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
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
I have had the same problem recently.
Make sure you check phase to ground voltage not just phase to phase.
I had a whisper 100 that had the exact symptom and I replaced the controller
with one of the new Luminous RE units. The old controller actually checked out
fine on a known good turbine!
Thanks Ryan, there is a new Midnite arrestor in the Clipper and I don't think
that is the prob. but will check. There are two Delta LA's in the main Outback
panel and I don't think they're involved.
Ron
On 2013-09-08, at 6:24 PM, Synergy Renewable Systems
ryan.hark...@energycraft.com wrote:
Hi Jeremy, I'm strongly suspecting that there is a winding short. What do you
mean by upper casting assy? Do you mean the whole turbine unit? If so, who
supplies them now?
Ron
On 2013-09-08, at 7:51 PM, All Solar allso...@scswifi.net wrote:
I have had the same problem recently.
Make sure
Ron,
Depending on the Clipper version, there may be a jumper One of 3 in
a row in the front of the
Clipper circuit board that, if installed on the right, may be making the
Clipper try to turn on its auxiliary
power supply at a very low voltage when the turbine isn't spinning fast
enough
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