We use two in an off grid power system on an aquaculture farm. They have operated continuously without problems for two years and are a critical compliment to the solar array that is also part of the power plant.<br /><br /><br />------- Original Message ------- On 5/6/2011  02:15 AM Carl Emerson wrote:<br />            <div>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Seriously,</span></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span> </span></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>If you remove the blades they make a nice quiet wind direction indicator although a little more expensive than a wet finger…</span></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span> </span></font></p>  <div>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Carl Emerson</span></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Free Power Co.</span></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Land 
line +64 9 473 4286</span></font><font color="blue"></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Mobile +64 22 630 9689</span></font><font color="blue"></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Email   emerson@freepower.co.nz</span></font></p>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span>Web   www.freepower.co.nz</span></font></p>  </div>  <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="blue"><span> </span></font></p>  <div>  <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>  <hr />  </span></font></div>  <p><strong><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span>From:</span></font></strong><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <strong><span>On Behalf Of </span></strong>R Ray Walters<br /> <strong><span>Sent:</span></strong> 6 May 2011 1:05 p.m.<br /> <strong><span>To:</span></strong> RE-wrenches<br /> <strong><span>Subject:</span></strong> Re: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator</span></font></p>  </div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>Bob-O;</span></font></p>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>I was going to hold off on the obvious....</span></font></p>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>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.</span></font></p>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>Confused? Hmmm.</span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span>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></font></span></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  <div><span>  <div>  <p><font face="Helvetica" size="1" color="black"><span>R. Walters</span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Helvetica" size="1" color="black"><span>ray@solarray.com</span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Helvetica" size="1" color="black"><span>Solar Engineer</span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Helvetica" size="1" color="black"><span> </span></font></p>  </div>  <div>  <p><font face="Helvetica" size="1" color="black"><span> </span></font></p>  </div>  <p><font face="Helvetica" size="1" color="black"><span><br /> <br /> </span></font></p>  </span></div>    <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  <div>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>On May 5, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Bob-O Schultze wrote:</span></font></p>  </div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span><br /> <br /> </span></font></p>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>Give it a resistor to work against and call it Kinetic Yard Art. Not worth much else...</span></font></p>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  <div>  <div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>On May 5, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Peter Talmage wrote:</span></font></p>  </div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">  <tbody><tr>   <td valign="top">   <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>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 <strong><span>Thu, 5/5/11, Dana <em><span><dana@solarwork.com></span></em></span></strong>   wrote:</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span><br />   From: Dana <dana@solarwork.com><br />   Subject: [RE-wrenches] Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator<br />   To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br />   Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 1:32 PM</span></font></p>   <div>   <div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="4"><span>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></font></p>   <div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="4"><span> </span></font></p>   </div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="4"><span>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></font></p>   <div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="4"><span> </span></font></p>   </div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>Dana Orzel</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>Great Solar Works, Inc</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>E - dana@solarwork.com</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>V - 970.626.5253</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>F - 970.626.4140</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>C - 970.209.4076</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>web - <a href="http://www.solarwork.com/">www.solarwork.com</a></span></font></p>   <div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>   </div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>"Responsible Technologies for   Responsible People since 1988"</span></font></p>   <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>Do not ever believe anything, but   seriously trust through action.</span></font></p>   <div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="4"><span> </span></font></p>   </div>   <div>   <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>From:</span></font></strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><span> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org   [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <strong><span>On Behalf Of </span></strong>Peter Talmage<br />   <strong><span>Sent:</span></strong> Thursday, May 05, 2011   11:26 AM<br />   <strong><span>To:</span></strong> RE-wrenches<br />   <strong><span>Subject:</span></strong> [RE-wrenches]   Interfacing an Air 403 wind generator</span></font></p>   </div>   <div>   <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>   </div>   <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="624">    <tbody><tr>     <td valign="top">     <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>I have a client with an independent power system     who is going utility interfaced. 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 ?  Thanks<br />     <br />     Peter Talmage, P.E.<br />     <br />     Energy and Design</span></font></p>     </td>    </tr>   </tbody></table>   <div>   <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span> </span></font></p>   </div>   </div>   </div>   <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span><br />   -----Inline Attachment Follows-----</span></font></p>   <div>   <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>_______________________________________________<br />   List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br />   <br />   List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br />   <br />   Options & settings:<br />   <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br />   <br />   List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br />   <br />   List rules & etiquette:<br />   <a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br />   <br />   Check out participant bios:<br />   <a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a></span></font></p>   </div>   </td>  </tr> </tbody></table>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>_______________________________________________<br /> List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br /> <br /> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br /> <br /> Options & settings:<br /> <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br /> <br /> List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br /> <br /> List rules & etiquette:<br /> <a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br /> <br /> Check out participant bios:<br /> www.members.re-wrenches.org</span></font></p>  </div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span> </span></font></p>  </div>  </div>  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span>_______________________________________________<br /> List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br /> <br /> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br /> <br /> Options & settings:<br /> <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br /> <br /> List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br /> <br /> List rules & etiquette:<br /> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br /> <br /> Check out participant bios:<br /> www.members.re-wrenches.org</span></font></p>  </div>  <p><fon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