wind controller [RE-wrenches]
Wilco Vercoelen
w.vercoelen at dommelvalley.ca
Mon May 12 06:12:13 PDT 2008
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Dommelvalley Green Power
Utopia, Ontario
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From: Hugh Piggott [mailto:hugh at scoraigwind.co.uk]
Sent: May 12, 2008 1:21 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: wind controller [RE-wrenches]
>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.
The word 'controller' covers many possible meanings but the
Morningstar Tristar (and of course the older Trace c-40 with its
delayed action) is a solar controller that can also be configured as
a diversion load controller for wind or hydro applications. I wonder
if he meant one of these diversion load controllers? With enough
load you can also use them for hybrid wind/solar applications.
Last year when I was in Washington state, Ouback did some tests on an
MPPT wind variant of the MX60 controller but it was a very brief
truck test of a homebrew turbine and I never heard that they took it
further. More like a day out having fun. Windy boy inverters are
now quite a commonplace thing but we don't have a product for the
stand-alone market that optimises the turbine voltage like that.
Except for the Bergey XL.1 of course and the old Marlec fm 1800. But
no third party stuff. I would be very interested if there were
something.
No tornados here in Scotland yet. But plenty of UK Bergey blades
have hit towers in the past. I think they made them stiffer at some
stage?
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Hugh Piggott
Scoraig Wind Electric
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk
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