[RE-wrenches] XL.1 grid tie

[Randy Brooks]

Kurt,

I had a Bergey Xl.1 grid tied through an OutBack GFX2524 for a couple  
years as a demo project at my home/office.  It worked fine.  I did  
not keep track of production because I had it on a 40' tower in a  
poor wind site.  I've since sold the turbine and inverter.  I'm still  
looking for a small replacement demo turbine that I'm comfortable  
recommending to customers.

take care,

Randy Brooks
Brooks Solar, Inc.
Solar Power for People
140 Columbia View
Chelan, WA  98816
509-682-9646
Randy at BrooksSolar.com
www.BrooksSolar.com

On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Kurt Albershardt wrote:

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> --On Monday, December 22, 2008 6:23 PM -0500 Roy Butler <roy at four- 
> winds-energy.com> wrote:
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>> In a nutshell.....this unit is not ready for prime time yet. Lots  
>> of bugs and glitches.
>> Not to mention much lower than expected energy production.
>
> --On Monday, December 22, 2008 5:13 PM -0700 Louis Woofenden  
> <louis at woofenden.net> wrote:
>>
>> We've installed a couple of Skystream units here in southern  
>> Arizona. We know the tilt-up tower works quite well--we've had to  
>> bring each unit down 2-3 times for various problems with  
>> electronics. Added to this was SWWP's extremely poor customer  
>> service. They took several days to even call us back, didn't send  
>> promised parts, etc. Of course, these two installation sites are  
>> one and two hours from our shop. We had one customer who was just  
>> about ready to throw the unit in the back of his truck,
> and drive it the five hours up to Flagstaff.
>>
>> It looks slick, the installation was no problem, but if it doesn't  
>> work reliably, none of that really matters, in my opinion. I was  
>> hoping SWWP would get this one right, but I don't think it's there  
>> yet.
>
> Given the long and well documented SWWP history, I was afraid of this.
>
> Has anyone successfully coupled a Bergey Xl.1 to a grid-tie?   
> Anything else to recommend in the 1-5 kW range?
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>> Might have something to do with those little fence posts they call  
>> towers ;-)
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>> And that Smart foundation only works on towers 60' or less.
>> Too short for most sites and not a good height for energy  
>> production anyway.
>>
>> Believe me.....most of us would love to see plug and play/ modular  
>> tower
>> and turbine systems but there's no such beast yet!
>>
>> Best advice......take a wait and see approach.
>>
>> Roy Butler
>> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
>> NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
>> 8902 Route 46
>> Arkport, NY 14807
>> 607-324-9747
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>> www.four-winds-energy.com
>> www.nationalsolarsupply.com
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>> Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, a  
>> large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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>> Kurt Albershardt wrote:
>>> Anyone have realworld experience with the SWWP Skystream 3.7 they  
>>> can
>>> share?
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>>> The AnemErgonics foundation kit looks fairly well thought out.
>>>
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>>>
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> Kurt Albershardt
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