[RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator

[Roy Rakobitsch]

The Air403 would need a battery to operate. It will not work without one,
so if you are removing all batteries because of inability to maintain
them, this may not work. If you DO keep a small battery onsite for the
AIR403 to charge, it can be interfaced to the grid with a battery based
inverter such as an Outback GVFX of the appropriate voltage for the
battery. This will most likely prove uneconomical, but it is certainly
do-able.

Roy Rakobitsch
NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer®
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
NYSERDA eligible Small Wind installer
Wind/PV Design Engineer
Windsine Inc.
631-514-4166
www.windsine.org

On Thu, May 5, 2011 2:15 pm, Peter Talmage wrote:
> Hi Dana,
>
> The battery and all associated equipment is being totally removed as the
> folks are now unable to do the required maintenance. They really love the
> little Air 403 and would like to interface it if at all possible even if
> it doesn't make economical sense.
>
> Peter
>
> --- On Thu, 5/5/11, Dana <dana at solarwork.com> wrote:
>
> From: Dana <dana at solarwork.com>
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator
> To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 1:32 PM
>
> The Air is DC, wouldn’t it just feed the battery bank and  there for
> less from the PV to the battery bank and therefore more PV to go to the
> grid tie………  It is a mighty small unit to go to the effort to grid
> tie unless he has a 18MPH+ yearly wind speed. If he has that much wind go
> for a SWWP - Skystream wind turbine that is UL listed for grid tie. Â Dana
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> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Peter
> Talmage
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:26 AM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator  I have a
> client with an independent power system who is going utility interfaced.
> We are putting the 24 volt arrays on Ephase inverters. He wants the Air
> 403 to be interfaced as well. Has anyone done this and if so, how ? 
> Thanks
>
> Peter Talmage, P.E.
>
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