XL.1 and generator fun [RE-wrenches]

[Roy Butler, Four Winds RE]

<x-flowed>
Hi Kirk,

Was the serial number on that XL.1 fairly low....49 or lower? There were 
known casting problems on those early units. I was involved in replacing 
one of those units....covered under warranty by Bergey in a very smooth 
and timely fashion (no, really!!)

Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
Arkport, NY

Kirk Herander, VSE wrote:

>Group,
>Over the weekend, I got a call from a customer who's Bergey XL.1 fell to the
>ground. Not the tower, just the machine itself. It turns out the yaw shaft
>broke in two just above the slip rings. Bergey says they've seen "a few"
>like this as a result of a casting defect. it was probably already weak, and
>the hurricane-remant winds pushed it over the edge, literally. Anybody heard
>of this before??
>
>PS. I also had a customer's generator shed, and therefore generator (a
>Kohler 8.5 RMY) burn to the ground last weekend, as the result of a propane
>leak, so the fire marshall suspects. Thank God the structure was 100' away
>from the house and there was no wind. Never install a generator inside an
>attached structure!!!
>
>Kirk
>
>Vermont Solar Engineering
>a Xantrex / Trace Certified Dealer Charter Member
>Kirk Herander
>PO Box 697
>Burlington, VT. 05402
>www.vermontsolar.com
>www.backeastsolar.com
>800.286.1252 - 802.863.1202
>fax 802.863.7908
>
>- - - -
>To send a message: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>
>Archive of previous messages: http://www.topica.com/lists/RE-wrenches/
>
>List rules & etiquette: http://www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/etiquete.htm
>
>Check out participant bios: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/index.html
>
>Hosted by Home Power magazine
>
>Moderator: michael.welch at homepower.com
>
>
>
>---
>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Information Boulevard's Virus Scanning]
>
>
>
>  
>



---
[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Information Boulevard's Virus Scanning]

- - - -
To send a message: RE-wrenches at topica.com

Archive of previous messages: http://www.topica.com/lists/RE-wrenches/

List rules & etiquette: http://www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/etiquete.htm

Check out participant bios: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/index.html

Hosted by Home Power magazine

Moderator: michael.welch at homepower.com
--^----------------------------------------------------------------
This email was sent to: michael_welch at sbcglobal.net

EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Qcs.bz9JC9.bWljaGFl
Or send an email to: RE-wrenches-unsubscribe at topica.com

TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html
--^----------------------------------------------------------------


</x-flowed>