used almost anywhere as the ideal solution to deliver power at isolated land based applications.

The Furlmatic FM910-3 is Marlec’s purpose designed land based windcharger. Wherever there is a site that is unattended, remote and exposed the FM910-3 can be relied on to deliver power quietly and efficiently. Professional applications such as monitoring, telemetry, communications, isolated agricultural sites, navigation aids, military field applications, rural street lighting and remote homes or year round mobile home installations are all established uses for the FM910-3 Windcharger.

The Furlmatic design includes a protective “furling” device in its tail system.  This yaws the turbine at an angle to the prevailing wind at windspeeds above 35mph (15m/s) thus reducing the speed of the turbine and protecting it from the forces of excessive winds and reducing stresses on the turbine and tower.  This is a very simple but effective design perfected by us many years ago and subsequently emulated by others.

The Furlmatic FM910-3 Windcharger is a quiet, discreet windcharger that can replace the need to install grid power and even enable the use of appliances at remote locations previously considered unfeasible owing to high grid installation costs.  It is an affordable energy solution that is easy to install and requires only the very minimum of annual inspection/maintenance.  Of course there are also no on-going electricity bills!

For a renewable energy solution to suit your electrical needs speak to our sales engineers, our experience in this field is second to none and when we understand your energy needs we will propose a wind, solar or hybrid wind /solar energy kit that you can rely on.  Our reputation depends on it!

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Features

• Unique Rutland Three phase generator design
  • 80% more power than our original model
• Generates 90 Watts @ 19 knots and  24 Watts @ 10 knots
• Low wind speed start up of just 5 knots
  • More ampere hours are generated because of the Rutlands’ low wind speeds start up
  • Power is being generated in the most typical wind speeds as well as being powerful in the strong winds
• Quiet in operation
  • Every turbine is finely balanced to ensure smooth rotation
  • Low friction 3 phase alternators give a smooth and silent output
• Automatic thermostatic alternator protection
  • This slows the turbine down in prolonged gales to give added protection against damage from high winds
• Robustly constructed
  • For excellent reliability and product longevity, typically more than 10 years
• One way only fit fine profile efficient aerofoil blades are unique in the industry
  • They have a positive one-way-only fit
  • Have been tested to withstand a loading with a safety factor 10 times the turbine’s maximum rpm
• Turbine diameter of 910mm
  • This is a small turbine diameter for the power it produces
  • Easy to handle for installation
• Built in slipring and low wear brushes
  • Gives free 360º rotation on the mounting pole even in the slowest wind conditions
• The alternator’s windings and magnets are totally encapsulated
  • Weather Proof, the generator is completely protected from all weather conditions
• Available in 12 volt or 24 volt as standard
  • Compatible with all deep cycle battery types
• No radiated interference
  • Complies with EEC Directive BS EN 89/336/EEC

It retains its basic design which has been proven time and again in the harshest of environments under critical power supply requirements. You can see FM910-3 spinnig even in remote places used for

• seismic monitoring in Antarctica
• communications for Himalayan expeditions
• hot, dusty climate of the Sahara Desert