slip rings [RE-wrenches]

[Bob Ellison, Alternative Energy Systems]

Sometimes I get convinced that we Americans are getting lazy, I don't see a
big deal on having to untwist the tower wires on occasion. I bet if the
tower is tall enough it will not twist the wires much, if at all. It is just
as apt to untwist at some point. Most of us generally get wind from
basically one general area, so what's the big deal? What we need is a
turbine that puts out reasonable power at the low wind speeds that most of
us live with, not a turbine that looks like a blur and does nothing.

If not having slip rings allows us to sell a turbine at a better price
great, build a tilt up tower with 3 - 4" of space at the pivot and you have
no problem.

Hope to see some of you in Vermont this weekend.
Those of you who don't know me, I am the big ugly fellow with the beard.

Just my thoughts,
Bob



RE. Ellison
Supplier of;
Diesel Generators &
Alternative Energy Systems & Supplies
34642 Countryman Road
Theresa, NY. USA
                              13691-2076



-----Original Message-----
From:	hugh piggott [mailto:hugh.piggott at enterprise.net]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:41 PM
To:	RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject:	Re: slip rings [RE-wrenches]

At 9:21 am -0700 11/7/01, Lawrence  Elliott wrote:
>As someone who has been doing wind for 25 years I think the cable
>idea will work on some turbines. Question is why?

My question is why not?  If there is no problem, why spend any money
on a reliable solution?  Good sliprings caused a big price rise at
Proven, and I have thus far had more problems with their sliprings
than I had with their cables (= none).

there are turbulent sites where the cables can cause a problem but
they are rare.
--
Hugh

http://www.ScoraigWind.co.uk

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