[RE-wrenches] SWWP Whisper 200 - looking for a short to ground.

[Matt Sherald]

Thanks to all who pitched in and responded to my request for help on the Whisper! 

Turned out that the problem lay in the down tower wiring.  Two legs were shorting to ground.  Measuring the voltage of each leg to ground should have provided me with 0V, but I was reading voltage to ground on two of the three legs.  I had checked continuity of the down tower wires to ground, but the results did not highlight the presence of a short so I thought the cable was good to go.  It wasn't.
The short blew the Whisper Controller (as well as a second AMP meter that I had installed).  Those familiar will appreciate that we had an old Easy-Wire Power System from World Power Technologies Inc. that we could pull out of retirement.  With a new cable and an old charge controller the Whisper is back in action.

Thanks to all for your time and suggestions!




Matt Sherald 
PIMBY: Power In My BackYard 
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® 
matt at getpimby.com 
(304) 704-5943 

www.getpimby.blogspot.com 
www.getpimby.com 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Taylor" <wind.trainer at gmail.com>
To: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:19:56 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] SWWP Whisper 200 - looking for a short to ground.

Hi Ron, Alan, and everyone else...

There were good suggestions provided, so I didn't jump in. I was traveling
also, so got into this discussion late.  But, I'm usually available (and
almost always willing) to provide whatever knowledge support I can for
Whisper products.  Parts will be a problem, but I don't mind direct contact
if someone has questions about the turbines, setup and configuration,
troubleshooting, etc.  So, feel free to make note of my direct, person
email address.

On a side note, in case anyone didn't hear, Xzeres purchased the IP and
rights to the Skystream turbine.  They didn't inherit the warranties on
prior sales, but at least they have good support staff (like Therese, who
used to be the Senior Tech Support Rep at SWWP) and they have parts for
sale.

And, of course, Air support is available through Primus Wind Power.

For Whisper, your stuck with volunteer support...  but I will try.

Ross

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