AWP 3.6 [RE-wrenches]

[Kirk Herander]

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Roy,
Apparently we have had a much different experience with the AWP & tower kit.
Holes were misdrilled, fastening hardware was missing or defective. And to
top it off, there is a recall/rework underway for the yaw head, so I still
don't have the machine in the air. The Bergey and NRG tower is a much easier
machine to install. Granted, my AWP install is on very uneven terrian
accessable only by snowmobile, but I'm tired of eating time and materials
because an OEM can't do simple things properly.

Vermont Solar Engineering
Kirk Herander
North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners
Certified Solar PV Installer(TM)
Xantrex Certified Dealer Charter Member
NYSERDA-eligible installer
Vermont Solar and Wind Partner

PO Box 697
Burlington, VT. 05402
www.vermontsolar.com
www.backeastsolar.com
800.286.1252 - 802.863.1202
fax 802.863.7908

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Butler, Four Winds RE" <roy at four-winds-energy.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: AWP 3.6 [RE-wrenches]


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We've had great luck with them here in Western NY. We have 2 in the air
now....both up for about 2.5 years now. 1 is on a homemade 80' tilt
up...the other on a 84' Lake Michigan Wind and Sun tilt up.

We are about to hoist one up on a 85' A.R.E tilt up as part of a
grid-tie installation/ 4 day wind training in Holland, NY. From what
I've seen so far, the tower engineering is solid and there has been a
lot of attention paid to the details. We'll know a lot more about these
towers after the 1st week in May. We are having the pipe shipped out
with the tower....no one on the east coast seems to have heard of
schedule 10 pipe.

A side note....the AWP 3.6 has been through some blade issues in the
past and through all of it, A.R.E. has been extremely responsive to
customer service. A nice change after dealing with a very unresponsive
wind turbine company for many years (and I do NOT mean Bergey!) And with
the newest version of blade we saw close to a 20% increase in power on
both machines.....very encouraging!

Travis...you will find that this is a very heavy machine for it's
rating. Prepare to use about 7.5 to 8 yards of concrete for those
anchors. As for hardware....always assume that you need to bring extra
along...just in case! My average travel to jobsite is 4-6 hours....we
bring everything including the kitchen sink.

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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 PV installer for PON 716
NYSERDA eligible wind installer for PON 792


Doug Pratt wrote:

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>Hey Travis, well you're not going to find a better turbine for residential
>use (IMHO). The AWP 3.6 is big, heavy, and slow! Great qualities in a wind
>turbine. I can't speak to their tower quality however. Ian Woofenden, the
>senior editor at Home Power, has been flying one for two plus years. Bounce
>an email off him ian.woofenden at homepower.com
>Cheers,
>Doug Pratt
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