Has anybody used Swift 's ? quiet and small but I have no idea how they hold up in extreme weather. But I think the one that's coming on hard is Flow Design's. Way too big for us now, but if they ever get their head out of the clouds, they could be a real contender for small home and commercial turbines. IMHO, Keep a close eye on this one.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Randy Cosby Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:12 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] wind turbine Good feedback. The air breeze came off the mountain just before I left for AF, so I haven't taken it apart yet. Smelled a bit toasty though. Anyone tried the Tycon Power systems turbine yet? Obviously will need an external controller and load dump. Randy On 1/15/2010 9:59 AM, MDK wrote: > I've used the Air-X and had it survive many storms and winds of 60-80. > > I changed to Air Breeze because SWWP suggested that it would charge better > in low winds, and the circuit board was not prone to die every year to 18 > months. > > My Air Breeze failed repeatedly - it never lasted more than 45 days. Each > time the insides totally melted down, into a toxic mess. Each time a storm > came through it failed - the Air-X is nothing like that. I just reverted > back to Air-X, because SWWP got tired of replacing it for me and gave me a > new Air-X instead of fixing my Breeze. > > What kind of power requirements do you have? I've seen a couple of others > that might serve you, as well. I don't' have time at the moment to look > them up. They're all considerably smaller than the Air-X in power output. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Randy Cosby"<dco...@infowest.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:19 PM > To: "WISPA General List"<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: [WISPA] wind turbine > > >> Anyone using wind turbines in high-wind areas? We had a Southwest wind >> power AirBreeze get shredded - probably 80+mph winds. Are 5 or 6-blade >> turbines going to handle high wind better? >> >> -- >> Randy Cosby >> Vice President >> InfoWest, Inc >> >> 435-674-0165 x 2010 >> >> http://www.infowest.com/ >> >> "Letting off steam always produces more heat than light." - Neal A. >> Maxwell >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
