Is there a lightning arrestor of any kind installed? If so, check for continuity (ohm out) between the leads of it; there should be none. If there is continuity the device can be replaced and the turbine will be up and running.
If the arrestors get fried, they can act like a shunt across the 3 phases of turbines which acts like a magnetic brake. My 2cents. Ryan Harkins Synergy Renewable Systems, LLC On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Ron Young <solarea...@solareagle.com> wrote: > I have a client with a Whisper 200 that failed recently. It was shortly after > a severe lightning storm so the assumption was that the controller got fried. > The wind turbine would not spin, it was as if the brake was on - if you know > the Whisper, the brake is electrical, basically a shorting of the three > phases. When the turbine was disconnected from the controller it would spin > up and produce voltage at the leads. So the controller was replaced with a > Clipper and Classic and the same problem still exists. I have resisted > pulling the turbine down as it is a complicated sidehill installation but it > looks like it will have to be done. Before I do that I thought I'd throw this > out into the Wrenches community to see if anyone could offer suggestions. My > conclusion is that there is some kind of short in the electronics in the > turbine that only shows up when it is under load, i.e. has a battery > connection. Suggestions, ideas? > > If the turbine is fried I guess I'll be looking for another turbine that > would work on the 80' tower installation already in place, I know SWWP has > folded it's tent. > > Ron Young > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & 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 Change email address & 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
