wind controller [RE-wrenches]

[Ken Schaal]

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Travis--
Glad your intact !

So what happens to a turbine, small or large, when a F3 + passes thru?

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Travis Creswell" <tcreswell at ozarkenergyservices.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 6:39 PM
Subject: RE: wind controller [RE-wrenches]


>
> Of course Bergey's Xl.1 controller has an input for solar but I've never
> used it for such.  I think it's limited to 30 amps of solar @ 24v
> input/output and doesn't do MPPT (for the solar).
>
> Yes, we're still here.  Yesterday's tornadoes missed us by no more then a
> few miles.  Baseball size hail took out a service truck windshield but I'm
> not complaining as it could have been a lot worse.
>
> Travis Creswell
> Ozark Energy Services
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Haeme [mailto:jjhaeme at stelle.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 5:01 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: RE: wind controller [RE-wrenches]
>
>
> The Outback  FlexMax 80 can be used with the ARE110 and a voltage
> limiter. Kestrel also uses the Outback MX-60 with a voltage limiter.
> Wind turbines can reach excessively high voltages and some manufacturers
> have started using voltage limiters to allow for longer wire runs on
> battery charging units by upping the voltage to 200 volts from the
> turbine then limit it to 130 V before the MPPT controller.
>
> I would like to see Xantrex make an 80 amp MPPT controller that could be
> used with a voltage limiter on a wind turbine. It would be nice combined
> with solar PV, the XW6048 inverter and the Xanbus network. All the input
> info on one control panel !
>
> Jon Haeme
>
>
> jay peltz wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I believe the new "classic" from midnite advertises both.
>>
>> jay
>>
>> peltz power
>> On May 11, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Bob Ellison wrote:
>>
>> > I just had a customer call me saying he was told at a show that
>> > someone had a functioning controller that would do wind or solar.
>> > Anyone heard of anything up and running yet?
>> > I know several are in the works, anyone got there yet?
>> > He actually seemed surprised I didn't have one.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bob
>>
>
>
>
> Jon Haeme
> NABCEP certified PV installer
> Kempton, IL
>
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