X-300 Vertical Wind Turbine 12/24/48V

Made for the swirly wind around buildings. The wind around a house, a shed or a city rooftop is a mess. It comes over the ridge, curls around walls and trees, and changes direction every few seconds. A propeller-style turbine hates that — it spends half its time hunting for the wind instead of harvesting it. The X5-300 is a helical vertical-axis turbine: three twisted blades around a central drum, no tail vane, no yaw hunt. It takes wind from any direction at once — 360 degrees, no turning to face it — which is exactly what turbulent, built-up sites serve up. It starts turning at just 2 m/s, runs quietly, and at 20 kg it suits urban rooftops, gardens, street lighting, and camera or telecom poles. Straight up about the numbers: the 300 W rating is measured at 12 m/s a 43 km/h wind. In everyday breezes you will see far less; a vertical this size is a trickle-charge assist for a battery bank, not a household power plant. If raw watts per dollar is the goal, a horizontal turbine in clean air beats it — this machine's job is making power on sites where a horizontal will not behave. Where The Power Curve Should Be The manufacturer has never supplied a measured power curve for this model, so we cannot show you output against wind speed the way we do on our horizontal turbines. We could calculate a plausible-looking curve and present it as measured — plenty of sellers do — but we would rather tell you it is missing and keep asking the factory for the real one. Until then: rated 300 W at 12 m/s, maximum 320 W, and expect a small fraction of that in ordinary breezes. What It Solves The turbulent site: wind that swirls around buildings and trees is unusable for a propeller — and normal service for a vertical. The neighbour problem: slow-turning helical blades stay quiet and look deliberate, which matters when the mast is visible from next door. The camera and lighting pole: street lights, gate cameras and telemetry gear — small constant loads, fed day and night. The overnight top-up: panels stop at dusk; a breeze keeps trickling amp hours into the bank until morning. The salty, gusty spot: boats, jetties and exposed corners where gust direction never settles — a machine that does not care which way the wind arrives. Key Features Takes wind from any direction: 360-degree auto windward — no yaw mechanism, no tail, no hunting. Starts at 2 m/s: a 7 km/h breath gets the rotor moving. 12V, 24V or 48V: matches the battery bank you already run. Disc ironless-core generator: low starting resistance, so light air actually turns it. Built to survive 50 m/s: 180 km/h — the same survival figure as our mid-size horizontals. Compact and light: 900 mm tall rotor, 20 kg net — one person can handle the install. Two layers of protection: electromagnetic brake for overspeed, controller over-current protection plus dump load for overload. Two controller choices: the HECR wind-solar hybrid (runs panels too) or the pure-wind WCMD MPPT — pick either as a kit, or take the turbine only. Kit, Or Turbine Only The kit pairs the turbine with the manufacturer's matched hybrid controller for your voltage — LHECR0512 on 12V, LHECR0824 on 24V, LHECR1248 on 48V — plus the dump-load resistor. The hybrid part matters: the same box takes a solar array on a PWM input (up to 600 W of PV on the 12V unit, 1000 W on the 24V, 1200 W on the 48V), so one controller runs both. Never going to run solar? Pick With Pure-Wind Controller and the kit ships the manufacturer's pure-wind MPPT unit instead — LWCMD400W-12V on 12V, LWCMD800W-24V on 24V, LWCMD1000W-48V on 48V. Wind only, no PV input at all — full details in the Specs tab. Already sorted for control? Pick Turbine only. What Else You'll Need A pole in the cleanest air you can give it, cable sized for the run, breakers and an isolator, and a battery bank to feed. Cable sizing depends on run length, voltage and current — that is your electrician's call. 