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dump load
Energy; Wind energy
A device to which wind generator power flows when the system batteries are too full to accept more power, usually an electric heating element.
electromagnet
Energy; Wind energy
A device made of wire coils that produces a magnetic field when electricity flows through the coils.
fatigue
Energy; Wind energy
Stress that causes material failure from repeated, cyclic vibration or stress.
freewheeling
Energy; Wind energy
A wind generator that is not connected to a Load is freewheeling, and in danger of self-destruction from overspeeding.
furling
Energy; Wind energy
The act of a wind generator Yawing out of the wind either horizontally or vertically to protect itself from high wind speeds.
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