[RE-wrenches] Rugged Wind/Solar System For Radio
John Blittersdorf
john.blittersdorf at gmail.com
Thu Feb 22 05:41:30 PST 2024
Ray, I will check with my customer. They purchased it and I was only
involved building a tower and installing.
On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 9:41 PM Ray Walters via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 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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