[RE-wrenches] Workshops in Washington

[Hugh]

Hi Wrenches,

I am not sure what the policy is for advertising on the list, but I 
feel sure that some of you will be interested to hear that I will be 
coming over to the USA next month to teach a couple of workshops in 
Washington State.

Saturday, April 6 --11 I will be helping Roy Butler with a new course 
called "Wind Electric Systems Maintenance and Repair" which will 
include some tower work and some classroom theory sessions, etc. 
We'll be taking an ARE turbine down from a 160 foot tower for example 
(without a crane).  There will be plenty of wind turbines and plenty 
of problems to chew over.

Saturday, April 13 --18 I will be doing my "Home Built Wind 
Generators" workshop for the fifth time at Guemes Island.  It's 
always a lot of fun.  We start off with a pile of raw materials and 
end the week with at least one working turbine that we test.  I teach 
about six of these each year in different locations, so I have got 
the process quite well refined by now.

The courses are organised by Solar Energy International, and you can 
get full details from them at http://www.solarenergy.org,  or from 
the local organiser, Ian Woofenden at ian at solarenergy.org

Maybe I will get to meet some of you there.

Best wishes,

-- 
Hugh Piggott

Scoraig Wind Electric
Scotland
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk