Seriously,
If you remove the blades they make a nice quiet wind direction indicator although a little more expensive than a wet finger. Carl Emerson Free Power Co. Land line +64 9 473 4286 Mobile +64 22 630 9689 Email emer...@freepower.co.nz Web www.freepower.co.nz _____ From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of R Ray Walters Sent: 6 May 2011 1:05 p.m. To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator Bob-O; I was going to hold off on the obvious.... I think they're also good as a bird repellant, noise maker, etc. but I've never seen one actually make over 175 watts, and that was a 1 sec burst in strong wind. SWWP always said the low output was due to the thinner air at high altitude, but then Bergey always claimed our problems with the XL1S popping a 60 amp breaker was also due to high altitude, and the blades spinning faster. Confused? Hmmm. I'd say the bottom line is If the customer wants backup power, then go Outback for the whole system, and keep the turbine just for funnzies. R. Walters r...@solarray.com Solar Engineer On May 5, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Bob-O Schultze wrote: Give it a resistor to work against and call it Kinetic Yard Art. Not worth much else... On May 5, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Peter Talmage wrote: Hi Dana, The battery and all associated equipment is being totally removed as the folks are now unable to do the required maintenance. They really love the little Air 403 and would like to interface it if at all possible even if it doesn't make economical sense. Peter --- On Thu, 5/5/11, Dana <d...@solarwork.com> wrote: From: Dana <d...@solarwork.com> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 1:32 PM The Air is DC, wouldn't it just feed the battery bank and there for less from the PV to the battery bank and therefore more PV to go to the grid tie... It is a mighty small unit to go to the effort to grid tie unless he has a 18MPH+ yearly wind speed. If he has that much wind go for a SWWP - Skystream wind turbine that is UL listed for grid tie. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc E - d...@solarwork.com V - 970.626.5253 F - 970.626.4140 C - 970.209.4076 web - www.solarwork.com <http://www.solarwork.com/> "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Do not ever believe anything, but seriously trust through action. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Peter Talmage Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:26 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator I have a client with an independent power system who is going utility interfaced. We are putting the 24 volt arrays on Ephase inverters. He wants the Air 403 to be interfaced as well. Has anyone done this and if so, how ? Thanks Peter Talmage, P.E. Energy and Design -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org <x-msg://202/mc/compose?to=RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org __________ NOD32 6098 (20110505) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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