can any one help me?wind mills always rotate in anti clockwise direction.why?

Question

wind mills rotate in anti clockwise direction all over the world except Ireland.In Ireland it rotates in clockwise direction.why is so?

Answer 1

That's an urban legend. Windmills are generally set up to rotate in a way that makes the most out of the prevailing local wind. If you look at windmills you will find that they do not all rotate the same way.

Answer 2

There are examples of windmills whose sails rotate clockwise, and examples that rotate anticlockwise.

The direction is always taken from in front of the mill, and looking at the sails, the solid edge is the leading edge. An example of nearby similar mills whose sails rotate in opposite directions can be seen in Cambridgeshire at Bourn (anticlockwise) and Great Gransden (clockwise).

the sails on most Dutch mills turn anti-clockwise. However, it add that mills "in other countries" have sails that turn clockwise.

Answer 3

There is no reason why they should all be designed to rotate clockwise or anti-clockwise, and there is also no special advantage.

But, there is an advantage in designing a windmill to always face the wind, so as to extract the maximum power.

Answer 4

in any other country they construct a wind mill in clockwise so that they can only rotae clock wise Caz it is easy to rotae clockwise and if they rotate in other direction then they won't b able to get the large amount of electricity so to get a large amount of electricity they keep the windmill to rotate clock wise i think that in Ireland they don't care about this thing and construct a windmill any how .........where they get the place and where they can get good wind.

Answer 5

Windmills rotate according to the direction of the wind and the design of the windmill blades

Answer 6

You are incorrect. The windmills set up around here generally rotate clockwise. I live in the Northwest of the US. I think that you need to examine more windmills, DQ.

Answer 7

Why should we have two types of blades which rotate in opposite directions requiring two different sets of components,accessories and spares.
It is only a matter of convenience.Whichever direction they rotate the output will be the same.It is enough and convenient to have one design instead of two.

Answer 8

Windmills rotate according to their relative position and the prevailing wind. Try it with a pinwheel, and move it around in relation to the wind.

Answer 9

The direction of the wings (propellers) depends on the angle given to the blades... if they are in negative angle it will rotate in one direction and if the angle is positive then the rotation will be in the other direction...

Answer 10

Tradition