Pinkery 20 - Pinkery Turbine Traditional Cache
Pinkery 20 - Pinkery Turbine
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Pinkery 20 - Pinkery Turbine
| This particular series of caches have been designed and placed to encourage individuals to enjoy the beautiful scenery Exmoor National Park has to offer. |
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Pinkery 20 – Pinkery Turbine |
The wind turbine at Pinkery is situated on the fertile farm land between the copse and the moorland above Pinkery Centre. The turbine has been in situation since 2011, and is a Proven 35-2 300v turbine, with 8 metre blades, sited on a 15 metre tilt supporting mast and a 2x6 kW Sunny Island inverter/charger connected to a 6kW smart load controller and 3 phase generation meter by armoured cable. This set-up creates an off grid power source at Pinkery Centre, which creates a low-carbon source of power to the Education centre. The whole system cost £70,000 when installed, but reduces CO2 by 14,00kg per annum, which equates to a fee in tariff value of £10,000 per year. The centre has eight rolls of 5000 lead acid batteries which accept the power from the turbine, and 'dump' excessive charge into the sentral heating system to offset heating fuel demand. In addition there is a solar photovoltaic (PV) array, and a diesel generator who runs on bio diesel |
| Cache Information |
This particular cache is a small pill pot cache container, which has room for swaps and trackable items |
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onfr bs gerr gb gur ybjre evire fvqr bs gur tngr
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