L1-1000 Horizontal Wind Turbine — 1000 W at 11 m/s, 48 V

Half your power problem happens after dark. An off-grid house bank does its hardest work when the panels are asleep. The fridge, the freezer, the water pump and the lights all keep drawing through the night, and a grey winter front can flatten solar output for a week at a stretch. That is when the generator hours pile up — and the fuel runs with them. The L1-1000 is the smallest turbine in our L-series — a 48 kg machine with a 2.6 m three-blade rotor, built for a 48 V battery bank. It starts turning in a 2 m/s breath of wind and begins charging at 3 m/s. It works the hours and the weather that panels cannot: night, winter, and the windy fronts that kill solar for days. Straight up about the numbers: the 1000 W rating is measured at 11 m/s — a genuinely windy 40 km/h day, not a normal afternoon. On a decent coastal breeze you will see a few hundred watts, working around the clock. Think of it as a second charging source that carries the bank through the hours solar cannot, not a replacement for your panels. What It Actually Makes Wind speed Feels like Output 3 m/s (10.8 km/h) Leaves stirring 5 W 4 m/s (14 km/h) Light breeze 55 W 5 m/s (18 km/h) Flags start to lift 130 W 6 m/s (22 km/h) Steady inland breeze 230 W 7 m/s (25 km/h) Decent coastal day 350 W 8 m/s (29 km/h) Good working breeze 490 W 9 m/s (32 km/h) Strong breeze 650 W 10 m/s (36 km/h) Windy 840 W 11 m/s (39.6 km/h) Rated wind speed 1,005 W 12 m/s (43 km/h) Peak output 1,040 W 14 m/s (50 km/h) Near gale 1,000 W 16 m/s (58 km/h) Gale — output falls away 700 W That is the manufacturer's own measured curve, and we would rather you saw it before you bought. What the 1000 W in the name means: that is the most this turbine makes, and only in a 40 km/h wind. On a normal breezy day — 7 m/s, about 25 km/h — it makes about 350 W. Work out your battery bank and cable from the table above, not from the number in the name. What It Solves The overnight drain: the fridge, freezer and pumps pull on the house bank all night while the panels do nothing. A breeze feeds the bank the whole time you are asleep. The grey winter week: the fronts that flatten your solar for days are exactly the weather this machine works hardest in. The solar-only system that almost copes: a second charging source that peaks in the weather solar hates means a smaller battery bank doing the same job. The site a long way from the grid: farm sheds, telecom sites and cabins running a 48 V bank where every delivered litre of generator fuel costs real money. Less generator time: every hour of breeze is fuel you have not hauled and a service you have not done. Key Features Household scale: the entry point to the L-series — 1 kW rated, 48 kg net, built for a 48 V bank. Starts early: turning at 2 m/s, charging from 3 m/s (11 km/h). Built to survive 50 m/s: that is 180 km/h. If your site sees worse than that, this is the wrong machine for it and we would rather say so. Three-blade rotor, 2.6 m: reinforced FRP blades on a reinforced die-cast aluminium body, IP54 generator. Permanent magnet generator: 3-phase AC synchronous with NdFeB magnets — no brushes to wear, no exciter current to waste. Two layers of protection: electromagnetic brake for overspeed, controller over-current protection plus dump load for overload. Kit option: the manufacturer’s matched pure-wind MPPT controller — or take the turbine only. Kit, Or Turbine Only The kit pairs the turbine with the manufacturer's matched pure-wind controller for a 48 V bank — the WW10-48-48 — a wind-only MPPT unit from the manufacturer’s heavier-duty MWM series, with a built-in LCD. Be clear on one thing before you order: it has no solar input at all. It runs the turbine, nothing else. Want one controller running both wind and solar? The manufacturer recommends its HCM hybrid series for the L1 range, but it has not confirmed in writing which HCM model matches this turbine — and we will not sell a pairing we cannot verify. If a hybrid setup is what you are planning, contact us first and we will confirm the matched unit with the manufacturer before you commit. Already have a controller rated for this turbine? Pick Turbine only. What Else You'll Need A turbine on a pole is half a system. The other half is a mast in clean air, cable sized for the run, breakers and an isolator, a dump load (included with the kit controller) and a battery bank to feed. Cable sizing depends on run length, voltage and current — that is your electrician's call, not a line on a product page. Browse bus bars, breakers and wiring in the Electrical Supplies collection, and the full controller range here. Representative photos: the manufacturer supplies one set of photographs per turbine family, not per model. The L1-1000 you receive is this design, at the sizes in the spec table. Q & A Will it really make 1000 watts? At 11 m/s — a genuinely windy 40 km/h day — yes, and the manufacturer's curve shows it. On a typical usable