XL.1 and generator fun [RE-wrenches]

Roy Butler, Four Winds RE roy at four-winds-energy.com
Tue Sep 23 14:34:25 PDT 2003


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Kirk,

It was replaced with a new machine.....cuz ours didn't look too pretty 
good after the fall either! FYI....I have some melted aluminum block 
material from a toasted 10KW generator that sits on my bookshelf. A 
reminder of how I landed a remote solar electric job. The customer's 
main request was " please sell me something that won't burn up!"
Roy

Kirk Herander, VSE wrote:

>Roy,
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>Yes, I ordered 4 from the original shipment of XL.1's. I believe I got
>45-48. Did they give you a new machine or rebuild the broken one? This one
>doesn't look too good after falling 80'. Of course, the Kohler generator
>looks worse.
>
>Kirk
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>From: "Roy Butler, Four Winds RE" <roy at four-winds-energy.com>
>To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:33 PM
>Subject: Re: XL.1 and generator fun [RE-wrenches]
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>>Hi Kirk,
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>>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:
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>>>Group,
>>>Over the weekend, I got a call from a customer who's Bergey XL.1 fell to
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>the
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>>>ground. Not the tower, just the machine itself. It turns out the yaw
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>shaft
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>>>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,
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>and
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>>>the hurricane-remant winds pushed it over the edge, literally. Anybody
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>heard
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>>>of this before??
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>>>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
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>propane
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>>>leak, so the fire marshall suspects. Thank God the structure was 100'
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>away
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>>>from the house and there was no wind. Never install a generator inside an
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>>>attached structure!!!
>>>
>>>Kirk
>>>
>>>Vermont Solar Engineering
>>>a Xantrex / Trace Certified Dealer Charter Member
>>>Kirk Herander
>>>PO Box 697
>>>Burlington, VT. 05402
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