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 X5-300 you receive is this design in white, at the sizes in the spec table. Q & A Will it really make 300 watts? At 12 m/s — a 43 km/h wind — that is the manufacturer's rating, with a 320 W maximum. In ordinary breezes expect a small fraction of it, trickling in around the clock. No measured curve exists for this model, and we will not fake one; treat it as a top-up source, not a supply. Why buy a vertical instead of a horizontal? Site, not watts. In clean open air a horizontal makes more power for the money. Around buildings, trees and rooflines — where the wind swirls and switches — a helical vertical keeps working while a propeller hunts. If you have clean air and a free choice, look at our horizontal range first; that is honest advice that costs us a sale. Does the kit controller take solar panels? Yes. The HECR series is a wind-solar hybrid: wind charges through MPPT and a solar array connects to the same unit on PWM — up to 600 W of PV on the 12V model, 1000 W on the 24V, 1200 W on the 48V. Never running panels? Pick With Pure-Wind Controller — the WCMD units have no PV input at all. Why don't you publish a charging current in amps? Because the supplier has not published one, and we will not calculate one by dividing watts by volts. Do not size cable or breakers from the wattage in any product title. What is the warranty position? Twelve months. Professional installation by a licensed electrician is a condition of it — keep the electrician's invoice. 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 — allow 6 to 8 weeks. Delivery is free to Australia and New Zealand. The kit arrives as separate boxes: the turbine, and the controller with its dump load. Specs Specification Detail Rated power 300 W at 12 m/s (43.2 km/h) Maximum power output 320 W Rated voltage 12 V / 24 V / 48 V Maximum voltage output 13.2 / 26.4 / 52.8 V Start-up / cut-in wind speed 2 m/s (7.2 km/h) Rated wind speed 12 m/s (43.2 km/h) Survival / safe wind speed Up to 50 m/s (180 km/h) Rotor diameter 0.65 m (650 mm) Blade length / rotor height 0.9 m (900 mm) Number of blades 3 Blade material Nylon Body material Aluminium alloy Magnet material NdFeB Generator type Disc ironless-core generator Over-speed protection Electromagnetic brake Overload protection Controller over-current protection + dump load Wind direction adjustment 360° auto windward 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 20 kg Gross weight 22 kg Packing size 1060 × 270 × 470 mm The Kit Controller Specification LHECR0512 (12V kit) LHECR0824 (24V kit) LHECR1248 (48V kit) Controller type Wind-solar hybrid (wind MPPT + PV PWM) Rated wind power Up to 500 W Up to 800 W Up to 800 W Rated PV power Up to 600 W total system Up to 1000 W total system Up to 1200 W total system Battery voltage 12 V 24 V 48 V Max wind input voltage 80 V Max PV input voltage 55 V 55 V 95 V Maximum battery charging current Not specified by supplier — do not size cable or breakers from the wattage in the product title Wind protection Reverse-current, over-voltage, over-current, over-speed and manual dump Display LCD Communications Bluetooth built in Installation Wall-mounted, natural cooling Controller size 162 × 145 × 61.8 mm Net weight 1.9 kg Wire the system this way — follow this diagram, not the drawing in the supplier datasheet: The Pure-Wind Controller Option Specification LWCMD400W-12V (12V kit) LWCMD800W-24V (24V kit) LWCMD1000W-48V (48V kit) Controller type Pure-wind MPPT (no PV input at all) Battery voltage 12 V 24 V 48 V Max wind power 400 W 800 W 1000 W Max wind input voltage 80 V 80 V 180 V Wind charging method Boost / buck / boost-buck MPPT Unloading External unloading — dump-load resistor included with the controller; an enclosed resistance box is available as an optional extra Load output None Protection Over-voltage, over-current, reverse connection, over-speed and dump-load protection Display Built-in LCD Working temperature -20°C to +55°C Static loss 1.8 W or less Warranty 1 year Maximum battery charging current Not specified by supplier — do not size cable or breakers from the wattage in the product title The pure-wind kit wires this way — wind only, no solar input: Turbine Spinning But Showing 0W? It is almost never a faulty turbine or controller. Read the 0W troubleshooting and correct installation guide before you assume something is broken. Watch Me