breeze of 5 to 8 m/s you will see roughly 130 to 490 W, all day and all night. Work out what you will actually get from the output table above, not from the number in the product name. Can I run solar panels into the kit controller? No. The WW10-48-48 is a pure-wind MPPT unit — it has no PV input at all. The manufacturer’s current configuration pairs no wind-solar hybrid with this turbine, so we do not sell that pairing. If you want wind and solar in one system, run the panels on their own solar regulator into the same battery bank — that works fine alongside this controller. Why don't you publish a charging current in amps? The supplier publishes no battery-side charging current for this controller, and we will not calculate one by dividing watts by volts — that is how people end up sizing breakers off a guess. Its own manual does print 21 A rated input current, and that figure is in the table below. Do not size cable or breakers from the wattage in any product title. Is the cable from the turbine AC or DC? AC. The turbine generates 3-phase AC, and the rectifier inside the controller converts it to DC to charge the battery. A generator is not a battery: the voltage on that cable rises with rotor speed, which is exactly why the matched controller is rated to take up to 180 V on its wind input — far more than the nominal 48 V. Cable selection and protection are your electrician's job. Can I mount it on the roof? Yes — 3 to 6 m above the roofline, or 6 to 10 m on a ground mast. Remember this is a 48 kg machine with a 2.6 m rotor: the mounting structure is an engineering job, not an afterthought. Height is output — turbulence near buildings eats the wind before the blades see it, so the extra metres of clean air pay for themselves. What happens to it in a storm? The electromagnetic brake and the controller's overspeed protection wind it back, and the machine is built to survive 50 m/s (180 km/h). If your site regularly sees more than that, do not put this turbine on it. What is the warranty position? Twelve months. Professional installation by a licensed electrician is a condition of it — keep the electrician's invoice with your paperwork. Be aware the manufacturer treats blade damage from consistently extreme wind, and motor burnout after prolonged high-speed running, as case-by-case assessments rather than automatic cover. How long until it arrives? Built to order and sea-freighted — allow 4 to 6 weeks (up to 7 for WA and regional addresses). Delivery is free to Australia and New Zealand. Need it faster? Choose the Air Upgrade option above and it will land in around 2 to 3 weeks. The turbine arrives as two boxes; the kit adds the controller with its dump-load resistor. Specs Specification Detail Rated power 1000 W at 11 m/s (39.6 km/h) Maximum power output 1,040 W (reached at 12 m/s) Rated voltage 48 V DC Maximum voltage output 52.8 V Start-up wind speed 2 m/s (7.2 km/h) Cut-in wind speed 3 m/s (10.8 km/h) Rated wind speed 11 m/s (39.6 km/h) Survival / safe wind speed ≤50 m/s (≤180 km/h) Rotor diameter 2.6 m (2600 mm) Blade length 1.2 m (1200 mm) Number of blades 3 Blade material Reinforced FRP Body material Reinforced die-cast aluminium Magnet material NdFeB Generator type 3-phase AC permanent magnet synchronous Generator speed 500 rpm Control mode / over-speed protection Electromagnetic brake Overload protection Controller over-current protection + dump load Wind direction adjustment Auto yaw Generator protection grade IP54 Working temperature −20 °C to +50 °C Working humidity 0–90% RH, non-condensing Mount height Ground 6–10 m · rooftop 3–6 m above the roofline Design life ≥20 years Warranty 1 year Colour White Net weight 48 kg Gross weight 52 kg Packing Two boxes — 670 × 480 × 260 mm and 1300 × 270 × 270 mm Certification CE marked to the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Tested to EN 61400-2 (small wind turbines), EN ISO 12100 and EN 60204-1. CE is a European mark and carries no legal standing in Australia. The Kit Controller — Wind Only, No Solar Specification WW10-48-48 Controller type Pure-wind MPPT (no PV input at all), boost Rated input power 1 kW Rated input voltage 48 V Rated input current 21 A (printed in the manufacturer’s manual) Battery voltage 48 Vdc Maximum battery charging current Not specified by supplier — do not size cable or breakers from the wattage in the product title Unload voltage Starts 56 Vdc, complete 58 Vdc (factory defaults) Rectifier mode Uncontrolled rectifier, built into the controller Brakes Manual, over-current, over-voltage and over-speed Display Built-in LCD Communications RS485 built in Lightning protection Yes Conversion efficiency 92% or better Static loss Under 2 W Working temperature -20°C to +40°C Humidity 0–90%, non-condensing Noise 65 dB or less Cooling / installation Forced air cooling, wall-mounted Size and weight Not specified by supplier Warranty 1 year from production The pure-wind kit wires this way — wind only, no solar input: Watch Me