[RE-wrenches] small wind generators

[Roy Butler]

Dan,

You're right, I smell something and it's not a rose!

I was told that the Sunforce is a Chinese product.
There is nothing certified on or in that turbine and I would not
touch it with a 10' pole....or even a 10 meter tower ;-)

I had not heard anything about a SWWP/ Sunforce relationship.....

Interesting...thanks for the info.....I'll start digging for more.

Roy Butler
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On 4/3/2012 8:24 PM, Dan Fink wrote:
> Esteemed Wrenches;
>
> I've been watching this thread closely, and I'm thinking something is
> really fishy about the Sunforce turbine....distributed by Coleman
> (camp stoves, sleeping bags, lanterns) and also distributed by Home
> Depot, Lowes, Sears, Target, Radio Shack, Kmart, Fry's, West Marine,
> Northern Tool.... I'm too busy right now to do any investigative
> journalism. The "400" looks like a Southwest Wind Power product, but I
> can't tell. The "600"  appears to be a Chinese turbine, like so many
> we have seen before.
> Fishy things:
> ~ Sunforce company website and docs do not show any UL or CE listing
> for the included MPPT controller, nor any country of manufacture;
> ~ reviews on Amazon saying the Sunforce is really "Made in USA" by
> "Southwest Wind Power." Shills?
> ~ Mutally-linking advertising / sales drive / link spam websites not
> related to either Sunforce or SWWP that extoll the virtues of the
> Sunforce, quoting each other, some even using the name "Sunforce
> Whisper";
>
> Is there an official rep from SWWP on this list? It would be
> interesting to hear if the Sunforce turbines are really made by SWWP
> in the USA. If not -- SWWPs legal department has some work cut out for
> them.
>
> I may have made a misjudgement here -- but I doubt it! Smells like
> snake oil, and I bet all of the wind power professionals on this site
> have a keen nose for rotten fish,