[RE-wrenches] Rugged Wind/Solar System For Radio

[Ray Walters]

Who carries the Superwind turbines?  We've been looking for a 
replacement for the old Bergey XL1 to offer clients.

Thanks,

Ray Walters
Remote Solar

On 2/21/2024 7:20 PM, John Blittersdorf via RE-wrenches wrote:
> As far as wind is concerned, I recommend SuperWind, made in Germany.  
> It is well built and designed to handle high winds.  It is rated at 
> 1000 watts and I have seen data showing over 1kwhr for an hour 
> increment.  Typically it is outputting 100 to 300 watts. My customer 
> found it on line and asked what I thought about it.  I had not heard 
> of it before but the specs sounded good.  I already had upgraded their 
> system from a disaster (they actually burned up the power room )  I 
> installed an Outback VFX3648 on an epanel and installed 6 panels on 
> the remnants of their original building and then added 4 DPW racks of 
> 3 panels each so they could tilt for winter snow.  16 L16 wet cells. 
> They do maintenance frequently enough to keep an eye on water level. 
> It worked pretty well, but they still had too much generator time in 
> the winter when it was hard to get propane up the mountain.  I then 
> installed their Superwind on a 35" tilt up tower next to their 50' 
> comm tower.  Since the mountaintop has good winds during the winter, 
> it has saved them 75% of their generator time and consequently they 
> have not had to refuel in the winter at all.  We monitor it with 
> opticsRE and also with some of their transmitter data.  Their load is 
> about 300 watts 24/7 with it dropping off a little late at night.
> It is a repeater site for business band radios, police, emergency etc.
> John Blittersdorf
> CV Wind Service.
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 2:02 PM Mark Frye via RE-wrenches 
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>     Gentlefolk,
>
>     I have a 35 watt radio transmitter that I need to station in the
>     desert for a critical application.
>
>     Any recommendations for a turnkey provider of a combined
>     solar/wind/battery system?
>
>     Should I build it myself?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Mark Frye
>     Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
>     530 401 8024
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