Any small Turbines worth Installing? ( was small rooftop wind turbine) [RE-

[Roy Butler, Four Winds RE]

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Travis,

We have had problems with the XL.1 in the past. To Bergey's credit, they 
have been extremely responsive to customer service issues and continue 
to upgrade the machine accordingly. We have a wind regime here in 
Western NY that chews up small turbines at an incredible rate!

To date, the only machine that appears to stand up really well to our 
harsh conditions is the AWP 3.6. They have had blade quality issues and 
just like Bergey, have been very good about making things right. Hear 
that SWWP???? If you had been even 1/2 that responsive, I might still be 
selling your toys! (not!)

Over all though, the selection of turbines in the under 1500 watt range 
is very slim. I'm installing a LOT more PV these days....

Roy Butler
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46
Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747
www.four-winds-energy.com
NYSERDA eligible installer


Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar wrote:

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>Thanks for sharing your small turbine experiences. How about the Bergey
>XL.1?  We have experience with just a few of them and they are still alive
>after nearly a year, but we are in a lower Class 2 wind regime.  Plus they
>are very quiet compared to the limited qty of other turbines we have been
>around.  From what I can tell they are on the third design upgrade since
>they came out with them a few years ago.  Each design gets a little beefier.
>
>You also left out the AWP?  It looks to be a heck of machine but I have no
>hands on experience with it.
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>Travis Creswell
>Ozark Energy Services
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