<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bob-O;<div><br></div><div>I was going to hold off on the obvious....<div>I think they're also good as a bird repellant, noise maker, etc. but I've never seen one actually make over 175 watts, and that was a 1 sec burst in strong wind. SWWP always said the low output was due to the thinner air at high altitude, but then Bergey always claimed our problems with the XL1S popping a 60 amp breaker was also due to high altitude, and the blades spinning faster.<div>Confused? Hmmm.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">I'd say the bottom line is If the customer wants backup power, then go Outback for the whole system, and keep the turbine just for funnzies. </span></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On May 5, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Bob-O Schultze wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Give it a resistor to work against and call it Kinetic Yard Art. Not worth much else...<div><br><div><div>On May 5, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Peter Talmage wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi Dana,<br><br>The battery and all associated equipment is being totally removed as the folks are now unable to do the required maintenance. They really love the little Air 403 and would like to interface it if at all possible even if it doesn't make economical sense.<br><br>Peter<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 5/5/11, Dana <i><<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com">dana@solarwork.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Dana <<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com">dana@solarwork.com</a>><br>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator<br>To: "'RE-wrenches'" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 1:32 PM<br><br><div id="yiv803265409"><style><!--
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--></style><div class="yiv803265409WordSection1"><p class="yiv803265409MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">The Air is DC, wouldn’t it just feed the battery bank and there for less from the PV to the battery bank and therefore more PV to go to the grid tie………</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv803265409MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">It is a mighty small unit to go to the effort to grid tie unless he has a 18MPH+ yearly wind speed. If he has that much wind go for a SWWP - Skystream wind turbine that is UL listed for grid tie.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv803265409MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";">Dana
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We are putting the 24 volt arrays on Ephase inverters. He wants the Air 403 to be interfaced as well. Has anyone done this and if so, how ? 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