[RE-wrenches] AIR-X VS Sunforce

[Dan Fink]

Ha!
I knew something was fishy as soon as i saw that document on the
Sunforce website that clumsily merged from stolen FAQs from SWWP into
the Sunforce turbines.
Now I wonder how to make Amazon remove shill reviews of the Sunforce
stuff that imply it's made in the USA by Southwest Wind Power.
Amazon has been totally non-responsive in the past to inquiries we
have made about other products and reviews.

To Ross and all the other folks at SWWP -- please get your lawyers to
RUN with this one. It will help the entire small wind industry.
-- 
Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications LLC
NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers
970.672.4342 (voicemail)


On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Dana <dana at solarwork.com> wrote:
> This is from Ross Taylor trainer for SWWP.
>
>
>
> I was reviewing the Sunforce product for a comparison and found that their
> installation manual for
>
> their Sunforce 600 Watt turbine contains material which appears to have been
> taken (without permission)
>
> from our Air-X (now Air 30) manual.
>
> This is especially sensitive to me/us as we used to package our Air-x
> turbine in Sunforce boxes for sale
>
> through their distribution network. They, without notice, quit ordering our
> turbine and replaced our
>
> product in their lineup with an imported turbine. So, to see that the manual
> for their new turbine contains
>
> material which is almost (or, in some instances, IS) an exact copy of ours
> is disturbing. It's so clearly
>
> "our" material that I recognized it when reviewing theSunforce turbine
> manual, even without having them
>
> side-by-side.
>
> Their manual can be found here:
>
> http://sunforceproducts.com/prodinfo/manuals/600WMarineandMPPTManual.pdf
>
> Our Air 30 manual can be found here:
>
> http://www.windenergy.com/sites/all/files/3-CMLT-1007_Rev_A_Air_30_Manual_1.pdf
>
> The relevant sections, which appear to have been taken from our manual, are:
>
> Sunforce: Page 3, the graphic showing turbine 20 feet above the house is
> ours but altered (see Air 30
>
> manual, page 9)
>
> Sunforce: Page 5, their wire size charts are exact copies of ours (see Air
> 30 manual, page 17)
>
> Sunforce: Page 14, the maintenance instructions are word-for-word copies in
> some cases (see Air 30
>
> manual, page 25)
>
> Sunforce: Page 15, Section 8 (cont'd on page 16) regarding batteries (see
> Air 30 manual, page 19)
>
> Sunforce: Page 17, portions of the grounding text are word-for-word copies
> and the image is
>
> an exact copy (see Air 30 manual, page 21)
>
> There may be other instances, as well, but this was what I observed in a
> quick comparison
>